Stratton Ridge Air Force Memorial Act
Sponsored By: Senator Sen. Tillis, Thomas [R-NC]
In Committee
Summary
Authorizes relocating the Stratton Ridge Air Force Memorial to the Stratton Ridge rest area on the Cherohala Skyway. The bill would allow the Secretary of Agriculture to approve moving a memorial honoring the nine C-141B crew members who died in a 1982 training crash to an approved site in the Nantahala National Forest near mile marker 2, with consent from the adjacent private landowner. The site must be approved in concurrence with the North Carolina Department of Transportation and, if adjacent to a Federal-aid highway, the Federal Highway Administration. No Federal funds may be used. The requester must pay all costs for application processing, environmental analyses, relocation, installation, and maintenance. The Secretary may impose terms that prevent enlargement of the memorial.
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Bill Overview
Analyzed Economic Effects
1 provisions identified: 0 benefits, 0 costs, 1 mixed.
Allow memorial at Stratton Ridge
This bill would authorize the Secretary of Agriculture to let a memorial for nine Air Force crew be moved to an approved site at the Stratton Ridge rest area (mile marker 2) on the Cherohala Skyway in Graham County, North Carolina, inside the Nantahala National Forest. The private landowner where the memorial now sits would have to consent. Site approval would require the Secretary to work with the North Carolina Department of Transportation and, if next to a Federal‑aid highway, the Federal Highway Administration. The memorial would be allowed only by a special use authorization that could include terms preventing any enlargement. No Federal funds could be used to relocate, install, or maintain the memorial. The person or group asking for the move would have to pay all costs for the application, any environmental review, the move, installation, and ongoing maintenance.
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Sponsors & CoSponsors
Sponsor
Sen. Tillis, Thomas [R-NC]
NC • R
Cosponsors
Sen. Budd, Ted [R-NC]
NC • R
Sponsored 5/22/2025
Tammy Duckworth
IL • D
Sponsored 1/5/2026
Roll Call Votes
No roll call votes available for this bill.
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