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Calendar No. 302 

111TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 1694 

[Report No. 111–152] 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

APRIL 22, 2009 

Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural 

Resources 

MARCH 2, 2010 

Reported by Mr. BINGAMAN, with amendments 

[Omit the part struck through and insert the part printed in italic] 

AN ACT 

To authorize the acquisition and protection of nationally 

significant battlefields and associated sites of the Revolutionary War and the War of 1812 under the American 

Battlefield Protection Program. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 


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1 SECTION 1. REVOLUTIONARY WAR AND WAR OF 1812 AMER2 ICAN BATTLEFIELD PROTECTION. 

3 Section 7301(c) of the Omnibus Public Land Man4 agement Act of 2009 (Public Law 111–11) is amended 

5 as follows: 

6 (1) In paragraph (1)(A), by inserting after 

7 ‘‘means’’ the following: ‘‘collectively, both the docu8 ment entitled ‘Report to Congress on the Historic 

9 Preservation of Revolutionary War and War of 1812 

10 Sites in the United States’, prepared by the National 

11 Park Service, and dated September 2007, and’’. 

12 (1) In paragraph (1)— 

13 (A) by striking subparagraph (A) and in14 serting the following: 

15 ‘‘(A) BATTLEFIELD REPORT.—The term 

16 ‘‘battlefield report’’ means, collectively— 

17 ‘‘(i) the report entitled ‘Report on the 

18 Nation’s Civil War Battlefields’, prepared 

19 by the Civil War Sites Advisory Commis20 sion, and dated July 1993; and 

21 ‘‘(ii) the report entitled ‘Report to Con22 gress on the Historic Preservation of Revo23 lutionary War and War of 1812 Sites in the 

24 United States’, prepared by the National 

25 Park Service, and dated September 2007.’’; 

26 and 


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1 (B) in subpagraph (C)(ii), by striking 

2 ‘‘Battlefield Report’’ and inserting ‘‘battlefield 

3 report’’. 

4 (2) In paragraph (2), by inserting ‘‘eligible sites 

5 or’’ after ‘‘acquiring’’. 

6 (3) In paragraph (3), by inserting ‘‘an eligible 

7 site or’’ after ‘‘acquire’’. 

8 (4) In paragraph (4), by inserting ‘‘an eligible 

9 site or’’ after ‘‘acquiring’’. 

10 (5) In paragraph (5), by striking ‘‘An’’ and in11 serting ‘‘An eligible site or an’’. 

12 (6) By redesignating paragraph (6) as para13 graph (8). 

14 (7) By inserting after paragraph (5) the fol15 lowing new paragraphs: 

16 ‘‘(6) WILLING SELLERS.—Acquisition of land 

17 or interests in land under this subsection shall be 

18 from willing sellers only. 

19 ‘‘(7) REPORT.—Not later than 5 years after the 

20 date of the enactment of this subsection, the Sec21 retary shall submit to Congress a report on the ac22 tivities carried out under this subsection, including 

23 a description of— 

24 ‘‘(A) preservation activities carried out at 

25 the battlefields and associated sites identified in 


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1 the battlefield report during the period between 

2 publication of the battlefield report and the re3 port required under this paragraph; 

4 ‘‘(B) changes in the condition of the bat5 tlefields and associated sites during that period; 

6 and 

7 ‘‘(C) any other relevant developments re8 lating to the battlefields and associated sites 

9 during that period.’’. 

10 (8) By striking paragraph (8) (as redesignated 

11 by paragraph (6)) and inserting the following: 

12 ‘‘(8) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.— 

13 There are authorized to be appropriated to the Sec14 retary to provide grants under this subsection for 

15 each of fiscal years 2009 through 2019— 

16 ‘‘(A) $10,000,000 for the protection of Civil 

17 War battlefields; and 

18 ‘‘(B) $10,000,000 for the protection of Revo19 lutionary War and War of 1812 battlefields.’’. 


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Calendar No. 302 

111TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 1694 

[Report No. 111–152] 

AN ACT 

To authorize the acquisition and protection of naProgram. 1812 under the American Battlefield Protection sites of the Revolutionary War and the War of tionally significant battlefields and associated 

MARCH 2, 2010 

Reported with amendments 


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