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Calendar No. 27 
111TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 146 
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 
MARCH 4, 2009 
Received and read the first time 
MARCH 5, 2009 
Read the second time and placed on the calendar 
AN ACT 
To establish a battlefield acquisition grant program for the 
acquisition and protection of nationally significant battle-
fields and associated sites of the Revolutionary War and 
the War of 1812, 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. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Revolutionary War and 
War of 1812 Battlefield Protection Act’’. 
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SEC. 2. BATTLEFIELD ACQUISITION GRANT PROGRAM FOR 
BATTLEFIELDS 
OF 
THE 
REVOLUTIONARY 
WAR AND WAR OF 1812. 
(a) DEFINITIONS.—In this Act: 
(1) BATTLEFIELD REPORT.—The term ‘‘battle-
field report’’ means the document titled ‘‘Report to 
Congress on the Historic Preservation of Revolu-
tionary War and War of 1812 Sites in the United 
States’’, prepared by the National Park Service, and 
dated September 2007. 
(2) ELIGIBLE ENTITY.—The term ‘‘eligible enti-
ty’’ means a State or local government. 
(3) ELIGIBLE SITE.—The term ‘‘eligible site’’ 
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 report. 
(4) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means 
the Secretary of the Interior, acting through the 
American Battlefield Protection Program. 
(b) ESTABLISHMENT.—The Secretary shall establish 
a battlefield acquisition grant program for nationally sig-
nificant battlefields and associated sites of the Revolu-
tionary War and the War of 1812 under which the Sec-
retary may make grants to eligible entities to pay the Fed-
eral share of the cost of acquiring fee-simple or lesser in-
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terests from willing sellers in eligible sites for the preser-
vation and protection of those eligible sites. 
(c) NONPROFIT PARTNERS.—An eligible entity may 
acquire an interest in an eligible site using a grant under 
this section in partnership with a nonprofit organization. 
(d) NON-FEDERAL SHARE.—The non-Federal share 
of the total cost of acquiring an interest in an eligible site 
under this section shall be not less than 50 percent. 
(e) LIMITATIONS ON LAND USE.—An interest in an 
eligible site acquired under this section shall be subject 
to section 6(f)(3) of the Land and Water Conservation 
Fund Act of 1965 (16 U.S.C. 4601–8(f)(3)). 
(f) WILLING SELLERS.—Acquisitions of land and in-
terests in land under this Act shall be limited to acquisi-
tions, from willing sellers only, of conservation easements 
and fee-simple purchases of eligible sites. 
(g) REPORTS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 5 years after 
the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary 
shall submit to Congress a report on the activities 
carried out under this section. 
(2) UPDATE ON BATTLEFIELD REPORT.—Not 
later than 3 years after the date of the enactment 
of this Act, the Secretary shall submit to Congress 
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a report that updates the battlefield report to re-
flect— 
(A) preservation activities carried out at 
the 677 battlefields and associated sites identi-
fied in the battlefield report during the period 
between publication of the battlefield report and 
the update; 
(B) changes in the condition of the battle-
fields and associated sites during that period; 
and 
(C) any other relevant developments relat-
ing to the battlefields and associated sites dur-
ing that period. 
(h) AUTHORIZATIONS OF APPROPRIATIONS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—There are authorized to be 
appropriated to the Secretary from the Land and 
Water Conservation Fund to provide grants under 
this Act $10,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2010 
through 2014. 
(2) UPDATE OF BATTLEFIELD REPORT.—There 
are authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary 
to carry out subsection (g)(2), $500,000. 
Passed the House of Representatives March 3, 
2009. 
Attest: 
LORRAINE C. MILLER, 
Clerk. 
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