[Congressional Bills 108th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4722 Introduced in House (IH)]






108th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 4722

 To authorize the establishment at Antietam National Battlefield of a 
  memorial to the officers and enlisted men of the Fifth, Sixth, and 
   Ninth New Hamphire Volunteer Infantry Regiments and the First New 
Hampshire Light Artillery Battery who fought in the Battle of Antietam 
             on September 17, 1862, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             June 25, 2004

Mr. Bradley of New Hampshire (for himself and Mr. Bass) introduced the 
    following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Resources

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                                 A BILL


 
 To authorize the establishment at Antietam National Battlefield of a 
  memorial to the officers and enlisted men of the Fifth, Sixth, and 
   Ninth New Hamphire Volunteer Infantry Regiments and the First New 
Hampshire Light Artillery Battery who fought in the Battle of Antietam 
             on September 17, 1862, and for other purposes.

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

SECTION 1. ESTABLISHMENT OF NEW HAMPSHIRE MEMORIAL, ANTIETAM NATIONAL 
              BATTLEFIELD, MARYLAND.

    (a) Memorial Authorized.--The Secretary of the Interior shall 
authorize the establishment, at a suitable location approved by the 
Secretary within the boundaries of Antietam National Battlefield, of a 
memorial to the officers and enlisted men of the Fifth, Sixth, and 
Ninth New Hamphire Volunteer Infantry Regiments and the First New 
Hampshire Light Artillery Battery who fought in the Battle of Antietam 
on September 17, 1862.
    (b) Authorized Entity.--The Secretary shall select the persons who 
will be permitted to establish the memorial authorized by subsection 
(a).
    (c) Design Approvals.--The size, design, and inscriptions of the 
memorial authorized by subsection (a) shall be subject to the approval 
of the Secretary.
    (d) Prohibition on Use of Federal Funds for Establishment.--No 
Federal funds may be expended to design the memorial authorized by 
subsection (a), to acquire the memorial, to prepare the site selected 
for the memorial, or to install the memorial.
    (e) Suspension for Misrepresentation in Fundraising.--The Secretary 
may suspend the authority of the persons selected under subsection (b) 
to establish the memorial authorized by subsection (a) if the Secretary 
determines that fundraising efforts relating to the memorial have 
misrepresented an affiliation with the memorial or the Federal 
Government.
    (f) Annual Report.--Until the memorial authorized by subsection (a) 
is installed, the persons selected under subsection (b) to establish 
the memorial shall submit to the Secretary an annual report of 
operations related to fundraising efforts for the memorial and progress 
on the establishment of the memorial.
    (g) Maintenance.--Upon installation of the memorial authorized by 
subsection (a), the Secretary shall assume responsibility for the 
maintenance of the memorial. The Secretary may accept contributions for 
the maintenance of the memorial from the persons selected under 
subsection (b) to establish the memorial and from other persons. 
Amounts accepted under this subsection shall be merged with other funds 
available to the Secretary for the maintenance of the memorial and 
credited to a separate account with the National Park Foundation.
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