A memorial honoring 9 Air Force crew members killed in an August 31, 1982 training mission crash over North Carolina's Cherokee and Nantahala National Forests currently sits on private land near the Cherohala Skyway. The Stratton Ridge Air Force Memorial Act allows the Secretary of Agriculture to authorize the memorial's relocation to the Stratton Ridge rest area at mile marker 2 on the Cherohala Skyway in Graham County, inside the Nantahala National Forest. No federal dollars can pay for the move — all costs for the application, environmental review, installation, and ongoing maintenance fall on whoever requests the relocation. The new site must be approved by the Secretary of Agriculture along with the North Carolina Department of Transportation and, if near a federal highway, the Federal Highway Administration.
Congressional Summary
Stratton Ridge Air Force Memorial ActThis 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.
Legislative Subjects
Details
- Congress
- 119th
- Chamber
- Senate
- Status
- summarized
- Action
- Reported to Senate
- Action Date
- 2025-10-27
- Date Added
- 2026-06-28
- Source
- Congress.gov →
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