Authorizes the Secretary of Agriculture to allow a memorial to nine Air Force crew members killed in a 1982 plane crash to be moved to a rest area on the Cherohala Skyway in Graham County, North Carolina.

Official title: Stratton Ridge Air Force Memorial Act

Next stop Senate floor: awaiting a vote

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Senate

Introduced 22-MAY-2025

Referred 22-MAY-2025

Approved by committee 21-OCT-2025

Reported 27-OCT-2025

On the calendar 27-OCT-2025

Key points

Lets the Secretary of Agriculture approve, through a special use authorization, moving the memorial to the Stratton Ridge rest area at mile marker 2 on the Cherohala Skyway, with the consent of the adjacent private land owner
Requires approval of the site by the North Carolina Department of Transportation and, if the site is next to a Federal-aid highway, the Federal Highway Administration
Prohibits the use of federal funds for relocating, installing, or maintaining the memorial, and makes the requesting individual or entity responsible for those costs and any related environmental analysis
Allows the authorization to include conditions the Secretary considers appropriate, such as a bar on enlarging the memorial

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Official CRS summary

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Committee referrals (1)

Policy area

Public Lands and Natural Resources

Sponsor Thomas Tillis (R-NC) Cosponsors · 2

■ 1 R■ 1 D

1 Republican

1 Democrat