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[S. 1921 Reported in Senate (RS)]






                                                       Calendar No. 652
110th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 1921

                          [Report No. 110-300]

To amend the American Battlefield Protection Act of 1996 to extend the 
          authorization for that Act, and for other purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             August 1, 2007

   Mr. Webb (for himself, Mr. Sessions, Ms. Landrieu, Mr. Pryor, Mr. 
 Cornyn, Mr. Bunning, Mr. Lott, Mr. Cardin, Mr. Warner, Mrs. Lincoln, 
 Mr. Burr, Mrs. Hutchison, Mr. Alexander, Mr. Durbin, Mrs. McCaskill, 
Mrs. Clinton, Mr. Corker, Mr. Whitehouse, Mr. Chambliss, Mr. Martinez, 
   Ms. Mikulski, Mr. Shelby, Mr. Cochran, Mr. Kerry, Mr. Vitter, Mr. 
     Inhofe, Mr. Lieberman, Mr. Obama, Mr. Isakson, and Mr. Brown) 
introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the 
               Committee on Energy and Natural Resources

                             April 10, 2008

              Reported by Mr. Bingaman, with an amendment
 [Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed 
                               in italic]

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                                 A BILL


 
To amend the American Battlefield Protection Act of 1996 to extend the 
          authorization for that Act, and for other purposes.

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

<DELETED>SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.</DELETED>

<DELETED>    This Act may be cited as the ``Civil War Battlefield 
Preservation Act of 2007''.</DELETED>

<DELETED>SEC. 2. FINDINGS AND PURPOSES.</DELETED>

<DELETED>    (a) Findings.--Congress finds the following:</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (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.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (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--</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (A) almost 20 percent are lost or 
                fragmented;</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (B) 17 percent are in poor condition; 
                and</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (C) 60 percent have been lost or are in 
                imminent danger of being fragmented by development and 
                lost as coherent historic sites.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    (b) Purposes.--The purposes of this Act are--</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (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 at fair market 
        value;</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (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; and</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (3) to prepare our Nation for the upcoming 
        sesquicentennial commemoration of the Civil War, 2011 through 
        2015, which is expected to stimulate renewed interest in the 
        conflict and generate unprecedented visitation to preserved 
        Civil War battlegrounds.</DELETED>

<DELETED>SEC. 3. AUTHORIZATION EXTENDED.</DELETED>

<DELETED>    The American Battlefield Protection Act of 1996 (16 U.S.C. 
469k) is amended--</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (1) in subsection (d)(7)(A), by striking ``fiscal 
        years 2004 through 2008'' and inserting ``fiscal years 2009 
        through 2013''; and</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (2) in subsection (e), by striking ``September 30, 
        2008'' and inserting ``September 30, 2013''.</DELETED>

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Civil War Battlefield Preservation 
Act of 2008''.

SEC. 2. AUTHORIZATION EXTENDED.

    The American Battlefield Protection Act of 1996 (16 U.S.C. 469k) is 
amended--
            (1) in subsection (d)(7)(A), by striking ``fiscal years 
        2004 through 2008'' and inserting ``fiscal years 2009 through 
        2013''; and
            (2) by striking subsection (e).
                                                       Calendar No. 652

110th CONGRESS

  2d Session

                                S. 1921

                          [Report No. 110-300]

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                                 A BILL

To amend the American Battlefield Protection Act of 1996 to extend the 
          authorization for that Act, and for other purposes.

_______________________________________________________________________

                             April 10, 2008

                       Reported with an amendment