Political Quotes

“Mr. Speaker, I move to suspend the rules and pass the bill (H.R. 1033) 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. The Clerk read the title of the bill. The text of the bill is as follows: H.R. 1033 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ``American Battlefield Protection Program Amendments Act of 2013''. SEC. 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''.…”