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Union Calendar No. 514 

110TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 160 

[Report No. 110–796] 

To amend the American Battlefield Protection Act of 1996 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. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

JANUARY 4, 2007 

Mr. HOLT introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee 

on Natural Resources 

JULY 29, 2008 

Additional sponsors: Mr. HINCHEY, Mr. FOSSELLA, Mr. MCGOVERN, Mr. 

ROTHMAN, Mr. DAVIS of Illinois, Mrs. JO ANN DAVIS of Virginia, Mr. 

MCNULTY, Mr. TOWNS, Mr. RYAN of Ohio, Mr. BLUMENAUER, Mr. 

SOUDER, Mr. SHAYS, Mr. WELCH of Vermont, Mr. PATRICK J. MURPHY

of Pennsylvania, Mr. FALEOMAVAEGA, Mr. BAKER, Mr. LANGEVIN, Mr. 

DINGELL, Mr. GARY G. MILLER of California, Mr. BRADY of Pennsylvania, and Mr. KILDEE

JULY 29, 2008 

Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole 

House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed 

[Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic] 

[For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on January 4, 2007] 

A BILL 

To amend the American Battlefield Protection Act of 1996 


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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’’. 

6 SEC. 2. BATTLEFIELD ACQUISITION GRANT PROGRAM FOR 

7 BATTLEFIELDS OF THE REVOLUTIONARY WAR 

8 AND WAR OF 1812. 

9 (a) GRANT PROGRAM.—The American Battlefield Pro10 tection Act of 1996 (section 604 of division I of Public Law 

11 104–333; 16 U.S.C. 469k) is amended— 

12 (1) by redesignating subsection (e) as subsection 

13 (f); and 

14 (2) by inserting after subsection (d) the following 

15 new subsection: 

16 ‘‘(e) BATTLEFIELD ACQUISITION GRANT PROGRAM

17 FOR BATTLEFIELDS OF THE REVOLUTIONARY WAR AND

18 WAR OF 1812.— 

19 ‘‘(1) DEFINITIONS.—In this subsection: 

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

21 ‘battlefield report’ means the document entitled 

22 ‘Report to Congress on the Historic Preservation 


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1 of Revolutionary War and War of 1812 Sites in 

2 the United States’, prepared by the National 

3 Park Service, and dated September 2007. 

4 ‘‘(B) ELIGIBLE ENTITY.—The term ‘eligible 

5 entity’ means a State or local government. 

6 ‘‘(C) ELIGIBLE SITE.—The term ‘eligible 

7 site’ means a site that— 

8 ‘‘(i) is not within the exterior bound9 aries of a unit of the National Park System; 

10 and 

11 ‘‘(ii) is identified in the battlefield re12 port. 

13 ‘‘(D) SECRETARY.—The term ‘Secretary’ 

14 means the Secretary of the Interior, acting 

15 through the American Battlefield Protection Pro16 gram. 

17 ‘‘(2) ESTABLISHMENT.—The Secretary shall es18 tablish a battlefield acquisition grant program for na19 tionally significant battlefields and associated sites of 

20 the Revolutionary War and the War of 1812 under 

21 which the Secretary may make grants to eligible enti22 ties to pay the Federal share of the cost of acquiring 

23 fee-simple or lesser interests from willing sellers in el24 igible sites for the preservation and protection of those 

25 eligible sites. 


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1 ‘‘(3) NONPROFIT PARTNERS.—An eligible entity 

2 may acquire an interest in an eligible site using a 

3 grant under this subsection in partnership with a 

4 nonprofit organization. 

5 ‘‘(4) NON-FEDERAL SHARE.—The non-Federal 

6 share of the total cost of acquiring an interest in an 

7 eligible site under this subsection shall be not less 

8 than 50 percent. 

9 ‘‘(5) LIMITATIONS ON LAND USE.—An interest in 

10 an eligible site acquired under this subsection shall be 

11 subject to section 6(f)(3) of the Land and Water Con12 servation Fund Act of 1965 (16 U.S.C. 4601–8(f)(3)). 

13 ‘‘(6) REPORTS.— 

14 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 5 years 

15 after the date of the enactment of this subsection, 

16 the Secretary shall submit to Congress a report 

17 on the activities carried out under this sub18 section. 

19 ‘‘(B) UPDATE ON BATTLEFIELD REPORT.— 

20 Not later than 3 years after the date of the enact21 ment of this subsection, the Secretary shall sub22 mit to Congress a report that updates the battle23 field report to reflect— 

24 ‘‘(i) preservation activities carried out 

25 at the 677 battlefields and associated sites 


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1 identified in the battlefield report during 

2 the period between publication of the battle3 field report and the update; 

4 ‘‘(ii) changes in the condition of the 

5 battlefields and associated sites during that 

6 period; and 

7 ‘‘(iii) any other relevant developments 

8 relating to the battlefields and associated 

9 sites during that period. 

10 ‘‘(7) AUTHORIZATIONS OF APPROPRIATIONS.— 

11 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—There are authorized to 

12 be appropriated to the Secretary from the Land 

13 and Water Conservation Fund to provide grants 

14 under this subsection $10,000,000 for each of fis15 cal years 2009 through 2013. 

16 ‘‘(B) UPDATE OF BATTLEFIELD REPORT.— 

17 There are authorized to be appropriated to the 

18 Secretary to carry out paragraph (6)(B), 

19 $500,000.’’. 

20 (b) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.— 

21 (1) REFERENCES TO OTHER BATTLEFIELD AC22 QUISITION PROGRAM.—Subsection (d) of the Amer23 ican Battlefield Protection Act of 1996, as added by 

24 section 3 of Civil War Battlefield Preservation Act of 


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1 2002 (Public Law 107–359; 116 Stat. 3016), is 

2 amended— 

3 (A) in the subsection heading, by striking 

4 ‘‘BATTLEFIELD ACQUISITION GRANT PROGRAM’’ 

5 and inserting ‘‘BATTLEFIELD ACQUISITION

6 GRANT PROGRAM FOR BATTLEFIELDS OF THE

7 CIVIL WAR’’; and 

8 (B) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘grant 

9 program’’ and inserting ‘‘grant program for bat10 tlefields of the Civil War’’; and 

11 (2) TERMINATION OF AUTHORITY.—Subsection 

12 (f) of the American Battlefield Protection Act of 1996, 

13 as redesignated by subsection (a)(1), is amended— 

14 (A) in the subsection heading, by striking 

15 ‘‘REPEAL’’ and inserting ‘‘EXPIRATION’’; and 

16 (B) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘is re17 pealed’’ and inserting ‘‘expires’’. 


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Union Calendar No. 514 

110TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 160 

[Report No. 110

–796] 

A BILL 

To amend the American Battlefield Protection Act 

of 1812, and for other purposes. ated sites of the Revolutionary War and the War of nationally significant battlefields and associgrant program for the acquisition and protection of 1996 to establish a battlefield acquisition 

JULY 29, 2008 

Reported with an amendment, committed to the Comand ordered to be printed mittee of the Whole House on the State of the Union, 


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