[House Report 109-111]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
109th Congress Report
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
1st Session 109-111
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ESTABLISHMENT OF NEW HAMPSHIRE MEMORIAL ANTIETAM NATIONAL BATTLEFIELD,
MARYLAND
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June 8, 2005.--Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the
State of the Union and ordered to be printed
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Mr. Pombo, from the Committee on Resources, submitted the following
R E P O R T
[To accompany H.R. 1084]
(Including cost estimate of the Congressional Budget Office]
The Committee on Resources, to whom was referred the bill
(H.R. 1084) to authorize the establishment at Antietam National
Battefield of a memorial to the officers and enlisted men of
the Fifth, Sixth, and Ninth New Hampshire Volunteer Infantry
Regiments and the First New Hampshire Light Artillery Battery
who fought in the Battle of Antietam on September 17, 1862, and
for other purposes, having considered the same, reports
favorably thereon without amendment and recommends that the
bill do pass.
PURPOSE OF THE BILL
The purpose of H.R. 1084 is to authorize the establishment
at Antietam National Battlefield of a memorial to the officers
and enlisted men of the Fifth, Sixth, and Ninth New Hampshire
Volunteer Infantry Regiments and the First New Hampshire Light
Artillery Battery who fought in the Battle of Antietam on
September 17, 1862, and for other purposes.
BACKGROUND AND NEED FOR LEGISLATION
Regiments from New Hampshire fought heroically in the
Battle of Antietam and history notes their support of the
Maryland 2nd as they charged what became know as Burnside's
Bridge.
H.R. 1084 authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to
establish a memorial at Antietam National Battlefield to
certain New Hampshire Volunteer Infantry Regiments and the New
Hampshire Light Artillery Battery. The bill directs the
Secretary to select persons responsible for the establishment
of the memorial and prohibits the use of federal funds in the
design, acquisition, preparation and installing of the
memorial. Additionally, the Secretary must approve the size,
design and inscriptions placed on the monument. Once the
memorial is in place, the Secretary will accept responsibility
for maintenance, but will be permitted to accept donations into
a specific account for the New Hampshire memorial.
COMMITTEE ACTION
H.R. 1084 was introduced on March 3, 2005, by Congressman
Jeb Bradley (R-NH). The bill was referred to the Committee on
Resources, and within the Committee to the Subcommittee on
National Parks. On May 12, 2005, the Subcommittee on National
Parks held a hearing on the bill. On May 18, 2005, the
Resources Committee met to consider the bill, at which time the
Subcommittee was discharged from further consideration of the
bill by unanimous consent. No amendments were offered and H.R.
1084 was ordered favorably reported to the House of
Representatives by unanimous consent.
COMMITTEE OVERSIGHT FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS
Regarding clause 2(b)(1) of rule X and clause 3(c)(1) of
rule XIII of the Rules of the House of Representatives, the
Committee on Resources' oversight findings and recommendations
are reflected in the body of this report.
CONSTITUTIONAL AUTHORITY STATEMENT
Article I, section 8, and Article IV, section 3 of the
Constitution of the United States grant
Congress the authority to enact this bill.
COMPLIANCE WITH HOUSE RULE XIII
1. Cost of Legislation. Clause 3(d)(2) of rule XIII of the
Rules of the House ofRepresentatives requires an estimate and a
comparison by the Committee of the costs which would be incurred in
carrying out this bill. However, clause 3(d)(3)(B) of that rule
provides that this requirement does not apply when the Committee has
included in its report a timely submitted cost estimate of the bill
prepared by the Director of the Congressional Budget Office under
section 402 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974.
2. Congressional Budget Act. As required by clause 3(c)(2)
of rule XIII of the Rules of the House of Representatives and
section 308(a) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, this
bill does not contain any new budget authority, credit
authority, or an increase or decrease in tax expenditures.
According to the Congressional Budget Office, enactment of this
bill ``could result in a negligible increase in revenues from
private donations and in the direct spending of such amounts to
pay for some of the costs of maintenance.''
3. General Performance Goals and Objectives. This bill does
not authorize funding and therefore, clause 3(c)(4) of rule
XIII of the Rules of the House of Representatives does not
apply.
4. Congressional Budget Office Cost Estimate. Under clause
3(c)(3) of rule XIII of the Rules of the House of
Representatives and section 403 of the Congressional Budget Act
of 1974, the Committee has received the following cost estimate
for this bill from the Director of the Congressional Budget
Office:
H.R. 1084--A bill to authorize the establishment at Antietam National
Battlefield of a memorial to the officers and enlisted men of
the Fifth, Sixth, and Ninth New Hampshire Volunteer Infantry
Regiments and the First New Hampshire Light Artillery Battery
who fought in the Battle of Antietam on September 17, 1862
H.R. 1084 would require the National Park Service (NPS) to
allow a memorial to be built at the Antietam National
Battlefield in honor of certain forces that fought in the
Battle of Antietam. The memorial would be designed and
constructed without the use of federal funds by an entity
selected by the NPS. The agency would be responsible for
maintenance of the memorial and would be authorized to accept
and use private contributions for that purpose.
CBO estimates that enacting H.R. 1084 would have no
significant impact on the federal budget. The only financial
responsibility that the NPS would have for the memorial would
be the payment of maintenance expenses, which are likely to be
negligible. Enacting the bill also could result in a negligible
increase in revenues from private donations and in the direct
spending of such amounts to pay for some of the costs of
maintenance.
H.R. 1084 contains no intergovernmental or private-sector
mandates as defined in the Unfunded Mandates Reform Act and
would not affect the budgets of state, local, or tribal
governments.
The CBO staff contact for this estimate is Deborah Reis.
This estimate was approved by Peter H. Fontaine, Deputy
Assistant Director for Budget Analysis.
COMPLIANCE WITH PUBLIC LAW 104-4
This bill contains no unfunded mandates.
PREEMPTION OF STATE, LOCAL OR TRIBAL LAW
This bill is not intended to preempt any State, local or
tribal law.
CHANGES IN EXISTING LAW
If enacted, this bill would make no changes in existing
law.