HR 1694 RFS

April 22, 2009CommentsClose CommentsPermalink

Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural ResourcesCommentsClose CommentsPermalink

To authorize the acquisition and protection of nationally significant battlefields and associated sites of the Revolutionary War and the War of 1812 under the American Battlefield Protection Program.CommentsClose CommentsPermalink

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, CommentsClose CommentsPermalink

SECTION 1. REVOLUTIONARY WAR AND WAR OF 1812 AMERICAN BATTLEFIELD PROTECTION.

Section 7301(c) of the Omnibus Public Land Management Act of 2009 (Public Law 111-11) is amended as follows:CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(1) In paragraph (1)(A), by inserting after ‘means’ the following: ‘collectively, both the documen-- CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(A) by striking subparagraph (A) and inserting the following: CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





‘(A) BATTLEFIELD REPORT- The term ‘battlefield report’ means, collectively-- CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





‘(i) the report entitled ‘Report on the Nation’s Civil War Battlefields’, prepared by the Civil War Sites Advisory Commission, and dated July 1993; and CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





‘(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 National Park Service, and dated September 2007, and.’; and CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(B) in subpagraph (C)(ii), by striking ‘Battlefield Report’ and inserting ‘battlefield report’. CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(2) In paragraph (2), by inserting ‘eligible sites or’ after ‘acquiring’.CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(3) In paragraph (3), by inserting ‘an eligible site or’ after ‘acquire’.CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(4) In paragraph (4), by inserting ‘an eligible site or’ after ‘acquiring’.CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(5) In paragraph (5), by striking ‘An’ and inserting ‘An eligible site or an’.CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(6) By redesignating paragraph (6) as paragraph (8).CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(7) By inserting after paragraph (5) the following new paragraphs:CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





‘(6) WILLING SELLERS- Acquisition of land or interests in land under this subsection shall be from willing sellers only.CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





‘(7) REPORT- Not later than 5 years after the date of the enactment of this subsection, the Secretary shall submit to Congress a report on the activities carried out under this subsection, including a description of--CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





‘(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 report required under this paragraph;CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





‘(B) changes in the condition of the battlefields and associated sites during that period; andCommentsClose CommentsPermalink





‘(C) any other relevant developments relating to the battlefields and associated sites during that period.’.CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





Passed the House of Representatives April 21, 2009.

Attest:

LORRAINE C. MILLER,

Clerk.

(8) By striking paragraph (8) (as redesignated by paragraph (6)) and inserting the following: CommentsClose CommentsPermalink




‘(8) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS- There are authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary to provide grants under this subsection for each of fiscal years 2009 through 2019-- CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





‘(A) $10,000,000 for the protection of Civil War battlefields; and CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





‘(B) $10,000,000 for the protection of Revolutionary War and War of 1812 battlefields.’. CommentsClose CommentsPermalink