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Calendar No. 505 

112TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 2489 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

SEPTEMBER 11, 2012 

Received; read twice and placed on the calendar 

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. 

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: 


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1 (1) In paragraph (1)— 

2 (A) by striking subparagraph (A) and in3 serting the following: 

4 ‘‘(A) BATTLEFIELD REPORT.—The term 

5 ‘battlefield report’ means, collectively— 

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

7 Nation’s Civil War Battlefields’, prepared 

8 by the Civil War Sites Advisory Commis9 sion, and dated July 1993; and 

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

11 Congress on the Historic Preservation of 

12 Revolutionary War and War of 1812 Sites 

13 in the United States’, prepared by the Na14 tional Park Service, and dated September 

15 2007.’’; and 

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

17 ‘‘Battlefield Report’’ and inserting ‘‘battlefield 

18 report’’. 

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

20 or’’ after ‘‘acquiring’’. 

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

22 site or’’ after ‘‘acquire’’. 

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

24 site or’’ after ‘‘acquiring’’. 


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1 (5) In paragraph (5), by striking ‘‘An’’ and in2 serting ‘‘An eligible site or an’’. 

3 (6) By redesignating paragraph (6) as para4 graph (9). 

5 (7) By inserting after paragraph (5) the fol6 lowing new paragraphs: 

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

8 or interests in land under this subsection shall be 

9 from willing sellers only. 

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

11 date of the enactment of this subsection, the Sec12 retary shall submit to Congress a report on the ac13 tivities carried out under this subsection, including 

14 a description of— 

15 ‘‘(A) preservation activities carried out at 

16 the battlefields and associated sites identified in 

17 the battlefield report during the period between 

18 publication of the battlefield report and the re19 port required under this paragraph; 

20 ‘‘(B) changes in the condition of the bat21 tlefields and associated sites during that period; 

22 and 

23 ‘‘(C) any other relevant developments re24 lating to the battlefields and associated sites 

25 during that period. 


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1 ‘‘(8) PROHIBITION ON LOBBYING.— 

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

3 provided pursuant to this section may be used 

4 for purposes of lobbying any person or entity 

5 regarding the implementation of this section or 

6 be granted, awarded, contracted, or otherwise 

7 be made available to any person, organization, 

8 or entity that participates in such lobbying. 

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

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

11 directly or indirectly pay for any personal serv12 ice, advertisement, telegram, telephone call, let13 ter, printed or written matter, or other device 

14 intended or designed to influence in any man15 ner a Member of Congress, a jurisdiction, or an 

16 official of any government to favor, adopt, or 

17 oppose by vote or otherwise, any legislation, 

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

19 zoning), or appropriation of funds before or 

20 after the introduction of any bill, resolution, or 

21 other measure proposing such legislation, law, 

22 ratification, policy, or appropriation.’’. 


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1 (8) In paragraph (9) (as redesignated by para2 graph (6)), by striking ‘‘2013’’ and inserting 

3 ‘‘2017’’. 

Passed the House of Representatives September 10, 

2012. 

Attest: KAREN L. HAAS, 

Clerk. 


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Calendar No. 505 

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 

SEPTEMBER 11, 2012 

Received; read twice and placed on the calendar 


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