111TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 146 

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, 
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1 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

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

3 War of 1812 Battlefield Protection Act’’. 

4 SEC. 2. BATTLEFIELD ACQUISITION GRANT PROGRAM FOR 

5 BATTLEFIELDS OF THE REVOLUTIONARY 

6 WAR AND WAR OF 1812. 

7 (a) DEFINITIONS.—In this Act: 

8 (1) BATTLEFIELD REPORT.—The term ‘‘battle9 field report’’ means the document titled ‘‘Report to 

10 Congress on the Historic Preservation of Revolu11 tionary War and War of 1812 Sites in the United 

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

13 dated September 2007. 

14 (2) ELIGIBLE ENTITY.—The term ‘‘eligible enti15 ty’’ means a State or local government. 

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

17 means a site that— 

18 (A) is not within the exterior boundaries of 

19 a unit of the National Park System; and 

20 (B) is identified in the battlefield report. 

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

22 the Secretary of the Interior, acting through the 

23 American Battlefield Protection Program. 

24 (b) ESTABLISHMENT.—The Secretary shall establish 

25 a battlefield acquisition grant program for nationally sig26 nificant battlefields and associated sites of the Revolu-
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1 tionary War and the War of 1812 under which the Sec2 retary may make grants to eligible entities to pay the Fed3 eral share of the cost of acquiring fee-simple or lesser in4 terests from willing sellers in eligible sites for the preser5 vation and protection of those eligible sites. 

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

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

8 this section in partnership with a nonprofit organization. 

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

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

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

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

13 eligible site acquired under this section shall be subject 

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

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

16 (f) WILLING SELLERS.—Acquisitions of land and in17 terests in land under this Act shall be limited to acquisi18 tions, from willing sellers only, of conservation easements 

19 and fee-simple purchases of eligible sites. 

20 (g) REPORTS.— 

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

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

23 shall submit to Congress a report on the activities 

24 carried out under this section. 
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1 (2) UPDATE ON BATTLEFIELD REPORT.—Not 

2 later than 3 years after the date of the enactment 

3 of this Act, the Secretary shall submit to Congress 

4 a report that updates the battlefield report to re5 flect— 

6 (A) preservation activities carried out at 

7 the 677 battlefields and associated sites identi8 fied in the battlefield report during the period 

9 between publication of the battlefield report and 

10 the update; 

11 (B) changes in the condition of the battle12 fields and associated sites during that period; 

13 and 

14 (C) any other relevant developments relat15 ing to the battlefields and associated sites dur16 ing that period. 

17 (h) AUTHORIZATIONS OF APPROPRIATIONS.— 

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

19 appropriated to the Secretary from the Land and 

20 Water Conservation Fund to provide grants under 

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

22 through 2014. 
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1 (2) UPDATE OF BATTLEFIELD REPORT.—There 

2 are authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary 

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

Passed the House of Representatives March 3, 

2009. 

Attest: 

Clerk. 
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