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Union Calendar No. 441
107TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 5125
[Report No. 107–710] 
To amend the American Battlefield Protection Act of 1996 to authorize 
the Secretary of the Interior to establish a battlefield acquisition grant 
program. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JULY 15, 2002
Mr. GARY G. MILLER of California (for himself, Mr. RADANOVICH, Mr. MOL-
LOHAN, Mr. WICKER, Mr. BACHUS, and Mr. DUNCAN) introduced the fol-
lowing bill; which was referred to the Committee on Resources 
OCTOBER 1, 2002
Additional sponsors: Mr. HEFLEY, Mr. SNYDER, Mr. SHERMAN, Mr. ISAKSON, 
and Ms. MCCARTHY of Missouri 
OCTOBER 1, 2002
Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole 
House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed 
[Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic] 
[For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on July 15, 2002] 
A BILL 
To amend the American Battlefield Protection Act of 1996 
to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to establish 
a battlefield acquisition grant program.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Civil War Battlefield 
Preservation Act of 2002’’. 
SEC. 2. FINDINGS AND PURPOSES. 
(a) FINDINGS.—Congress finds the following: 
(1) Civil War battlefields provide a means for 
the people of the United States to understand a tragic 
period in the history of the United States. 
(2) According to the Report on the Nation’s Civil 
War Battlefields, prepared by the Civil War Sites Ad-
visory Commission, and dated July 1993, of the 384 
principal Civil War battlefields—
(A) almost 20 percent are lost or frag-
mented; 
(B) 17 percent are in poor condition; and 
(C) 60 percent have been lost or are in im-
minent danger of being fragmented by develop-
ment and lost as coherent historic sites. 
(b) PURPOSES.—The purposes of this Act are—
(1) to act quickly and proactively to preserve 
and protect nationally significant Civil War battle-
fields through conservation easements and fee-simple 
purchases of those battlefields from willing sellers; and
(2) to create partnerships among State and local 
governments, regional entities, and the private sector 
to preserve, conserve, and enhance nationally signifi-
cant Civil War battlefields. 
SEC. 3. BATTLEFIELD ACQUISITION GRANT PROGRAM. 
The American Battlefield Protection Act of 1996 (16 
U.S.C. 469k) is amended—
(1) by redesignating subsection (d) as paragraph 
(3) of subsection (c), and indenting appropriately; 
(2) in paragraph (3) of subsection (c) (as redes-
ignated by paragraph (1))—
(A) by striking ‘‘APPROPRIATIONS’’ and in-
serting ‘‘APPROPRIATIONS’’; and 
(B) by striking ‘‘section’’ and inserting 
‘‘subsection’’; 
(3) by inserting after subsection (c) the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(d) BATTLEFIELD ACQUISITION GRANT PROGRAM.—
‘‘(1) DEFINITIONS.—In this subsection: 
‘‘(A) BATTLEFIELD
REPORT.—The term 
‘Battlefield Report’ means the document entitled 
‘Report on the Nation’s Civil War Battlefields’, 
prepared by the Civil War Sites Advisory Com-
mission, and dated July 1993.
eligible site under this subsection shall be not less 
than 50 percent. 
‘‘(5) LIMITATION ON LAND USE.—An interest in 
an eligible site acquired under this subsection shall be 
subject to section 6(f)(3) of the Land and Water Con-
servation Fund Act of 1965 (16 U.S.C. 460l–8(f)(3)). 
‘‘(6) REPORTS.—
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 5 years 
after the date of the enactment of this subpara-
graph, the Secretary shall submit to Congress a 
report on the activities carried out under this 
subsection. 
‘‘(B) UPDATE OF BATTLEFIELD REPORT.—
Not later than 2 years after the date of the enact-
ment of this subsection, the Secretary shall sub-
mit to Congress a report that updates the Battle-
field Report to reflect—
‘‘(i) preservation activities carried out 
at the 384 battlefields during the period be-
tween publication of the Battlefield Report 
and the update; 
‘‘(ii) changes in the condition of the 
battlefields during that period; and
‘‘(iii) any other relevant developments 
relating to the battlefields during that pe-
riod. 
‘‘(7) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—There are authorized to 
be appropriated to the Secretary from the Land 
and Water Conservation Fund to provide grants 
under this subsection $10,000,000 for each of fis-
cal years 2004 through 2008. 
‘‘(B) UPDATE OF BATTLEFIELD REPORT.—
There are authorized to be appropriated to the 
Secretary to carry out paragraph (6)(B), 
$500,000.’’; and 
(4) in subsection (e)—
(A) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘as of ’’ 
and all that follows through the period and in-
serting ‘‘on September 30, 2008.’’; and 
(B) in paragraph (2), by inserting ‘‘and 
provide battlefield acquisition grants’’ after 
‘‘studies’’.
Union Calendar No. 441
107TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 5125
[Report No. 107–710] 
A BILL 
To amend the American Battlefield Protection Act 
of 1996 to authorize the Secretary of the Interior 
to establish a battlefield acquisition grant pro-
gram. 
OCTOBER 1, 2002
Reported with an amendment, committed to the Com-
mittee of the Whole House on the State of the Union, 
and ordered to be printed