U.S. Congress - H.R.2489 American Battlefield Protection Program Amendments Act of 2011
H.R.2489 - American Battlefield Protection Program Amendments Act of 2011
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. view all titles (2)
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- Short: American Battlefield Protection Program Amendments Act of 2011 as introduced.
- Official: 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. as introduced.
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Official Summary
7/11/2011--Introduced.American Battlefield Protection Program Amendments of 2011 - Amends the Omnibus Public Land Management Act of 2009, with respect to the Battlefield Acquisition Grant Program, to: (1) expand the current definition of "battlefield report" to include the reportOfficial Summary
7/11/2011--Introduced.American Battlefield Protection Program Amendments of 2011 - Amends the Omnibus Public Land Management Act of 2009, with respect to the Battlefield Acquisition Grant Program, to:(1) expand the current definition of "battlefield report" to include the report entitled "Report to Congress on the Historic Preservation of Revolutionary War and War of 1812 Sites in the United States"; and
(2) expand the Program to permit the acquisition not only of an "interest in an eligible site," but also an "eligible site." Requires acquisitions of lands or interests under the Act to be from willing sellers only. Requires the Secretary of the Interior to submit to Congress a report on activities carried out under this Act.
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Committee approves protection of Revolutionary War, War of 1812 battlefields
The legislation (H.R. 2489) would extend to battlefields of the American Revolution and War of 1812 protections only afforded to Civil War sites under current law. The House Committee on Natural Resources approved the bill by unanimous consent.
Support given for Revoutionary War & War of 1812 battlefield protection
The American Battlefield Protection Program Amendments of 2011 (H.R. 2489 and S. 779) is pending before the full Senate and the House Natural Resources Committee (see stories linked to below). It would allow the government to buy historic sites affiliated
David Hackett Fischer sounds the call
One of the hearing’s highlights, no question, came late in the proceedings when Fischer, Brandeis University’s Earl Warren Professor of History, took to the microphone to testify for H.R. 2489. The bill has the somewhat unwieldy title of ...
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