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I 
111TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1467 
To extend certain provisions of the USA PATRIOT Act and the Intelligence 
Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act of 2004 for 10 years. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MARCH 12, 2009 
Mr. SMITH of Texas (for himself, Mr. SENSENBRENNER, Mr. BOEHNER, Mr. 
COBLE, Mr. GALLEGLY, Mr. DANIEL E. LUNGREN of California, Mr. 
KING of Iowa, Mr. FRANKS of Arizona, Mr. JORDAN of Ohio, Mr. ROO-
NEY, Mr. HARPER, Mr. SULLIVAN, Mr. PENCE, Mr. CANTOR, Mr. SHAD-
EGG, Mr. HUNTER, Mrs. BACHMANN, and Ms. FALLIN) introduced the 
following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and 
in addition to the Select Committee on Intelligence (Permanent Select), 
for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case 
for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the 
committee concerned 
A BILL 
To extend certain provisions of the USA PATRIOT Act 
and the Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention 
Act of 2004 for 10 years. 
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 ‘‘Safe and Secure Amer-
ica Act of 2009’’. 
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SEC. 2. 10-YEAR EXTENSION OF CERTAIN PROVISIONS OF 
THE USA PATRIOT ACT AND THE INTEL-
LIGENCE REFORM AND TERRORISM PREVEN-
TION ACT OF 2004. 
(a) USA PATRIOT ACT.—Section 102(b) of the 
USA PATRIOT Improvement and Reauthorization Act of 
2005 (Public Law 109–177; 120 Stat. 195) is amended 
by striking ‘‘December 31, 2009’’ and inserting ‘‘Decem-
ber 31, 2019’’. 
(b) INTELLIGENCE REFORM AND TERRORISM PRE-
VENTION ACT OF 2004.—Section 6001(b)(1) of the Intel-
ligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act of 2004 
(Public Law 108–458; 118 Stat. 3742; 50 U.S.C. 1801 
note) is amended by striking ‘‘December 31, 2009’’ and 
inserting ‘‘December 31, 2019’’. 
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‘‘(i) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—There are authorized to be 
appropriated to the Attorney General for each of fis-
cal years 2011 through 2014 such sums as are nec-
essary to carry out the provisions of this Act. 
‘‘(2) SENSE OF THE HOUSE.—It is the sense of 
the House of Representatives that in fiscal year 
2011, and each fiscal year thereafter, the fees col-
lected by the Attorney General or the background 
check designee should be sufficient to carry out the 
duties of the Attorney General or the background 
check designee under this section and to help sup-
port the criminal history review program. 
‘‘(j) COLLECTION OF DATA AND REPORT TO CON-
GRESS.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 1 year after 
the establishment of the program created under sub-
section (b), and annually thereafter, the Attorney 
General shall prepare and submit to Congress and 
make available to the public a report on the pro-
grams and procedures established under this Act. 
‘‘(2) COLLECTION OF DATA.— 
‘‘(A) DEFINITION OF DEMOGRAPHIC CHAR-
ACTERISTICS.—In this paragraph, the term ‘de-
mographic characteristics’ includes information
communicating with nontraditional suppliers, including 
commercial firms and firms of all business sizes, that are 
engaged in markets of importance to the Department of 
Defense. 
(c) OUTREACH TO LOCAL FIRMS NEAR DEFENSE IN-
STALLATIONS.—The program established under sub-
section (a) shall include outreach, using procurement tech-
nical assistance centers, to notify firms of all business 
sizes in the vicinity of Department of Defense installations 
of opportunities to obtain contracts and subcontracts to 
perform work at such installations. 
(d) INDUSTRIAL BASE REVIEW.—The program re-
quired by subsection (a) shall include a continuous effort 
to review the industrial base supporting the Department 
of Defense, including the identification of markets of im-
portance to the Department of Defense. 
(e) DEFINITION.—In this section: 
(1) NONTRADITIONAL
SUPPLIERS.—The term 
‘‘nontraditional suppliers’’ means firms that have re-
ceived contracts from the Department of Defense 
with a total value of not more than $100,000 in the 
previous 5 years. 
(2) MARKETS
OF
IMPORTANCE
TO
THE
DE-
PARTMENT
OF
DEFENSE.—The term ‘‘markets of 
importance to the Department of Defense’’ means
industrial sectors in which the Department of De-
fense spends more than $500,000,000 annually. 
(3) PROCUREMENT
TECHNICAL
ASSISTANCE 
CENTER.—The term ‘‘procurement technical assist-
ance center’’ means a center operating under a coop-
erative agreement with the Defense Logistics Agency 
to provide procurement technical assistance pursu-
ant to the authority provided in chapter 142 of title 
10, United States Code. 
SEC. 402. COMMERCIAL PRICING ANALYSIS. 
Section 803(c) of the Strom Thurmond National De-
fense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1999 (Public Law 
105–261; 10 U.S.C. 2306a note) is amended to read as 
follows: 
‘‘(c) COMMERCIAL PRICE TREND ANALYSIS.— 
‘‘(1) The Secretary of Defense shall develop and 
implement procedures that, to the maximum extent 
practicable, provide for the collection and analysis of 
information on price trends for categories of exempt 
commercial items described in paragraph (2). 
‘‘(2) A category of exempt commercial items re-
ferred to in paragraph (1) consists of exempt com-
mercial items that are in a single Federal Supply 
Group or Federal Supply Class, are provided by a 
single contractor, or are otherwise logically grouped
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‘‘(A) who has, seeks to have, or may have 
unsupervised access to a child served by a cov-
ered entity; and 
‘‘(B) who— 
‘‘(i) is employed by or volunteers with, 
or seeks to be employed by or volunteer 
with, a covered entity; or 
‘‘(ii) owns or operates, or seeks to 
own or operate, a covered entity; 
‘‘(5) the term ‘criminal history review designee’ 
means an entity or organization, if any, designated 
by or entering an agreement with the Attorney Gen-
eral under subsection (b)(3)(B) to carry out or as-
sist in carrying out the criminal history review pro-
gram; 
‘‘(6) the term ‘criminal history review program’ 
means the program established under subsection 
(b)(1)(B); 
‘‘(7) the term ‘identification document’ has the 
meaning given that term in section 1028 of title 18, 
United States Code; 
‘‘(8) the term ‘participating entity’ means a 
covered entity that is— 
‘‘(A) located in a State that does not have 
a qualified State program; and 
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† HR 146 EAS 
SEC. 1102. DESIGNATION OF ADDITIONAL NATIONAL FOR-
EST SYSTEM LAND IN JEFFERSON NATIONAL 
FOREST AS WILDERNESS OR A WILDERNESS 
STUDY AREA. 
(a) DESIGNATION OF WILDERNESS.—Section 1 of Pub-
lic Law 100–326 (16 U.S.C. 1132 note; 102 Stat. 584, 114 
Stat. 2057), is amended— 
(1) in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by 
striking ‘‘System—’’ and inserting ‘‘System:’’; 
(2) by striking ‘‘certain’’ each place it appears 
and inserting ‘‘Certain’’; 
(3) in each of paragraphs (1) through (6), by 
striking the semicolon at the end and inserting a pe-
riod; 
(4) in paragraph (7), by striking ‘‘; and’’ and 
inserting a period; and 
(5) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(9) Certain land in the Jefferson National For-
est comprising approximately 3,743 acres, as gen-
erally depicted on the map entitled ‘Brush Mountain 
and Brush Mountain East’ and dated May 5, 2008, 
which shall be known as the ‘Brush Mountain East 
Wilderness’. 
‘‘(10) Certain land in the Jefferson National 
Forest comprising approximately 4,794 acres, as gen-
erally depicted on the map entitled ‘Brush Mountain
(2) by striking ‘‘January 1, 2009’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘January 1, 2011’’. 
(b) NEW YORK LIBERTY ZONE.—The last sentence 
of section 1400L(b)(2)(A) of such Code is amended by 
striking ‘‘December 31, 2006 (December 31, 2009’’ and 
inserting ‘‘December 31, 2008 (December 31, 2011’’. 
(c) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.— 
(1) The heading for subsection (k) of section 
168 of such Code is amended by striking ‘‘JANUARY 
1, 2009’’ and inserting ‘‘JANUARY 1, 2011’’. 
(2) The heading for clause (ii) of section 
168(k)(2)(B) of such Code is amended by striking 
‘‘PRE-JANUARY 1, 2009’’ and inserting ‘‘PRE-JANU-
ARY 1, 2011’’. 
(3) Section 168(l)(5)(B) of such Code is 
amended by striking ‘‘January 1, 2009’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘January 1, 2011’’. 
(4) Subparagraph 1400N(d)(3) of such Code is 
amended by striking ‘‘January 1, 2009’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘January 1, 2011’’. 
(d) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 
this section shall apply to property placed in service after 
December 31, 2009. 
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of this Act, without regard to whether the regulations re-
quired in subsection (a) have been promulgated. 
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thereof, or to facilitate compliance with 
such sections— 
‘‘(I) The Department of Housing 
and Urban Development, with regard 
to mortgages insured under title II of 
the National Housing Act (12 U.S.C. 
1707 et seq.); 
‘‘(II) The Secretary of Veterans 
Affairs, with regard to a loan made or 
guaranteed by the Secretary of Vet-
erans Affairs; 
‘‘(III) The Secretary of Agri-
culture, with regard loans guaranteed 
by the Secretary of Agriculture pursu-
ant to 42 U.S.C. 1472(h); 
‘‘(IV) The Federal Housing Fi-
nance Agency, with regard to loans 
meeting the conforming loan stand-
ards of the Federal National Mort-
gage Corporation or the Federal 
Home Loan Mortgage Corporation; 
and 
‘‘(V) The Rural Housing Service, 
with regard to loans insured by the 
Rural Housing Service.’’. 
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(3) by striking ‘‘appropriation from which ex-
penses were incurred in providing such services.’’ in 
paragraph (3) and inserting ‘‘appropriation current 
when the expenditures are or were paid, or the appro-
priation current when the amount is received.’’. 
SEC. 307. PRESIDENTIAL RANK AWARD PROGRAM. 
Section 40122(g)(2) is amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘and’’ after the semicolon in sub-
paragraph (G); 
(2) by striking ‘‘Board.’’ in subparagraph (H) 
and inserting ‘‘Board; and’’; and 
(3) by inserting at the end the following new 
subparagraph: 
‘‘(I) subsections (b), (c), and (d) of section 
4507 (relating to Meritorious Executive or Dis-
tinguished Executive rank awards), and sub-
sections (b) and (c) of section 4507a (relating to 
Meritorious Senior Professional or Distinguished 
Senior Professional rank awards), except that— 
‘‘(i) for purposes of applying such pro-
visions to the personnel management sys-
tem— 
‘‘(I) the term ‘agency’ means the 
Department of Transportation;
(i) an explanation of the actions that 
will be taken to correct or mitigate the 
safety concern in all capabilities or assets 
and sub-systems of the capabilities or as-
sets yet to be produced, and the date by 
which those actions will be taken; 
(ii) an explanation of the actions that 
will be taken to correct or mitigate the 
safety concern in previously produced ca-
pabilities or assets and sub-systems of the 
capabilities or assets, and the date by 
which those actions will be taken; and 
(iii) an assessment of the adequacy of 
current funding to correct or mitigate the 
safety concern in capabilities or assets and 
sub-systems of the capabilities or assets 
and in previously produced capabilities or 
assets and sub-systems. 
(c) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) DEVELOPMENTAL
TEST
AND
EVALUA-
TION.—The term ‘‘developmental test and evalua-
tion’’ means— 
(A) the testing of a capability or asset and 
the sub-systems of the capability or asset to de-
termine whether they meet all contractual per-
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(4) Not less than $335,000,000 shall be used as 
an additional amount to carry out domestic HIV/ 
AIDS, viral hepatitis, sexually-transmitted diseases, 
and tuberculosis prevention programs, as jointly de-
termined by the Secretary and the Director. 
(5) Not less than $60,000,000 shall be used as 
an additional amount to carry out environmental 
health programs, as jointly determined by the Sec-
retary and the Director. 
(6) Not less than $50,000,000 shall be used as 
an additional amount to carry out injury prevention 
and control programs, as jointly determined by the 
Secretary and the Director. 
(7) Not less than $30,000,000 shall be used as 
an additional amount for public health workforce de-
velopment activities, as jointly determined by the 
Secretary and the Director. 
(8) Not less than $40,000,000 shall be used as 
an additional amount for the National Institute for 
Occupational Safety and Health to carry out re-
search activities within the National Occupational 
Research Agenda. 
