112TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 2489 

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. 
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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 ‘‘American Battlefield 

5 Protection Program Amendments Act of 2012’’. 

6 SEC. 2. REVOLUTIONARY WAR AND WAR OF 1812 AMERICAN 

7 BATTLEFIELD PROTECTION. 

8 Section 7301(c) of the Omnibus Public Land Man9 agement Act of 2009 (Public Law 111–11) is amended 

10 as follows: 

11 (1) In paragraph (1)— 

12 (A) by striking subparagraph (A) and in13 serting the following: 

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

15 ‘battlefield report’ means, collectively— 

16 ‘‘(i) the report entitled ‘Report on the 

17 Nation’s Civil War Battlefields’, prepared 

18 by the Civil War Sites Advisory Commis19 sion, and dated July 1993; and 

20 ‘‘(ii) the report entitled ‘Report to 

21 Congress on the Historic Preservation of 

22 Revolutionary War and War of 1812 Sites 

23 in the United States’, prepared by the Na24 tional Park Service, and dated September 

25 2007.’’; and 
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1 (B) in subparagraph (C)(ii), by striking 

2 ‘‘Battlefield Report’’ and inserting ‘‘battlefield 

3 report’’. 

4 (2) In paragraph (2), by inserting ‘‘eligible sites 

5 or’’ after ‘‘acquiring’’. 

6 (3) In paragraph (3), by inserting ‘‘an eligible 

7 site or’’ after ‘‘acquire’’. 

8 (4) In paragraph (4), by inserting ‘‘an eligible 

9 site or’’ after ‘‘acquiring’’. 

10 (5) In paragraph (5), by striking ‘‘An’’ and in11 serting ‘‘An eligible site or an’’. 

12 (6) By redesignating paragraph (6) as para13 graph (9). 

14 (7) By inserting after paragraph (5) the fol15 lowing new paragraphs: 

16 ‘‘(6) WILLING SELLERS.—Acquisition of land 

17 or interests in land under this subsection shall be 

18 from willing sellers only. 

19 ‘‘(7) REPORT.—Not later than 5 years after the 

20 date of the enactment of this subsection, the Sec21 retary shall submit to Congress a report on the ac22 tivities carried out under this subsection, including 

23 a description of— 

24 ‘‘(A) preservation activities carried out at 

25 the battlefields and associated sites identified in 
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1 the battlefield report during the period between 

2 publication of the battlefield report and the re3 port required under this paragraph; 

4 ‘‘(B) changes in the condition of the bat5 tlefields and associated sites during that period; 

6 and 

7 ‘‘(C) any other relevant developments re8 lating to the battlefields and associated sites 

9 during that period. 

10 ‘‘(8) PROHIBITION ON LOBBYING.— 

11 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—None of the funds 

12 provided pursuant to this section may be used 

13 for purposes of lobbying any person or entity 

14 regarding the implementation of this section or 

15 be granted, awarded, contracted, or otherwise 

16 be made available to any person, organization, 

17 or entity that participates in such lobbying. 

18 ‘‘(B) LOBBYING DEFINED.—For purposes 

19 of this paragraph, the term ‘lobbying’ means to 

20 directly or indirectly pay for any personal serv21 ice, advertisement, telegram, telephone call, let22 ter, printed or written matter, or other device 

23 intended or designed to influence in any man24 ner a Member of Congress, a jurisdiction, or an 

25 official of any government to favor, adopt, or 
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1 oppose by vote or otherwise, any legislation, 

2 law, ratification, policy, land use plan (including 

3 zoning), or appropriation of funds before or 

4 after the introduction of any bill, resolution, or 

5 other measure proposing such legislation, law, 

6 ratification, policy, or appropriation.’’. 

7 (8) In paragraph (9) (as redesignated by para8 graph (6)), by striking ‘‘2013’’ and inserting 

9 ‘‘2017’’. 

Passed the House of Representatives September 10, 

2012. 

Attest: 

Clerk. 
112TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 2489 

AN ACT 

To authorize the acquisition and protection of naProgram. 1812 under the American Battlefield Protection sites of the Revolutionary War and the War of tionally significant battlefields and associated