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[Congressional Bills 113th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1033 Referred in Senate (RFS)]

113th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1033

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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             April 10, 2013

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

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                                 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.

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

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``American Battlefield Protection 
Program Amendments Act of 2013''.

SEC. 2. REVOLUTIONARY WAR AND WAR OF 1812 AMERICAN BATTLEFIELD 
              PROTECTION.

    Section 7301(c) of the Omnibus Public Land Management Act of 2009 
(Public Law 111-11) is amended as follows:
            (1) In paragraph (1)--
                    (A) by striking subparagraph (A) and inserting the 
                following:
                    ``(A) Battlefield report.--The term `battlefield 
                report' means, collectively--
                            ``(i) the report entitled `Report on the 
                        Nation's Civil War Battlefields', prepared by 
                        the Civil War Sites Advisory Commission, and 
                        dated July 1993; and
                            ``(ii) the report entitled `Report to 
                        Congress on the Historic Preservation of 
                        Revolutionary War and War of 1812 Sites in the 
                        United States', prepared by the National Park 
                        Service, and dated September 2007.''; and
                    (B) in subparagraph (C)(ii), by striking 
                ``Battlefield Report'' and inserting ``battlefield 
                report''.
            (2) In paragraph (2), by inserting ``eligible sites or'' 
        after ``acquiring''.
            (3) In paragraph (3), by inserting ``an eligible site or'' 
        after ``acquire''.
            (4) In paragraph (4), by inserting ``an eligible site or'' 
        after ``acquiring''.
            (5) In paragraph (5), by striking ``An'' and inserting ``An 
        eligible site or an''.
            (6) By redesignating paragraph (6) as paragraph (9).
            (7) By inserting after paragraph (5) the following new 
        paragraphs:
            ``(6) Willing sellers.--Acquisition of land or interests in 
        land under this subsection shall be from willing sellers only.
            ``(7) Report.--Not later than 5 years after the date of the 
        enactment of this subsection, the Secretary shall submit to 
        Congress a report on the activities carried out under this 
        subsection, including a description of--
                    ``(A) preservation activities carried out at the 
                battlefields and associated sites identified in the 
                battlefield report during the period between 
                publication of the battlefield report and the report 
                required under this paragraph;
                    ``(B) changes in the condition of the battlefields 
                and associated sites during that period; and
                    ``(C) any other relevant developments relating to 
                the battlefields and associated sites during that 
                period.
            ``(8) Prohibition on lobbying.--
                    ``(A) In general.--None of the funds provided 
                pursuant to this section may be used for purposes of 
                lobbying any person or entity regarding the 
                implementation of this section or be granted, awarded, 
                contracted, or otherwise be made available to any 
                person, organization, or entity that participates in 
                such lobbying.
                    ``(B) Lobbying defined.--For purposes of this 
                paragraph, the term `lobbying' means to directly or 
                indirectly pay for any personal service, advertisement, 
                telegram, telephone call, letter, printed or written 
                matter, or other device intended or designed to 
                influence in any manner a Member of Congress, a 
                jurisdiction, or an official of any government to 
                favor, adopt, or oppose by vote or otherwise, any 
                legislation, law, ratification, policy, land use plan 
                (including zoning), or appropriation of funds before or 
                after the introduction of any bill, resolution, or 
                other measure proposing such legislation, law, 
                ratification, policy, or appropriation.''.
            (8) In paragraph (9) (as redesignated by paragraph (6)), by 
        striking ``2013'' and inserting ``2018''.

            Passed the House of Representatives April 9, 2013.

            Attest:

                                                 KAREN L. HAAS,

                                                                 Clerk.
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