To authorize the establishment of memorials to the Wisconsin infantry officers and enlisted men who fought in the Battle of Antietam and the Second Battle of Bull Run, and for other purposes.

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 7495 Introduced in House (IH)]

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119th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 7495

 To authorize the establishment of memorials to the Wisconsin infantry 
officers and enlisted men who fought in the Battle of Antietam and the 
           Second Battle of Bull Run, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           February 11, 2026

 Mr. Fitzgerald (for himself, Mr. Steil, Mr. Van Orden, Mr. Grothman, 
  Mr. Tiffany, and Mr. Wied) introduced the following bill; which was 
             referred to the Committee on Natural Resources

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                                 A BILL


 
 To authorize the establishment of memorials to the Wisconsin infantry 
officers and enlisted men who fought in the Battle of Antietam and the 
           Second Battle of Bull Run, and for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. ESTABLISHMENT OF WISCONSIN MEMORIALS AT ANTIETAM AND 
              MANASSAS.

    (a) Memorials Authorized.--The Secretary of the Interior (referred 
to in this section as the ``Secretary'') shall authorize the 
establishment of--
            (1) at a suitable location approved by the Secretary within 
        the boundaries of Antietam National Battlefield, a memorial to 
        the officers and enlisted men of the Second, Third, Fifth, 
        Sixth, and Seventh Wisconsin Infantry Regiments who fought in 
        the Battle of Antietam on September 17, 1862; and
            (2) at a suitable location approved by the Secretary within 
        the boundaries of Manassas National Battlefield Park, a 
        memorial to the officers and enlisted men of the Second, Sixth, 
        and Seventh Wisconsin Infantry Regiments who fought in the 
        Second Battle of Bull Run on August 28-30, 1862.
    (b) Authorized Entity.--The Secretary shall select the persons who 
may establish each of the memorials authorized by subsection (a).
    (c) Design Approvals.--The size, design, and inscriptions of the 
memorials authorized by subsection (a) shall be subject to the approval 
of the Secretary.
    (d) Prohibition on Use of Federal Funds for Establishment.--No 
Federal funds may be expended to design the memorials authorized by 
subsection (a), to acquire the memorials, to prepare the site selected 
for the memorials, or to install the memorials.
    (e) Suspension for Misrepresentation in Fundraising.--The Secretary 
may suspend the authority of the persons selected under subsection (b) 
to establish the memorials authorized by subsection (a) if the 
Secretary determines that fundraising efforts relating to the memorials 
have misrepresented an affiliation with the memorials or the Federal 
Government.
    (f) Annual Report.--Until each memorial authorized by subsection 
(a) is installed, the persons selected under subsection (b) to 
establish that memorial shall submit to the Secretary an annual report 
of operations related to fundraising efforts for the memorial and 
progress on the establishment of the memorial.
    (g) Maintenance.--Upon installation of each memorial authorized by 
subsection (a), the Secretary shall assume responsibility for the 
maintenance of that memorial. The Secretary may accept contributions 
for the maintenance of the memorials from the persons selected under 
subsection (b) to establish the memorials and from other persons. 
Amounts accepted under this subsection shall be merged with other funds 
available to the Secretary for the maintenance of the memorials and 
credited to a separate account with the National Park Foundation.
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