# H.R. 7618 (119th): American Battlefield Protection Program Amendments Act of 2026

American Battlefield Protection Program Amendments Act of 2026 This bill extends through FY2036 three National Park Service (NPS) grant programs that preserve U.S. battlefields and requires the NPS to study additional sites for potential preservation. Specifically, the bill extends through FY2036 grant programs for the acquisition, interpretation modernization, and restoration of certain U.S. battlefields. (Under current law, the grants are authorized through FY2028.) The bill also requires the NPS to prepare or certify studies of locations tied to significant events during the French and Indian War (1754-1763) and the Mexican-American War (1846-1848) for potential preservation.

## How this bill is scored

Tier: no Tier 1 record. A bill with no record cannot newly become Tier 1.
Lane: battlefield_preservation. Category: not stored. Lane tag: not stored.
Lane: historic_preservation. Category: not stored. Lane tag: not stored.
Lane: military_history. Category: not stored. Lane tag: not stored.
Lane: military_policy. Category: not stored. Lane tag: not stored.
Lane: national_park_service. Category: not stored. Lane tag: not stored.
Tier 1 sign-off: no record. A bill with no record cannot newly become Tier 1.
Stored polarity: mixed. Only tags the rules mark scoreable on a mixed bill are scored. A yea can draw a penalty or a credit according to the tag. A nay on a tag scored as good can draw a penalty.
Roll 192: On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended. Vote type: final_passage.
Polarity rationale: Reviewed enrichment (llm_import) polarity: The bill is a prudential heritage-preservation measure that extends existing grant authority and orders site studies. It carries no direct moral harm and does not clearly restrain an evil, so it falls under mixed prudential goods rather than good or evil.
Theological note: The measure bears on stewardship of inherited historical memory and the honoring of those who served and suffered in past conflicts. It also raises the prudential question of how public funds are spent on preservation. It does not directly address unjust killing, war policy, or moral harm, so its relevance is mainly civic stewardship and prudent use of public resources.

## Recorded votes

Roll 192: On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended. Yea 404 · Nay 13 · Other 13.

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