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Calendar No. 27 

111TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 146 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

MARCH 4, 2009 

Received and read the first time 

MARCH 5, 2009 

Read the second time and placed on the calendar 

AN ACT 

To establish a battlefield acquisition grant program for the 

acquisition and protection of nationally significant battlefields and associated sites of the Revolutionary War and 

the War of 1812, and for other purposes. 

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

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Revolutionary War and 

5 War of 1812 Battlefield Protection Act’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. BATTLEFIELD ACQUISITION GRANT PROGRAM FOR 

2 BATTLEFIELDS OF THE REVOLUTIONARY 

3 WAR AND WAR OF 1812. 

4 (a) DEFINITIONS.—In this Act: 

5 (1) BATTLEFIELD REPORT.—The term ‘‘battle6 field report’’ means the document titled ‘‘Report to 

7 Congress on the Historic Preservation of Revolu8 tionary War and War of 1812 Sites in the United 

9 States’’, prepared by the National Park Service, and 

10 dated September 2007. 

11 (2) ELIGIBLE ENTITY.—The term ‘‘eligible enti12 ty’’ means a State or local government. 

13 (3) ELIGIBLE SITE.—The term ‘‘eligible site’’ 

14 means a site that— 

15 (A) is not within the exterior boundaries of 

16 a unit of the National Park System; and 

17 (B) is identified in the battlefield report. 

18 (4) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means 

19 the Secretary of the Interior, acting through the 

20 American Battlefield Protection Program. 

21 (b) ESTABLISHMENT.—The Secretary shall establish 

22 a battlefield acquisition grant program for nationally sig23 nificant battlefields and associated sites of the Revolu24 tionary War and the War of 1812 under which the Sec25 retary may make grants to eligible entities to pay the Fed26 eral share of the cost of acquiring fee-simple or lesser inVerDate Nov 24 2008 02:35 Mar 06, 2009 Jkt 079200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H146.PCS H146

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1 terests from willing sellers in eligible sites for the preser2 vation and protection of those eligible sites. 

3 (c) NONPROFIT PARTNERS.—An eligible entity may 

4 acquire an interest in an eligible site using a grant under 

5 this section in partnership with a nonprofit organization. 

6 (d) NON-FEDERAL SHARE.—The non-Federal share 

7 of the total cost of acquiring an interest in an eligible site 

8 under this section shall be not less than 50 percent. 

9 (e) LIMITATIONS ON LAND USE.—An interest in an 

10 eligible site acquired under this section shall be subject 

11 to section 6(f)(3) of the Land and Water Conservation 

12 Fund Act of 1965 (16 U.S.C. 4601–8(f)(3)). 

13 (f) WILLING SELLERS.—Acquisitions of land and in14 terests in land under this Act shall be limited to acquisi15 tions, from willing sellers only, of conservation easements 

16 and fee-simple purchases of eligible sites. 

17 (g) REPORTS.— 

18 (1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 5 years after 

19 the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary 

20 shall submit to Congress a report on the activities 

21 carried out under this section. 

22 (2) UPDATE ON BATTLEFIELD REPORT.—Not 

23 later than 3 years after the date of the enactment 

24 of this Act, the Secretary shall submit to Congress 


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1 a report that updates the battlefield report to re2 flect— 

3 (A) preservation activities carried out at 

4 the 677 battlefields and associated sites identi5 fied in the battlefield report during the period 

6 between publication of the battlefield report and 

7 the update; 

8 (B) changes in the condition of the battle9 fields and associated sites during that period; 

10 and 

11 (C) any other relevant developments relat12 ing to the battlefields and associated sites dur13 ing that period. 

14 (h) AUTHORIZATIONS OF APPROPRIATIONS.— 

15 (1) IN GENERAL.—There are authorized to be 

16 appropriated to the Secretary from the Land and 

17 Water Conservation Fund to provide grants under 

18 this Act $10,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2010 

19 through 2014. 

20 (2) UPDATE OF BATTLEFIELD REPORT.—There 

21 are authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary 

22 to carry out subsection (g)(2), $500,000. 

Passed the House of Representatives March 3, 

2009. 

Attest: LORRAINE C. MILLER, 

Clerk. 


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Calendar No. 27 

111TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 146 

AN ACT 

To establish a battlefield acquisition grant program 

other purposes. Revolutionary War and the War of 1812, and for significant battlefields and associated sites of the for the acquisition and protection of nationally 

MARCH 5, 2009 

Read the second time and placed on the calendar 


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