The record

LegislationLegislation· Mar 2026
HR 4284 Passed House — in Senate

Sponsored by Teresa Leger Fernandez (D)

Small Cemetery Conveyance Act

Lets the Forest Service give cemeteries on federal land to states, tribes, and local governments.

Tradeoff

Transfers cemetery land from federal to local control at no cost. The land must stay a cemetery or revert to the government.

What's in it

See official bill text

Costs $1 million over 2026-2031 for administrative expenses of conveying cemetery lands, with negligible effect on net direct spending.

The $1 million is the federal administrative cost to process and convey the cemetery lands; the policy's real impact is that state, local, and tribal entities receive free National Forest lands previously paid for, eliminating modest annual permit fees under current law.

H.R. 4284, Small Cemetery Conveyance Act · Feb 2026

Passed the House by on March 16, 2026 — sitting in the Senate.

  1. House

    Introduced

    (Jul 2, 2025)

  2. House

    Committee on Natural Resources(Jul 2, 2025)

    The bill went to more than one committee at the same time.

  3. House

    The Committee on Natural Resources voted to send it to the floor

    Reported(Dec 17, 2025)

    Committee report H. Rept. 119-454, Part I.

  4. House

    Passage of the bill

    Passed by (Mar 16, 2026)

    No individual votes were recorded.

  5. Senate

    Received from the House

    on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry(Mar 17, 2026)