HR 548 · 111th Congress · Public Lands and Natural Resources
Civil War Battlefield Preservation Act of 2009
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EnactedLatest: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.(2009-03-04)
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Civil War Battlefield Preservation Act of 2009 - Directs the Secretary of the Interior, acting through the American Battlefield Protection Program, to assist and work in partnership with citizens, federal, state, local, and tribal governments, other public entities, educational institutions, and private nonprofits in the identification, research, evaluation, interpretation, and protection of historic battlefields and associated sites. Establishes a battlefield acquisition grant program under which the Secretary may provide grants to eligible entities to pay the federal share of the cost to acquire interests in eligible sites for the preservation and protection of those sites.…
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Cosponsors (16)
9 Democrats7 Republicans