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.

This bill directs the Secretary of the Interior to authorize two memorials to Wisconsin infantry soldiers: one at Antietam National Battlefield for five Wisconsin regiments that fought there on September 17, 1862, and one at Manassas National Battlefield Park for three Wisconsin regiments that fought in the Second Battle of Bull Run in August 1862. The Secretary would choose who builds the memorials, approve the locations, size, design, and inscriptions, and could suspend builders whose fundraising misrepresents ties to the memorials or the federal government. No federal funds could be used to design, acquire, prepare sites for, or install the memorials. Builders would file yearly reports until installation, after which the Secretary would take over maintenance and could accept outside contributions for it.

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Sponsors

• Scott Fitzgerald Republican sponsor
• 7 cosponsors