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[H.R. 5125 Enrolled Bill (ENR)]

        H.R.5125

                      One Hundred Seventh Congress

                                 of the

                        United States of America


                          AT THE SECOND SESSION

         Begun and held at the City of Washington on Wednesday,
          the twenty-third day of January, two thousand and two


                                 An Act


 
 To amend the American Battlefield Protection Act of 1996 to authorize 
  the Secretary of the Interior to establish a battlefield acquisition 
                             grant program.

    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 ``Civil War Battlefield Preservation 
Act of 2002''.

SEC. 2. FINDINGS AND PURPOSES.

    (a) Findings.--Congress finds the following:
        (1) Civil War battlefields provide a means for the people of 
    the United States to understand a tragic period in the history of 
    the United States.
        (2) According to the Report on the Nation's Civil War 
    Battlefields, prepared by the Civil War Sites Advisory Commission, 
    and dated July 1993, of the 384 principal Civil War battlefields--
            (A) almost 20 percent are lost or fragmented;
            (B) 17 percent are in poor condition; and
            (C) 60 percent have been lost or are in imminent danger of 
        being fragmented by development and lost as coherent historic 
        sites.
    (b) Purposes.--The purposes of this Act are--
        (1) to act quickly and proactively to preserve and protect 
    nationally significant Civil War battlefields through conservation 
    easements and fee-simple purchases of those battlefields from 
    willing sellers; and
        (2) to create partnerships among State and local governments, 
    regional entities, and the private sector to preserve, conserve, 
    and enhance nationally significant Civil War battlefields.

SEC. 3. BATTLEFIELD ACQUISITION GRANT PROGRAM.

    The American Battlefield Protection Act of 1996 (16 U.S.C. 469k) is 
amended--
        (1) by redesignating subsection (d) as paragraph (3) of 
    subsection (c), and indenting appropriately;
        (2) in paragraph (3) of subsection (c) (as redesignated by 
    paragraph (1))--
            (A) by striking ``Appropriations'' and inserting 
        ``appropriations''; and
            (B) by striking ``section'' and inserting ``subsection'';
        (3) by inserting after subsection (c) the following:
    ``(d) Battlefield Acquisition Grant Program.--
        ``(1) Definitions.--In this subsection:
            ``(A) Battlefield report.--The term `Battlefield Report' 
        means the document entitled `Report on the Nation's Civil War 
        Battlefields', prepared by the Civil War Sites Advisory 
        Commission, and dated July 1993.
            ``(B) Eligible entity.--The term `eligible entity' means a 
        State or local government.
            ``(C) Eligible site.--The term `eligible site' means a 
        site--
                ``(i) that is not within the exterior boundaries of a 
            unit of the National Park System; and
                ``(ii) that is identified in the Battlefield Report.
            ``(D) Secretary.--The term `Secretary' means the Secretary 
        of the Interior, acting through the American Battlefield 
        Protection Program.
        ``(2) Establishment.--The Secretary shall establish a 
    battlefield acquisition grant program under which the Secretary may 
    provide grants to eligible entities to pay the Federal share of the 
    cost of acquiring interests in eligible sites for the preservation 
    and protection of those eligible sites.
        ``(3) Nonprofit partners.--An eligible entity may acquire an 
    interest in an eligible site using a grant under this subsection in 
    partnership with a nonprofit organization.
        ``(4) Non-federal share.--The non-Federal share of the total 
    cost of acquiring an interest in an eligible site under this 
    subsection shall be not less than 50 percent.
        ``(5) Limitation on land use.--An interest in an eligible site 
    acquired under this subsection shall be subject to section 6(f)(3) 
    of the Land and Water Conservation Fund Act of 1965 (16 U.S.C. 
    460l-8(f)(3)).
        ``(6) Reports.--
            ``(A) In general.--Not later than 5 years after the date of 
        the enactment of this subparagraph, the Secretary shall submit 
        to Congress a report on the activities carried out under this 
        subsection.
            ``(B) Update of battlefield report.--Not later than 2 years 
        after the date of the enactment of this subsection, the 
        Secretary shall submit to Congress a report that updates the 
        Battlefield Report to reflect--
                ``(i) preservation activities carried out at the 384 
            battlefields during the period between publication of the 
            Battlefield Report and the update;
                ``(ii) changes in the condition of the battlefields 
            during that period; and
                ``(iii) any other relevant developments relating to the 
            battlefields during that period.
        ``(7) Authorization of appropriations.--
            ``(A) In general.--There are authorized to be appropriated 
        to the Secretary from the Land and Water Conservation Fund to 
        provide grants under this subsection $10,000,000 for each of 
        fiscal years 2004 through 2008.
            ``(B) Update of battlefield report.--There are authorized 
        to be appropriated to the Secretary to carry out paragraph 
        (6)(B), $500,000.''; and
        (4) in subsection (e)--
            (A) in paragraph (1), by striking ``as of'' and all that 
        follows through the period and inserting ``on September 30, 
        2008.''; and
            (B) in paragraph (2), by inserting ``and provide 
        battlefield acquisition grants'' after ``studies''.

                               Speaker of the House of Representatives.

                            Vice President of the United States and    
                                               President of the Senate.