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Calendar No. 398
113th CONGRESS
2d Session
H. R. 1033
[Report No. 113–172]
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
April 10, 2013Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources
May 22, 2014Reported by Ms. Landrieu, with an amendmentOmit the part struck through and insert the part printed in italic
AN ACT
To authorize the acquisition and protection of nationally significant battlefields and associated
sites of the Revolutionary War and the War of 1812 under the American
Battlefield Protection Program.
1.
Short title
This Act may be cited as the
American Battlefield Protection
Program Amendments Act of 2013.
2.
Revolutionary War
and War of 1812 American battlefield protection
Section 7301(c) of the Omnibus Public Land
Management Act of 2009 (Public Law 111–11) is amended as
follows:
(1) In paragraph
(1)—
(A) by striking
subparagraph (A) and inserting the following:
(A)
Battlefield
report
The term battlefield report means,
collectively—
(i) the report
entitled Report on the Nation’s Civil War Battlefields, prepared
by the Civil War Sites Advisory Commission, and dated July 1993;
and
(ii) the report
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.
;
and
(B) in subparagraph
(C)(ii), by striking Battlefield Report and inserting
battlefield report.
(2) In paragraph (2),
by inserting eligible sites or after
acquiring.
(3) In paragraph (3), by inserting an
eligible site or after acquire.
(4) In paragraph (4), by inserting an
eligible site or after acquiring.
(5) In paragraph (5),
by striking An and inserting An eligible site or
an.
(6) By redesignating
paragraph (6) as paragraph (9).
(7) By inserting after
paragraph (5) the following new paragraphs:
(6)
Willing
Sellers
Acquisition of land
or interests in land under this subsection shall be from willing
sellers
only.
(7)
Report
Not later than 5 years after the date of
the enactment of this subsection, the Secretary shall submit to
Congress a
report on the activities carried out under this subsection,
including a
description of—
(A) preservation
activities carried out at the battlefields and associated sites
identified in
the battlefield report during the period between publication of the
battlefield
report and the report required under this paragraph;
(B) changes in the
condition of the battlefields and associated sites during that
period;
and
(C) any other relevant
developments relating to the battlefields and associated sites
during that
period.
(8)
Prohibition on
lobbying
(A)
In
general
None of the funds provided pursuant to this section may
be used for purposes of lobbying any person or entity regarding the
implementation of this section or be granted, awarded, contracted,
or otherwise
be made available to any person, organization, or entity that
participates in
such lobbying.
(B)
Lobbying
defined
For purposes of this paragraph, the term
lobbying means to directly or indirectly pay for any personal
service, advertisement, telegram, telephone call, letter, printed
or written
matter, or other device intended or designed to influence in any
manner a
Member of Congress, a jurisdiction, or an official of any
government to favor,
adopt, or oppose by vote or otherwise, any legislation, law,
ratification,
policy, land use plan (including zoning), or appropriation of funds
before or
after the introduction of any bill, resolution, or other measure
proposing such
legislation, law, ratification, policy, or
appropriation.
.
(8)
Prohibition on lobbying
None of the funds provided pursuant to this section shall be used in any way, directly or
indirectly, to influence congressional action on any legislation or
appropriation matters pending before Congress.
.
(8) In paragraph (9)
(as redesignated by paragraph (6)), by striking 2013 and
inserting 2018.
May 22, 2014Reported with an amendment