American Battlefield Protection Program Amendments Act of 2026

This bill changes the National Park Service grant programs that fund battlefield preservation and adds a new study mandate. Congress extends the authorization for the battlefield acquisition grant program from 2028 to 2036. Congress authorizes $2,000,000 for each fiscal year through fiscal year 2036 for the battlefield interpretation and restoration grants under sections 308104 and 308105. The bill strikes subsection (d) of section 308104 and subsection (e) of section 308105 of title 54. The bill also directs the Secretary of the Interior, acting through the National Park Service, to prepare or certify studies of sites tied to the French and Indian War of 1754 to 1763 and the Mexican-American War of 1846 to 1848. Those studies must identify sites, assess threats to them, and provide preservation alternatives, including possible designation as units of the National Park System. The Secretary must submit the studies to the House Natural Resources Committee and the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee.

At least 6 organizations named this measure in a lobbying filing. A floor, not a total: they were counted by the client name on 12 quarterly reports filed by 1 lobbying firm and by 5 organizations lobbying for themselves in 2026 Q1, 2026 Q2 and 2026 Q3. An organization that lobbied this measure without naming it is not counted here.

The filings record that lobbying was reported on the measure. The form has no per-bill dollar figure and no field for a position, so nothing here says how much was spent or which side an organization took.

5 of them, in no ranking: AARP; American Battlefield Trust; Open Space Institute, Inc.; National Parks Conservation Association; John Nau III. Listed as filed, in the order the filings were read, and 1 other is not shown. These are not the largest, the earliest or the most active: we keep five names per measure, and the filings give no ranking.

From the LD-2 quarterly lobbying filings published at lda.gov by the Senate Office of Public Records. Read for 2025 Q1, 2025 Q2, 2025 Q3, 2025 Q4, 2026 Q1, 2026 Q2 and 2026 Q3. Our copy holds 24 fewer filings for 2025 Q1, 39 fewer filings for 2025 Q2, 42 fewer filings for 2025 Q3, 33 fewer filings for 2025 Q4, 28 fewer filings for 2026 Q1, 48 fewer filings for 2026 Q2 and 218 fewer filings for 2026 Q3 than the Senate's register counts, so those quarters are the filings we could read rather than every one filed. 2026 Q4 is still inside its filing window, so that quarter is only the filings posted so far.