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[H.R. 3448 Reported in Senate (RS)]
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Calendar No. 647
118th CONGRESS
2d Session
H. R. 3448
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IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
November 7, 2023
Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and
Natural Resources
November 21, 2024
Reported by Mr. Manchin, without amendment
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AN ACT
To amend chapter 3081 of title 54, United States Code, to enhance the
protection and preservation of America's battlefields.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``American Battlefield Protection
Program Enhancement Act of 2023''.
SEC. 2. AMERICAN BATTLEFIELD PROTECTION PROGRAM IMPROVEMENTS.
(a) Definitions.--Section 308101 of title 54, United States Code,
is amended to read as follows:
``Sec. 308101. Definitions
``In this chapter:
``(1) Secretary.--The term `Secretary' means the Secretary,
acting through the American Battlefield Protection Program.
``(2) Battlefield reports.--The term `Battlefield Reports'
means, collectively--
``(A) the document entitled `Report on the Nation's
Civil War Battlefields', prepared by the Civil War
Sites Advisory Commission, and dated July 1993; and
``(B) the document 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.''.
(b) Preservation Assistance.--Section 308102(a) of title 54, United
States Code, is amended by striking ``Federal'' and all that follows
through ``organizations'' and inserting ``Federal agencies, States,
Tribes, local governments, other public entities, educational
institutions, and nonprofit organizations''.
(c) Battlefield Land Acquisition Grants Improvements.--Section
308103 of title 54, United States Code, is amended--
(1) by amending subsection (a) to read as follows:
``(a) Eligible Site Defined.--In this section, the term `eligible
site'--
``(1) means a site that--
``(A) is not within the exterior boundaries of a
unit of the National Park System; and
``(B) is identified in the Battlefield Reports as a
battlefield; and
``(2) excludes sites identified in the Battlefield Reports
as associated historic sites.'';
(2) in subsection (b), by striking ``State and local
governments'' and inserting ``States, Tribes, local
governments, and nonprofit organizations'';
(3) in subsection (c), by striking ``State or local
government'' and inserting ``State, Tribe, or local
government''; and
(4) in subsection (e), by striking ``under this section''
and inserting ``under this section, including by States,
Tribes, local governments, and nonprofit organizations,''.
(d) Battlefield Restoration Grants Improvements.--Section 308105 of
title 54, United States Code, is amended--
(1) by amending subsection (a) to read as follows:
``(a) Establishment.--The Secretary shall establish a battlefield
restoration grant program (referred to in this section as the
`program') under which the Secretary may provide grants to States,
Tribes, local governments, and nonprofit organizations for projects
that restore day-of-battle conditions on--
``(1) land preserved and protected under the battlefield
acquisition grant program established under section 308103(b);
or
``(2) battlefield land that is--
``(A) owned by a State, Tribe, local government, or
nonprofit organization; and
``(B) referred to in the Battlefield Reports.'';
and
(2) by striking subsection (b) and inserting the following:
``(b) Eligible Sites.--The Secretary may make grants under this
section for Revolutionary War, War of 1812, and Civil War battlefield
sites--
``(1) eligible for assistance under the battlefield
acquisition grant program established under section 308103(b);
or
``(2) on battlefield land that is--
``(A) owned by a State, Tribe, local government, or
nonprofit organization; and
``(B) referred to in the Battlefield Reports.''.
(e) Updates and Improvements.--Chapter 3081 of title 54, United
States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following:
``Sec. 308106. Updates and improvements to Battlefield Reports
``Not later than 2 years after the date of the enactment of this
section, and every 10 years thereafter, the Secretary shall submit to
Congress a report that updates the Battlefield Reports to reflect--
``(1) preservation activities carried out at the
battlefields in the period since the publication of the most
recent Battlefield Reports update;
``(2) changes in the condition, including core and study
areas, of the battlefields during that period; and
``(3) any other relevant developments relating to the
battlefields during that period.''.
(f) Clerical Amendment.--The table of sections for chapter 3081 of
title 54, United States Code, is amended as follows:
(1) By amending the item relating to section 308101 to read
as follows:
``308101. Definitions.''.
(2) By adding at the end the following:
``308106. Updates and improvements to Battlefield Reports.''.
Calendar No. 647
118th CONGRESS
2d Session
H. R. 3448
_______________________________________________________________________
AN ACT
To amend chapter 3081 of title 54, United States Code, to enhance the
protection and preservation of America's battlefields.
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November 21, 2024
Reported without amendment