(9) Not less than $40,000,000 shall be used as 
an additional amount for the National Center for 
Health Statistics: 
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SEC. 2. EXCLUSION FROM GROSS INCOME OF AMERICORPS 
EDUCATIONAL AWARDS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 117 of the Internal Rev-
enue Code of 1986 (relating to qualified scholarships) is 
amended by adding at the end the following new sub-
section: 
‘‘(e) AMERICORPS EDUCATIONAL AWARDS.—Gross 
income shall not include any national service educational 
award described in subtitle D of title I of the National 
and Community Service Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 12601 
et seq.).’’. 
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by 
this section shall apply to taxable years ending after the 
date of the enactment of this Act. 
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of the Authority as necessary to qualified third- 
party companies or individuals. 
(D) The Administrator is authorized to 
contract with private sector fiduciary and custo-
dial agents as necessary to operate the Author-
ity. 
(2) GUARANTEE PROCESS.— 
(A) The Administrator shall establish, by 
rule, a process in which private sector entities 
may apply to the Administration for a Federal 
guarantee on pools of first lien position 504 
loans that are to be sold to third-party inves-
tors. 
(B) The Administrator shall appoint a Di-
rector of the Authority who shall report to the 
Administrator. 
(C) The Administrator is authorized to 
hire such personnel as are necessary to operate 
the Authority and may contract such operations 
of the Authority as necessary to qualified third- 
party companies or individuals. 
(D) The Administrator is authorized to 
contract with private sector fiduciary and custo-
dial agents as necessary to operate the Author-
ity. 
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‘‘(A) IN
GENERAL.—The Director shall 
have primary responsibility within the Depart-
ment for all activities and matters relating to 
homeownership counseling and rental housing 
counseling, including— 
‘‘(i) research, grant administration, 
public outreach, and policy development re-
lating to such counseling; and 
‘‘(ii) establishment, coordination, and 
administration of all regulations, require-
ments, standards, and performance meas-
ures under programs and laws adminis-
tered by the Department that relate to 
housing counseling, homeownership coun-
seling (including maintenance of homes), 
mortgage-related 
counseling 
(including 
home equity conversion mortgages and 
credit protection options to avoid fore-
closure), and rental housing counseling, in-
cluding the requirements, standards, and 
performance measures relating to housing 
counseling. 
‘‘(B) SPECIFIC FUNCTIONS.—The Director 
shall carry out the functions assigned to the Di-
rector and the Office under this section and any
amended by striking ‘‘back pay’’ and inserting ‘‘two times 
the amount of back pay’’. 
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SEC. 4. EFFECTIVE DATE. 
The amendments made by this Act shall take effect 
on the date of the enactment of this Act. 
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‘‘(B) The Secretary shall share the fol-
lowing percentages of OCS Receipts from the 
leases described in subparagraph (A) derived 
during the fiscal year indicated: 
‘‘(i) For fiscal year 2010, 5 percent. 
‘‘(ii) For fiscal year 2011, 8 percent. 
‘‘(iii) For fiscal year 2012, 11 per-
cent. 
‘‘(iv) For fiscal year 2013, 14 percent. 
‘‘(v) For fiscal year 2014, 17 percent. 
‘‘(vi) For fiscal year 2015, 20 percent. 
‘‘(vii) For fiscal year 2016, 23 per-
cent. 
‘‘(viii) For fiscal year 2017, 26 per-
cent. 
‘‘(ix) For fiscal year 2018, 29 percent. 
‘‘(x) For fiscal year 2019, 32 percent. 
‘‘(xi) For fiscal year 2020, 35 percent. 
‘‘(xii) For fiscal year 2021 and each 
subsequent fiscal year, 37.5 percent. 
‘‘(C) The provisions of this paragraph shall 
not apply to leases that could not have been 
issued but for section 5(k) of this Act or section 
6(2) of the Deep Ocean Energy Resources Act 
of 2009. 
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SEC. 2. EXTENSION OF TAXES FUNDING AIRPORT AND AIR-
WAY TRUST FUND. 
(a) FUEL TAXES.—Subparagraph (B) of section 
4081(d)(2) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is 
amended by striking ‘‘March 31, 2009’’ and inserting 
‘‘September 30, 2009’’. 
(b) TICKET TAXES.— 
(1) 
PERSONS.—Clause 
(ii) 
of 
section 
4261(j)(1)(A) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
is amended by striking ‘‘March 31, 2009’’ and in-
serting ‘‘September 30, 2009’’. 
(2) 
PROPERTY.—Clause 
(ii) 
of 
section 
4271(d)(1)(A) of such Code is amended by striking 
‘‘March 31, 2009’’ and inserting ‘‘September 30, 
2009’’. 
