Stratton Ridge Air Force Memorial Act was reported by committee and awaits a floor vote
Written by the Congressional Research Service [2]. 128 words.
Stratton Ridge Air Force Memorial Act This bill authorizes the Forest Service to relocate a memorial in North Carolina honoring the nine Air Force crew members who lost their lives in an airplane crash in the Cherokee and Nantahala National Forests during a training mission on August 31, 1982, if the owner of the private land where the memorial is currently located consents. The Forest Service may relocate the memorial to an appropriate site at the Stratton Ridge rest area located at mile marker 2 on the Cherohala Skyway in Graham County, North Carolina, in the Nantahala National Forest. The site must be approved by (1) the North Carolina Department of Transportation, and (2) the Federal Highway Administration if the site is located adjacent to a federal-aid highway.
- Committees
- Senate Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Committee
- Policy area
- Public Lands and Natural Resources: 136 of 3,779 bills became law, 113th–118th (3.6%)
- Sponsor
- 5 of 198 bills enacted since 2013
- Text versions
- 2, from introduced in senate to reported to senate · 372 words
- Subjects
- Forests, forestry, treesMilitary historyMonuments and memorialsNorth CarolinaU.S. history
- Latest action
- Oct 27, 2025: Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 215.
- Records
- Congress.gov · Bill text
Each bill appears once, under its strongest link. 1 in all.
Related, per CRS or House · 1
- 119th H.R. 3584 Stratton Ridge Air Force Memorial Act R · Introduced