H.R. 2933: Civil War Battlefield Preservation Act of 2008

110th Congress · introduced 2007-06-28 · Public Lands and Natural Resources · Latest: Read twice. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 1112.

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Where it came from: introduced 2007-06-28 · official record
Who proposed it: Rep. Miller, Gary G. [R-CA-42] · what a sponsor is
What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
Where it stands now: Read twice. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 1112. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
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Official title

Civil War Battlefield Preservation Act of 2008

Plain summary

Civil War Battlefield Preservation Act of 2008 - Amends the American Battlefield Protection Act of 1996 to authorize appropriations for FY2009-FY2013 for the provision of grants under the battlefield acquisition grant program. Eliminates the provision for the repealing of the Act on September 30, 2008.

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Official text

Civil War Battlefield Preservation Act of 2008

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Rep. Miller, Gary G. [R-CA-42] · 107 cosponsors

Cost estimate: CBO cost estimate: H.R. 2933, Civil War Battlefield Preservation Act of 2008 (2008-07-22); CBO cost estimate: H.R. 2933, Civil War Battlefield Preservation Act of 2008 (2008-07-22)

Cosponsors on this site

Ken Calvert (R-CA), Edward J. Markey (D-MA), Roger F. Wicker (R-MS), John R. Carter (R-TX), Marsha Blackburn (R-TN), Janice D. Schakowsky (D-IL), Linda T. Sánchez (D-CA), Virginia Foxx (R-NC), John Boozman (R-AR) and 47 more.

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Appropriation: Money a legislature sets aside by law for a specific purpose. Government agencies may spend public money only as it has been appropriated.
Authorization: A law that creates or continues a government program and says what it may do, often with a suggested spending ceiling. An authorization alone does not provide money; a separate appropriation does.

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Sources

Congressional Research Service summary (Reported to House with amendment(s))
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Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-110hr2933.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/110/hr>

Record fed-us-cong110-hr2933 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong110 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong110