IIB 
118TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 3448 
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 
NOVEMBER 7, 2023 
Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural 
Resources 
AN ACT 
To amend chapter 3081 of title 54, United States Code, 
to enhance the protection and preservation of America’s 
battlefields. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘American Battlefield 
Protection Program Enhancement Act of 2023’’. 
SEC. 2. AMERICAN BATTLEFIELD PROTECTION PROGRAM 
IMPROVEMENTS. 
(a) DEFINITIONS.—Section 308101 of title 54, 
United States Code, is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘§ 308101. Definitions 
‘‘In this chapter: 
‘‘(1) SECRETARY.—The term ‘Secretary’ means 
the Secretary, acting through the American Battle-
field Protection Program. 
‘‘(2) BATTLEFIELD REPORTS.—The term ‘Bat-
tlefield Reports’ means, collectively— 
‘‘(A) the document entitled ‘Report on the 
Nation’s Civil War Battlefields’, prepared by 
the Civil War Sites Advisory Commission, and 
dated July 1993; and 
‘‘(B) the document entitled ‘Report to 
Congress on the Historic Preservation of Revo-
lutionary War and War of 1812 Sites in the 
United States’, prepared by the National Park 
Service, and dated September 2007.’’. 
(b) 
PRESERVATION
ASSISTANCE.—Section 
308102(a) of title 54, United States Code, is amended by 
striking ‘‘Federal’’ and all that follows through ‘‘organiza-
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tions’’ and inserting ‘‘Federal agencies, States, Tribes, 
local governments, other public entities, educational insti-
tutions, and nonprofit organizations’’. 
(c) BATTLEFIELD LAND ACQUISITION GRANTS IM-
PROVEMENTS.—Section 308103 of title 54, United States 
Code, is amended— 
(1) by amending subsection (a) to read as fol-
lows: 
‘‘(a) ELIGIBLE SITE DEFINED.—In this section, the 
term ‘eligible site’— 
‘‘(1) means a site that— 
‘‘(A) is not within the exterior boundaries 
of a unit of the National Park System; and 
‘‘(B) is identified in the Battlefield Reports 
as a battlefield; and 
‘‘(2) excludes sites identified in the Battlefield 
Reports as associated historic sites.’’; 
(2) in subsection (b), by striking ‘‘State and 
local governments’’ and inserting ‘‘States, Tribes, 
local governments, and nonprofit organizations’’; 
(3) in subsection (c), by striking ‘‘State or local 
government’’ and inserting ‘‘State, Tribe, or local 
government’’; and 
(4) in subsection (e), by striking ‘‘under this 
section’’ and inserting ‘‘under this section, including 
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by States, Tribes, local governments, and nonprofit 
organizations,’’. 
(d) BATTLEFIELD RESTORATION GRANTS IMPROVE-
MENTS.—Section 308105 of title 54, United States Code, 
is amended— 
(1) by amending subsection (a) to read as fol-
lows: 
‘‘(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—The Secretary shall estab-
lish a battlefield restoration grant program (referred to 
in this section as the ‘program’) under which the Secretary 
may provide grants to States, Tribes, local governments, 
and nonprofit organizations for projects that restore day- 
of-battle conditions on— 
‘‘(1) land preserved and protected under the 
battlefield acquisition grant program established 
under section 308103(b); or 
‘‘(2) battlefield land that is— 
‘‘(A) owned by a State, Tribe, local govern-
ment, or nonprofit organization; and 
‘‘(B) referred to in the Battlefield Re-
ports.’’; and 
(2) by striking subsection (b) and inserting the 
following: 
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‘‘(b) ELIGIBLE SITES.—The Secretary may make 
grants under this section for Revolutionary War, War of 
1812, and Civil War battlefield sites— 
‘‘(1) eligible for assistance under the battlefield 
acquisition grant program established under section 
308103(b); or 
‘‘(2) on battlefield land that is— 
‘‘(A) owned by a State, Tribe, local govern-
ment, or nonprofit organization; and 
‘‘(B) referred to in the Battlefield Re-
ports.’’. 
(e) UPDATES AND IMPROVEMENTS.—Chapter 3081 
of title 54, United States Code, is amended by adding at 
the end the following: 
‘‘§ 308106. Updates and improvements to Battlefield 
Reports 
‘‘Not later than 2 years after the date of the enact-
ment of this section, and every 10 years thereafter, the 
Secretary shall submit to Congress a report that updates 
the Battlefield Reports to reflect— 
‘‘(1) preservation activities carried out at the 
battlefields in the period since the publication of the 
most recent Battlefield Reports update; 
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‘‘(2) changes in the condition, including core 
and study areas, of the battlefields during that pe-
riod; and 
‘‘(3) any other relevant developments relating 
to the battlefields during that period.’’. 
(f) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections 
for chapter 3081 of title 54, United States Code, is 
amended as follows: 
(1) By amending the item relating to section 
308101 to read as follows: 
‘‘308101. Definitions.’’. 
(2) By adding at the end the following: 
‘‘308106. Updates and improvements to Battlefield Reports.’’. 
Passed the House of Representatives November 6, 
2023. 
Attest: 
KEVIN F. MCCUMBER, 
Clerk. 
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