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108TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 4722 
To authorize the establishment at Antietam National Battlefield of a memorial 
to the officers and enlisted men of the Fifth, Sixth, and Ninth New 
Hamphire Volunteer Infantry Regiments and the First New Hampshire 
Light Artillery Battery who fought in the Battle of Antietam on Sep-
tember 17, 1862, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JUNE 25, 2004 
Mr. BRADLEY of New Hampshire (for himself and Mr. BASS) introduced the 
following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Resources 
A BILL 
To authorize the establishment at Antietam National Battle-
field of a memorial to the officers and enlisted men 
of the Fifth, Sixth, and Ninth New Hamphire 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. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. ESTABLISHMENT OF NEW HAMPSHIRE MEMO-
RIAL, ANTIETAM NATIONAL BATTLEFIELD, 
MARYLAND. 
(a) MEMORIAL AUTHORIZED.—The Secretary of the 
Interior shall authorize the establishment, at a suitable lo-
cation approved by the Secretary within the boundaries 
of Antietam National Battlefield, of a memorial to the offi-
cers and enlisted men of the Fifth, Sixth, and Ninth New 
Hamphire Volunteer Infantry Regiments and the First 
New Hampshire Light Artillery Battery who fought in the 
Battle of Antietam on September 17, 1862. 
(b) AUTHORIZED ENTITY.—The Secretary shall se-
lect the persons who will be permitted to establish the me-
morial authorized by subsection (a). 
(c) DESIGN APPROVALS.—The size, design, and in-
scriptions of the memorial authorized by subsection (a) 
shall be subject to the approval of the Secretary. 
(d) PROHIBITION ON USE OF FEDERAL FUNDS FOR 
ESTABLISHMENT.—No Federal funds may be expended to 
design the memorial authorized by subsection (a), to ac-
quire the memorial, to prepare the site selected for the 
memorial, or to install the memorial. 
(e) SUSPENSION
FOR
MISREPRESENTATION
IN 
FUNDRAISING.—The Secretary may suspend the authority 
of the persons selected under subsection (b) to establish 
the memorial authorized by subsection (a) if the Secretary
determines that fundraising efforts relating to the memo-
rial have misrepresented an affiliation with the memorial 
or the Federal Government. 
(f) ANNUAL REPORT.—Until the memorial author-
ized by subsection (a) is installed, the persons selected 
under subsection (b) to establish the memorial shall sub-
mit to the Secretary an annual report of operations related 
to fundraising efforts for the memorial and progress on 
the establishment of the memorial. 
(g) MAINTENANCE.—Upon installation of the memo-
rial authorized by subsection (a), the Secretary shall as-
sume responsibility for the maintenance of the memorial. 
The Secretary may accept contributions for the mainte-
nance of the memorial from the persons selected under 
subsection (b) to establish the memorial and from other 
persons. Amounts accepted under this subsection shall be 
merged with other funds available to the Secretary for the 
maintenance of the memorial and credited to a separate 
account with the National Park Foundation. 
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