(c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 
this section shall take effect on April 1, 2009. 
SEC. 3. EXTENSION OF AIRPORT AND AIRWAY TRUST FUND 
EXPENDITURE AUTHORITY. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Paragraph (1) of section 9502(d) 
of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘April 1, 2009’’ and inserting 
‘‘October 1, 2009’’, and 
(2) by inserting ‘‘or the Federal Aviation Ad-
ministration Extension Act of 2009’’ before the 
semicolon at the end of subparagraph (A). 
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I 
111TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 146 
To amend the American Battlefield Protection Act of 1996 to establish 
a battlefield acquisition grant program for the acquisition and protection 
of nationally significant battlefields and associated sites of the Revolu-
tionary War and the War of 1812, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JANUARY 6, 2009 
Mr. HOLT (for himself, Mr. HINCHEY, Mr. ROTHMAN of New Jersey, Mr. 
WELCH, 
Mr. 
DINGELL, 
Mr. 
LANGEVIN, 
Mr. 
MCGOVERN, 
Mr. 
BLUMENAUER, and Mr. PATRICK MURPHY of Pennsylvania) introduced 
the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Natural Re-
sources 
A BILL 
To amend the American Battlefield Protection Act of 1996 
to establish a battlefield acquisition grant program for 
the acquisition and protection of nationally significant 
battlefields 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) GRANT PROGRAM.—The American Battlefield 
Protection Act of 1996 (section 604 of division I of Public 
Law 104–333; 16 U.S.C. 469k) is amended— 
(1) by redesignating subsection (e) as sub-
section (f); and 
(2) by inserting after subsection (d) the fol-
lowing new subsection: 
‘‘(e) BATTLEFIELD ACQUISITION GRANT PROGRAM 
FOR BATTLEFIELDS OF THE REVOLUTIONARY WAR AND 
WAR OF 1812.— 
‘‘(1) DEFINITIONS.—In this subsection: 
‘‘(A) BATTLEFIELD
REPORT.—The term 
‘battlefield report’ means the document entitled 
‘Report to Congress on the Historic Preserva-
tion of Revolutionary War and War of 1812 
Sites in the United States’, prepared by the Na-
tional Park Service, and dated September 2007. 
‘‘(B) ELIGIBLE ENTITY.—The term ‘eligi-
ble entity’ means a State or local government. 
‘‘(C) ELIGIBLE SITE.—The term ‘eligible 
site’ means a site that— 
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‘‘(i) is not within the exterior bound-
aries of a unit of the National Park Sys-
tem; and 
‘‘(ii) is identified in the battlefield re-
port. 
‘‘(D) SECRETARY.—The term ‘Secretary’ 
means the Secretary of the Interior, acting 
through the American Battlefield Protection 
Program. 
‘‘(2) ESTABLISHMENT.—The Secretary shall es-
tablish a battlefield acquisition grant program for 
nationally significant battlefields and associated sites 
of the Revolutionary War and the War of 1812 
under which the Secretary may make grants to eligi-
ble entities to pay the Federal share of the cost of 
acquiring fee-simple or lesser interests from willing 
sellers in eligible sites for the preservation and pro-
tection of those eligible sites. 
‘‘(3) NONPROFIT PARTNERS.—An eligible entity 
may acquire an interest in an eligible site using a 
grant under this subsection in partnership with a 
nonprofit organization. 
‘‘(4) NON-FEDERAL SHARE.—The non-Federal 
share of the total cost of acquiring an interest in an 
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eligible site under this subsection shall be not less 
than 50 percent. 
‘‘(5) LIMITATIONS 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 Conservation Fund Act of 1965 (16 U.S.C. 
4601–8(f)(3)). 
‘‘(6) REPORTS.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 5 years 
after the date of the enactment of this sub-
section, the Secretary shall submit to Congress 
a report on the activities carried out under this 
subsection. 
‘‘(B) 
UPDATE
ON
BATTLEFIELD
RE-
PORT.—Not later than 3 years after the date of 
the enactment of this subsection, the Secretary 
shall submit to Congress a report that updates 
the battlefield report to reflect— 
‘‘(i) preservation activities carried out 
at the 677 battlefields and associated sites 
identified in the battlefield report during 
the period between publication of the bat-
tlefield report and the update; 
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