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Calendar No. 652[1]
110th Congress 2d Session |
SENATE | Report 110–300 |
CIVIL WAR BATTLEFIELD PRESERVATION ACT OF 2008
April 10, 2008.—Ordered to be printed
Filed under authority of the order of the Senate of April 10 (legislative day, April 9), 2008
Mr. Bingaman, from the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources, submitted the following
REPORT
together with
ADDITIONAL VIEWS
The Committee on Energy and Natural Resources, to which was referred the bill (S. 1921) to amend the American Battlefield Protection Act of 1996 to extend the authorization for that Act, and for other purposes, having considered the same, reports favorably thereon with an amendment and recommends that the bill, as amended, do pass.
Purpose
The purpose of S. 1921 is to reauthorize the American Battlefield Protection Act for an additional five years, from 2008 until 2013.
Background and Need
The American Battlefield Protection Program was authorized in 1996 to provide funding for preservation of threatened Civil War battlefields. The program leverages Federal appropriations by requiring matching non-Federal funds. The battlefield protection