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112TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 2489 

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. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

JULY 11, 2011 

Mr. HOLT (for himself, Mr. HINCHEY, Mr. FORTENBERRY, Mr. ROTHMAN of 

New Jersey, and Mr. WELCH) introduced the following bill; which was 

referred to the Committee on Natural Resources 

A BILL 

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. 

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 2011’’. 


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

2 BATTLEFIELD PROTECTION. 

3 Section 7301(c) of the Omnibus Public Land Man4 agement Act of 2009 (Public Law 111–11) is amended 

5 as follows: 

6 (1) In paragraph (1)— 

7 (A) by striking subparagraph (A) and in8 serting the following: 

9 ‘‘(A) BATTLEFIELD REPORT.—The term 

10 ‘‘battlefield report’’ means, collectively— 

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

12 Nation’s Civil War Battlefields’, prepared 

13 by the Civil War Sites Advisory Commis14 sion, and dated July 1993; and 

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

16 Congress on the Historic Preservation of 

17 Revolutionary War and War of 1812 Sites 

18 in the United States’, prepared by the Na19 tional Park Service, and dated September 

20 2007.’’; and 

21 (B) in subparagraph (C)(ii), by striking 

22 ‘‘Battlefield Report’’ and inserting ‘‘battlefield 

23 report’’. 

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

25 or’’ after ‘‘acquiring’’. 


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

2 site or’’ after ‘‘acquire’’. 

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

4 site or’’ after ‘‘acquiring’’. 

5 (5) In paragraph (5), by striking ‘‘An’’ and in6 serting ‘‘An eligible site or an’’. 

7 (6) By redesignating paragraph (6) as para8 graph (8). 

9 (7) By inserting after paragraph (5) the fol10 lowing new paragraphs: 

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

12 or interests in land under this subsection shall be 

13 from willing sellers only. 

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

15 date of the enactment of this subsection, the Sec16 retary shall submit to Congress a report on the ac17 tivities carried out under this subsection, including 

18 a description of— 

19 ‘‘(A) preservation activities carried out at 

20 the battlefields and associated sites identified in 

21 the battlefield report during the period between 

22 publication of the battlefield report and the re23 port required under this paragraph; 


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1 ‘‘(B) changes in the condition of the bat2 tlefields and associated sites during that period; 

3 and 

4 ‘‘(C) any other relevant developments re5 lating to the battlefields and associated sites 

6 during that period.’’. 

7 (8) By striking paragraph (8) (as redesignated 

8 by paragraph (6)) and inserting the following: 

9 ‘‘(8) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.— 

10 There are authorized to be appropriated to the Sec11 retary to provide grants under this subsection for 

12 each of fiscal years 2012 through 2022— 

13 ‘‘(A) $10,000,000 for the protection of 

14 Civil War battlefields; and 

15 ‘‘(B) $10,000,000 for the protection of 

16 Revolutionary War and War of 1812 battle17 fields.’’. 

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