3.0.0 548 2022-02-03T06:08:41Z 2022-02-03T06:08:41Z House H HR 2009-01-15 111 sseg00 Energy and Natural Resources Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2009-03-04T23:52:34Z hsii00 Natural Resources Committee House Standing hsii10 Federal Lands Subcommittee Referred to 2009-02-04T13:48:55Z Referred to 2009-01-15T15:01:40Z 2009-03-04 sseg00 Energy and Natural Resources Committee Senate Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. IntroReferral 2009-03-03 16:09:37 Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection. Floor H38310 2 House floor actions 2009-03-03 16:09:36 On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 402 - 13 (Roll no. 92). (text: CR 3/2/2009 H2882) Floor H37300 2 House floor actions 92 https://clerk.house.gov/evs/2009/roll092.xml House 111 2009-03-03T21:09:36Z 1 2009-03-03 16:09:36 Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 402 - 13 (Roll no. 92).(text: CR 3/2/2009 H2882) Floor 8000 9 Library of Congress 92 https://clerk.house.gov/evs/2009/roll092.xml House 111 2009-03-03T21:09:36Z 1 2009-03-03 15:59:56 Considered as unfinished business. (consideration: CR H2899-2900) Floor H30000 2 House floor actions 2009-03-02 14:36:31 At the conclusion of debate, the chair put the question on the motion to suspend the rules. Mr. Holt objected to the vote on the grounds that a quorum was not present. Further proceedings on the motion were postponed. The point of no quorum was withdrawn. Floor H37210 2 House floor actions 2009-03-02 14:29:17 DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 548. Floor H8D000 2 House floor actions 2009-03-02 14:29:16 Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H2882-2883) Floor H30000 2 House floor actions 2009-03-02 14:29:15 Mr. Holt moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended. Floor H30300 2 House floor actions 2009-02-04 hsii10 Federal Lands Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests and Public Lands. Committee 2009-01-15 Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsii00 Natural Resources Committee 2009-01-15 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2009-01-15 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress M001139 Rep. Miller, Gary G. [R-CA-42] GARY MILLER R CA 42 N B001235 Rep. Brown, Henry E., Jr. [R-SC-1] HENRY BROWN R SC E. 1 2009-01-15 True I000057 Rep. Israel, Steve [D-NY-2] STEVE ISRAEL D NY 2 2009-01-15 True G000309 Rep. Gordon, Bart [D-TN-6] BART GORDON D TN 6 2009-01-15 True M000133 Rep. Markey, Edward J. [D-MA-7] Edward Markey D MA J. 7 2009-01-26 False C001048 Rep. Culberson, John Abney [R-TX-7] JOHN CULBERSON R TX ABNEY 7 2009-01-26 False R000576 Rep. Ruppersberger, C. A. Dutch [D-MD-2] C. A. Ruppersberger D MD Dutch 2 2009-01-26 False K000188 Rep. Kind, Ron [D-WI-3] RON KIND D WI 3 2009-01-26 False D000482 Rep. Doyle, Michael F. [D-PA-14] MIKE DOYLE D PA 14 2009-01-26 False C001064 Rep. Campbell, John [R-CA-48] John Campbell R CA 48 2009-01-26 False P000265 Rep. Petri, Thomas E. [R-WI-6] TOM PETRI R WI 6 2009-01-28 False L000566 Rep. Latta, Robert E. [R-OH-5] Robert Latta R OH E. 5 2009-01-28 False H001032 Rep. Holt, Rush [D-NJ-12] RUSH HOLT D NJ D. 12 2009-01-28 False B000013 Rep. Bachus, Spencer [R-AL-6] SPENCER BACHUS R AL 6 2009-02-09 False O000107 Rep. Ortiz, Solomon P. [D-TX-27] SOLOMON ORTIZ D TX P. 27 2009-02-09 False S001169 Rep. Sestak, Joe [D-PA-7] Joe Sestak D PA 7 2009-02-25 False P000592 Rep. Poe, Ted [R-TX-2] Ted Poe R TX 2 2009-03-03 False Public Lands and Natural Resources Conflicts and wars Federal-Indian relations Historic sites and heritage areas Intergovernmental relations Land transfers Public-private cooperation State and local government operations Public Lands and Natural Resources 00 2009-01-15 Introduced in House 2009-02-03T17:20:32Z Civil War Battlefield Preservation Act of 2009 - Directs the Secretary of the Interior, acting through the American Battlefield Protection Program, to assist and work in partnership with citizens, federal, state, local, and tribal governments, other public entities, educational institutions, and private nonprofits in the identification, research, evaluation, interpretation, and protection of historic battlefields and associated sites.

Establishes a battlefield acquisition grant program under which the Secretary may provide grants to eligible entities to pay the federal share of the cost to acquire interests in eligible sites for the preservation and protection of those sites.

]]> 36 2009-03-03 Passed House amended 2009-03-10T15:19:19Z Civil War Battlefield Preservation Act of 2009 - Directs the Secretary of the Interior, acting through the American Battlefield Protection Program, to assist and work in partnership with citizens, federal, state, local, and tribal governments, other public entities, educational institutions, and private nonprofits in the identification, research, evaluation, interpretation, and protection of historic battlefields and associated sites.

Establishes a battlefield acquisition grant program under which the Secretary may provide grants to eligible entities (states and local governments) to pay the federal share of the cost to acquire interests in eligible sites for the preservation and protection of those sites. Permits an eligible entity to acquire an interest in an eligible site using a grant in partnership with a nonprofit. Requires the non-federal share to be at least 50%.

Limits acquisitions of land and interests under this Act to acquisitions of conservation easements and fee-simple purchases of eligible sites from willing sellers only.

Authorizes appropriations.

Repeals this Act on September 30, 2019.

]]> Civil War Battlefield Preservation Act of 2009 Short Titles as Introduced Civil War Battlefield Preservation Act of 2009 Short Titles as Passed House Civil War Battlefield Preservation Act of 2009 H House Display Title Civil War Battlefield Preservation Act of 2009 Official Title as Introduced To assist citizens, public and private institutions, and governments at all levels in planning, interpreting, and protecting sites where historic battles were fought on American soil during the armed conflicts that shaped the growth and development of the United States, and for other purposes. Referred in Senate 2009-03-04T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-111hr548rfs/xml/BILLS-111hr548rfs.xml Engrossed in House 2009-03-03T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-111hr548eh/xml/BILLS-111hr548eh.xml Introduced in House 2009-01-15T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-111hr548ih/xml/BILLS-111hr548ih.xml 2009-03-04 Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.