Department of the Army May 2023 – Federal Register Recent Federal Regulation Documents

The Office of Army Cemeteries (OAC) is honoring the requests of the family members to disinter the human remains of five Native American students from the Carlisle Barracks Post Cemetery, Carlisle, Pennsylvania. The decedent names are: Edward Upright from the Spirit Lake Tribe, Amos LaFramboise from the Sisseton Wahpeton Oyate of the Lake Traverse Reservation, Beau Neal from the Northern Arapaho Tribe, Edward Spott from the Puyallup Tribe and Launy Shorty from the Blackfeet Nation. These students died between 1880 and 1910 while attending the Carlisle Indian Industrial School. See the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section of this document for more details.

The Department of the Army (Army) announces the availability of a Draft Legislative Environmental Impact Statement (LEIS) to address continued military use of the Yukon Training Area, near Fort Wainwright, Alaska, and Donnelly Training Area East and Donnelly Training Area West, near Delta Junction, Alaska. The current land withdrawal will expire on November 6, 2026, unless Congress enacts legislation to extend it. The Draft LEIS evaluates reasonable alternatives, potential environmental impacts, and key issues of concern. The LEIS will inform proposed legislation presented to Congress and Congress' decision regarding the Proposed Action. Comments received on the Draft LEIS will be fully considered and submitted as part of the legislative proposal. The comment period will last 60 days and will include virtual or in-person public meetings.