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U.S. GOVERNMENT
INFORMATION .
116TH CONGRESS REPORT
2d Session HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 116-627
PRESERVING AMERICA'S BATTLEFIELDS ACT
DECEMBER 8, 2020.-Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State
of the Union and ordered to be printed
Mr. GRIJALVA, from the Committee on Natural Resources,
submitted the following
R E P O R T
[To accompany H.R. 307]
[Including cost estimate of the Congressional Budget Office]
The Committee on Natural Resources, to whom was referred the
bill (H.R. 307) to provide for partnerships among State and local
governments, regional entities, and the private sector to preserve,
conserve, and enhance the visitor experience at nationally signifi-
cant battlefields of the American Revolution, War of 1812, and
Civil War, and for other purposes, having considered the same, re-
ports favorably thereon without amendment and recommends that
the bill do pass.
PURPOSE OF THE BILL
The purpose of H.R. 307 is to provide for partnerships among
state and local governments, regional entities, and the private sec-
tor to preserve, conserve, and enhance the visitor experience at na-
tionally significant battlefields of the American Revolution, War of
1812, and Civil War.
BACKGROUND AND NEED FOR LEGISLATION
The American Battlefield Protection Program (ABPP) was cre-
ated by the Secretary of the Interior in 1991, and officially author-
ized by Congress in 1996, to promote the preservation of significant
historic American battlefields. The ABPP focuses primarily on
land use, cultural resource and site management planning, and
public education-enabling current and future generations better
understand the connection between military conflicts and impor-
tant social and political changes that occurred in American his-
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