I 
110TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2933 
To amend the American Battlefield Protection Act of 1996 to extend the 
authorization for that Act, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JUNE 28, 2007 
Mr. GARY G. MILLER of California (for himself, Mr. GORDON of Tennessee, 
Mr. BROWN of South Carolina, Mr. CALVERT, Mr. COOPER, Mr. 
CULBERSON, Mr. DAVID DAVIS of Tennessee, Mrs. JO ANN DAVIS of Vir-
ginia, Mr. DUNCAN, Mr. ETHERIDGE, Mr. GALLEGLY, Mr. GERLACH, Mr. 
HINCHEY, Mr. HOLT, Mr. KIND, Mr. MARKEY, Mr. MOLLOHAN, Mr. 
MOORE of Kansas, Mr. MORAN of Virginia, Mr. PICKERING, Mr. POE, 
and Mr. ROSS) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Natural Resources 
A BILL 
To amend the American Battlefield Protection Act of 1996 
to extend the authorization for that Act, 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 ‘‘Civil War Battlefield 
Preservation Act of 2007’’. 
SEC. 2. FINDINGS AND PURPOSES. 
(a) FINDINGS.—Congress finds the following: 
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(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 Advisory 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 at 
fair market value; 
(2) to create partnerships among State and 
local governments, regional entities, and the private 
sector to preserve, conserve, and enhance nationally 
significant Civil War battlefields; and 
(3) to prepare our Nation for the upcoming ses-
quicentennial commemoration of the Civil War, 2011 
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through 2015, which is expected to stimulate re-
newed interest in the conflict and generate unprece-
dented visitation to preserved Civil War battle-
grounds. 
SEC. 3. AUTHORIZATION EXTENDED. 
The American Battlefield Protection Act of 1996 (16 
U.S.C. 469k) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (d)(7)(A), by striking ‘‘fiscal 
years 2004 through 2008’’ and inserting ‘‘fiscal 
years 2009 through 2013’’; and 
(2) in subsection (e), by striking ‘‘September 
30, 2008’’ and inserting ‘‘September 30, 2013’’ . 
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