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108TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. 2651

To authorize the establishment at Antietam National Battlefield of a memorial 

to the officers and enlisted men of the Fifth, Sixth, and Ninth New 

Hampshire Volunteer Infantry Regiments and the First New Hampshire 

Light Artillery Battery who fought in the Battle of Antietam on September 17, 1862, and for other purposes. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

JULY 14, 2004

Mr. GREGG (for himself and Mr. SUNUNU) introduced the following bill; which 

was read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural 

Resources 

A BILL

To authorize the establishment at Antietam National Battlefield of a memorial to the officers and enlisted men 

of the Fifth, Sixth, and Ninth New Hampshire Volunteer 

Infantry Regiments and the First New Hampshire Light 

Artillery Battery who fought in the Battle of Antietam 

on September 17, 1862, 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. ESTABLISHMENT OF NEW HAMPSHIRE MEMO2 RIAL, ANTIETAM NATIONAL BATTLEFIELD, 

3 MARYLAND. 

4 (a) MEMORIAL AUTHORIZED.—The Secretary of the 

5 Interior shall authorize the establishment, at a suitable lo6 cation approved by the Secretary within the boundaries 

7 of Antietam National Battlefield, of a memorial to the offi8 cers and enlisted men of the Fifth, Sixth, and Ninth New 

9 Hampshire Volunteer Infantry Regiments and the First 

10 New Hampshire Light Artillery Battery who fought in the 

11 Battle of Antietam on September 17, 1862. 

12 (b) AUTHORIZED ENTITY.—The Secretary shall se13 lect the persons who will be permitted to establish the me14 morial authorized by subsection (a). 

15 (c) DESIGN APPROVALS.—The size, design, and in16 scriptions of the memorial authorized by subsection (a) 

17 shall be subject to the approval of the Secretary. 

18 (d) PROHIBITION ON USE OF FEDERAL FUNDS FOR

19 ESTABLISHMENT.—No Federal funds may be expended to 

20 design the memorial authorized by subsection (a), to ac21 quire the memorial, to prepare the site selected for the 

22 memorial, or to install the memorial. 

23 (e) SUSPENSION FOR MISREPRESENTATION IN

24 FUNDRAISING.—The Secretary may suspend the authority 

25 of the persons selected under subsection (b) to establish 

26 the memorial authorized by subsection (a) if the Secretary 
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1 determines that fundraising efforts relating to the memo2 rial have misrepresented an affiliation with the memorial 

3 or the Federal Government. 

4 (f) ANNUAL REPORT.—Until the memorial author5 ized by subsection (a) is installed, the persons selected 

6 under subsection (b) to establish the memorial shall sub7 mit to the Secretary an annual report of operations related 

8 to fundraising efforts for the memorial and progress on 

9 the establishment of the memorial. 

10 (g) MAINTENANCE.—Upon installation of the memo11 rial authorized by subsection (a), the Secretary shall as12 sume responsibility for the maintenance of the memorial. 

13 The Secretary may accept contributions for the mainte14 nance of the memorial from the persons selected under 

15 subsection (b) to establish the memorial and from other 

16 persons. Amounts accepted under this subsection shall be 

17 merged with other funds available to the Secretary for the 

18 maintenance of the memorial and credited to a separate 

19 account with the National Park Foundation.

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