H.R. 4284 explained · 119th Congress · Pending in Congress
Small Cemetery Conveyance Act
Cosponsors: 1 (0 D, 1 R) · per Congress.gov, 2026-10-09
Introduced: 2025-07-02
Latest action (2026-03-17): Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
What H.R. 4284 does, in plain terms
Small Cemetery Conveyance Act This bill authorizes the Forest Service to convey, without a payment or exchange in land, a cemetery to a state government, local government, Indian tribe, or certain community land grant that has a bona fide interest or historic claim to the cemetery. This authorization applies to up to 40 acres of land that was used, or previously used, as a cemetery, including up to 1 acre adjacent to the land used as a cemetery. The conveyed land must continue to be used as a cemetery. If it is not used for that purpose, the Forest Service may revert the land and any improvements back to the United States. The Forest Service may waive certain conveyance costs upon the demonstrated need of a state government, local government, Indian tribe, or community land grant.
Official summary by the Congressional Research Service, via Congress.gov.
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