HR3448-118

Reported

To amend chapter 3081 of title 54, United States Code, to enhance the protection and preservation of America’s battlefields.

118th Congress Introduced Nov 7, 2023

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Summary

What This Bill Does

This bill, To amend chapter 3081 of title 54, United States Code, to enhance the protection and preservation of America’s battlefields., changes federal law or congressional policy affecting environmental regulators and natural-resource users. The main policy domain is Environment, Government Operations, Education.

Who Benefits and How

environmental regulators and natural-resource users may benefit from new authority, funding, eligibility, regulatory clarity, or reduced risk created by the bill.

Who Bears the Burden and How

federal implementing agencies, environmental regulators and natural-resource users may take on implementation duties, reporting obligations, compliance costs, or oversight responsibilities.

Key Provisions

  • Section H6399AC59135B419690AD359DBFDC28AE: 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the American Battlefield Protection Program Enhancement Act of 2023.
  • Section H4FB78A25A817454B97A8DB4AD374246D: 2. American battlefield protection program improvements Section 308101 of title 54, United States Code, is amended to read as follows: 308101.DefinitionsIn...
  • Section H1CF7201635FA46CA97E0A21D11A1418D: 308101. Definitions In this chapter: The term Secretary means the Secretary, acting through the American Battlefield Protection Program. The term Battlefield...
  • Section HDC04A09B4E724CE4B058D459BC0667F8: 308106. Updates and improvements to Battlefield Reports Not later than 2 years after the date of the enactment of this section, and every 10 years thereafter,...

Evidence Chain:

This summary is generated from the full bill text using AI analysis. Expand "Detailed Analysis" below for identified beneficiaries/burden bearers with clause-level evidence links.

At a Glance

What This Bill Does

This bill, To amend chapter 3081 of title 54, United States Code, to enhance the protection and preservation of America’s battlefields., changes federal law or congressional policy affecting environmental regulators and natural-resource users.

Key Policy Areas

Environment, Government Operations, Education

Primary Purpose

This bill, To amend chapter 3081 of title 54, United States Code, to enhance the protection and preservation of America’s battlefields., changes federal law or congressional policy affecting environmental regulators and natural-resource users.

Policy Domains

Environment Government Operations Education

Whole bill

Identified Gains
  • environmental regulators and natural-resource users
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environmental regulators and natural-resource users:
Identified Costs
  • federal implementing agencies
  • environmental regulators and natural-resource users
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federal implementing agencies:
environmental regulators and natural-resource users:

Legislative Progress

Reported
Introduced Committee Passed
Nov 21, 2024

Reported by Mr. Manchin, without amendment

Nov 7, 2023

Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy …

Nov 3, 2023

Additional sponsors: Mr. Zinke, Mr. Ruppersberger, Mrs. Kiggans of Virginia, …

Nov 3, 2023

Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the …

May 17, 2023

Ms. Stefanik (for herself, Mr. Connolly, Mr. Ferguson, Ms. Letlow, …

May 17, 2023

Ms. Stefanik (for herself, Mr. Connolly, Mr. Ferguson, Ms. Letlow, …

Stakeholder Effects

cui bono?

How this legislation distributes effects. Mention counts reflect frequency, not effect magnitude.

Government
4 mentions across 2 clauses
+2 positive -2 negative

Congress, National Park Service, National Park Service / ABPP

Positive-direction: Congress, Tribal governments

Negative-direction: National Park Service, National Park Service / ABPP

General Public
1 mention across 1 clause
?1 uncertain

General public

Historic Preservation
1 mention across 1 clause
+1 positive

Historic battlefield sites

Nonprofits
1 mention across 1 clause
+1 positive

Nonprofit historic preservation organizations

State & Local Government
1 mention across 1 clause
+1 positive

State and local governments

3/4
sections analyzed
Full impact breakdown

Bill Structure & Actor Mappings

Who is "The Secretary" in each section?

Domains
Environment Government Operations Education
Actor Mappings
"the_secretary"
→ The Secretary identified in the operative section
"the_commission"
→ The commission identified in the operative section

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