1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Preserving America’s Battlefields Act . 2. Civil War Battlefield Preservation Act of 2002 Section 2 of the Civil War Battlefield Preservation Act of 2002 ( Public Law 107–359 ) is amended to read as follows: 2. Findings and purposes (a) Findings Congress finds the following: (1) Battlefields of the American Revolution, War of 1812 and the Civil War— (A) provide a means for the people of the United States to understand our Nation’s turbulent first century; (B) serve as living memorials to those who fought and sacrificed in these conflicts to establish and maintain our freedom and liberty; (C) serve as training grounds for our Nation’s Armed Forces; and (D) serve as heritage tourism destinations, generating revenue for local economies. (2) According to the Report on the Nation’s Civil War Battlefields, prepared by the National Park Service and updated in 2010, of the 383 Civil War battlefields identified as national preservation priorities— (A) only at 31 battlefields is more than half of the surviving landscape permanently protected; (B) at 227 battlefields, less than half of the surviving landscape is permanently protected; (C) 65 battlefields have no protection at all; and (D) 113 battlefields have been severely hampered by development since the Civil War or are on the verge of being overwhelmed. (3) According to the 2007 Report to Congress on the Historic Preservation of Revolutionary War and War of 1812 Sites in the United States, prepared by the National Park Service, of the 243 principal Revolutionary War and War of 1812 battlefields identified as national preservation priorities— (A) almost 70 percent lie within urban areas as denoted in the 2000 U.S. Census; (B) 141 are lost or extremely fragmented, with residential and commercial development being the chief threats; (C) 100 other battlefields retain significant features and lands from the period of battle, although on average these battlefields retain only 37 percent of the original historic scene