IIB 
107TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 5125
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 
OCTOBER 2, 2002
Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural 
Resources 
AN ACT 
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,
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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 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; 
and 
(2) to create partnerships among State and 
local governments, regional entities, and the private
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sector to preserve, conserve, and enhance nationally 
significant 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 para-
graph (3) of subsection (c), and indenting appro-
priately; 
(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
PRO-
GRAM.—
‘‘(1) DEFINITIONS.—In this subsection: 
‘‘(A) BATTLEFIELD
REPORT.—The term 
‘Battlefield Report’ means the document enti-
tled ‘Report on the Nation’s Civil War Battle-
fields’, prepared by the Civil War Sites Advi-
sory Commission, and dated July 1993.
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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 Conservation 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
RE-
PORT.—Not later than 2 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 384 battlefields during the period 
between publication of the Battlefield Re-
port and the update; 
‘‘(ii) changes in the condition of the 
battlefields during that period; and
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‘‘(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 fiscal years 2004 through 2008. 
‘‘(B) 
UPDATE
OF
BATTLEFIELD
RE-
PORT.—There are authorized to be appro-
priated 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’’.
Passed the House of Representatives October 1, 
2002. 
Attest: 
JEFF TRANDAHL, 
Clerk.