SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘American Battlefield 
Protection Program Amendments Act of 2013’’. 
SEC. 2. REVOLUTIONARY WAR AND WAR OF 1812 AMERICAN 
BATTLEFIELD PROTECTION. 
Section 7301(c) of the Omnibus Public Land Man-
agement Act of 2009 (Public Law 111–11) is amended 
as follows: 
(1) In paragraph (1)— 
(A) by striking subparagraph (A) and in-
serting the following: 
‘‘(A) BATTLEFIELD
REPORT.—The term 
‘battlefield report’ means, collectively— 
‘‘(i) the report entitled ‘Report on the 
Nation’s Civil War Battlefields’, prepared 
by the Civil War Sites Advisory Commis-
sion, and dated July 1993; and 
‘‘(ii) the report entitled ‘Report to 
Congress on the Historic Preservation of 
Revolutionary War and War of 1812 Sites 
in the United States’, prepared by the Na-
tional Park Service, and dated September 
2007.’’; and 
(B) in subparagraph (C)(ii), by striking 
‘‘Battlefield Report’’ and inserting ‘‘battlefield 
report’’.
(2) In paragraph (2), by inserting ‘‘eligible sites 
or’’ after ‘‘acquiring’’. 
(3) In paragraph (3), by inserting ‘‘an eligible 
site or’’ after ‘‘acquire’’. 
(4) In paragraph (4), by inserting ‘‘an eligible 
site or’’ after ‘‘acquiring’’. 
(5) In paragraph (5), by striking ‘‘An’’ and in-
serting ‘‘An eligible site or an’’. 
(6) By redesignating paragraph (6) as para-
graph (9). 
(7) By inserting after paragraph (5) the fol-
lowing new paragraphs: 
‘‘(6) WILLING
SELLERS.—Acquisition of land 
or interests in land under this subsection shall be 
from willing sellers only. 
‘‘(7) REPORT.—Not later than 5 years after the 
date of the enactment of this subsection, the Sec-
retary shall submit to Congress a report on the ac-
tivities carried out under this subsection, including 
a description of— 
‘‘(A) preservation activities carried out at 
the battlefields and associated sites identified in 
the battlefield report during the period between 
publication of the battlefield report and the re-
port required under this paragraph;
‘‘(B) changes in the condition of the bat-
tlefields and associated sites during that period; 
and 
‘‘(C) any other relevant developments re-
lating to the battlefields and associated sites 
during that period. 
‘‘(8) PROHIBITION ON LOBBYING.— 
‘‘(A) IN
GENERAL.—None of the funds 
provided pursuant to this section may be used 
for purposes of lobbying any person or entity 
regarding the implementation of this section or 
be granted, awarded, contracted, or otherwise 
be made available to any person, organization, 
or entity that participates in such lobbying. 
‘‘(B) LOBBYING DEFINED.—For purposes 
of this paragraph, the term ‘lobbying’ means to 
directly or indirectly pay for any personal serv-
ice, advertisement, telegram, telephone call, let-
ter, printed or written matter, or other device 
intended or designed to influence in any man-
ner a Member of Congress, a jurisdiction, or an 
official of any government to favor, adopt, or 
oppose by vote or otherwise, any legislation, 
law, ratification, policy, land use plan (including 
zoning), or appropriation of funds before or
after the introduction of any bill, resolution, or 
other measure proposing such legislation, law, 
ratification, policy, or appropriation.’’. 
(8) In paragraph (9) (as redesignated by para-
graph (6)), by striking ‘‘2013’’ and inserting 
‘‘2018’’. 
Passed the House of Representatives April 9, 2013. 
Attest: 
Clerk.
113TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 1033 
AN ACT 
To authorize the acquisition and protection of na-
tionally significant battlefields and associated 
sites of the Revolutionary War and the War of 
1812 under the American Battlefield Protection 
Program.