SECTION 1. REVOLUTIONARY WAR AND WAR OF 1812 AMER-
ICAN BATTLEFIELD PROTECTION. 
Section 7301(c) of the Omnibus Public Land Man-
agement Act of 2009 (Public Law 111–11) is amended 
as follows: 
(1) In paragraph (1)(A), by inserting after 
‘‘means’’ the following: ‘‘collectively, both the docu-
ment entitled ‘Report to Congress on the Historic 
Preservation of Revolutionary War and War of 1812 
Sites in the United States’, prepared by the National 
Park Service, and dated September 2007, and’’. 
(1) In paragraph (1)— 
(A) by striking subparagraph (A) and in-
serting the following: 
‘‘(A) BATTLEFIELD
REPORT.—The term 
‘‘battlefield report’’ means, collectively— 
‘‘(i) the report entitled ‘Report on the 
Nation’s Civil War Battlefields’, prepared 
by the Civil War Sites Advisory Commis-
sion, and dated July 1993; and 
‘‘(ii) the report entitled ‘Report to Con-
gress 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.’’; 
and 
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(B) in subpagraph (C)(ii), by striking 
‘‘Battlefield Report’’ and inserting ‘‘battlefield 
report’’. 
(2) In paragraph (2), by inserting ‘‘eligible sites 
or’’ after ‘‘acquiring’’. 
(3) In paragraph (3), by inserting ‘‘an eligible 
site or’’ after ‘‘acquire’’. 
(4) In paragraph (4), by inserting ‘‘an eligible 
site or’’ after ‘‘acquiring’’. 
(5) In paragraph (5), by striking ‘‘An’’ and in-
serting ‘‘An eligible site or an’’. 
(6) By redesignating paragraph (6) as para-
graph (8). 
(7) By inserting after paragraph (5) the fol-
lowing new paragraphs: 
‘‘(6) WILLING
SELLERS.—Acquisition of land 
or interests in land under this subsection shall be 
from willing sellers only. 
‘‘(7) REPORT.—Not later than 5 years after the 
date of the enactment of this subsection, the Sec-
retary shall submit to Congress a report on the ac-
tivities carried out under this subsection, including 
a description of— 
‘‘(A) preservation activities carried out at 
the battlefields and associated sites identified in 
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the battlefield report during the period between 
publication of the battlefield report and the re-
port required under this paragraph; 
‘‘(B) changes in the condition of the bat-
tlefields and associated sites during that period; 
and 
‘‘(C) any other relevant developments re-
lating to the battlefields and associated sites 
during that period.’’. 
(8) By striking paragraph (8) (as redesignated 
by paragraph (6)) and inserting the following: 
‘‘(8) AUTHORIZATION
OF
APPROPRIATIONS.— 
There are authorized to be appropriated to the Sec-
retary to provide grants under this subsection for 
each of fiscal years 2009 through 2019— 
‘‘(A) $10,000,000 for the protection of Civil 
War battlefields; and 
‘‘(B) $10,000,000 for the protection of Revo-
lutionary War and War of 1812 battlefields.’’. 
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Calendar No. 302 
111TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 1694 
[Report No. 111–152] 
AN ACT 
To authorize the acquisition and protection of na-
tionally significant battlefields and associated 
sites of the Revolutionary War and the War of 
1812 under the American Battlefield Protection 
Program. 
MARCH 2, 2010 
Reported with amendments 
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