# 119-s-1876: Stratton Ridge Air Force Memorial Act

119-s-1876, Stratton Ridge Air Force Memorial Act, is a 119th Congress bill sponsored by Sen. Tillis, Thomas [R-NC] (R-NC); status in_committee (as of 2026-06-29).

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## Facts
- Bill: 119-s-1876
- Congress: 119
- Title: Stratton Ridge Air Force Memorial Act
- Status: in_committee
- Introduced: 2025-05-22
- Sponsor: Sen. Tillis, Thomas [R-NC] (R-NC)
- Cosponsors: 2
- Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
- Touches household money: no
- Last recorded action: 2026-06-29

## 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.

## Cosponsors (2)

- Sen. Budd, Ted [R-NC] (R-NC), 2025-05-22T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Duckworth, Tammy [D-IL] (D-IL), 2026-01-05T00:00:00.000Z

## Provisions PRIA read

- Allow memorial at Stratton Ridge: mixed, low. 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 t…

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## Sources
- [119-s-1876 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/senate-bill/1876)

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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-1876 (as of 2026-06-29).