S. 5169 — Shenandoah Valley Battlefields National Historic District Boundary Expansion and Partnership Act of 2026

This section expands the Shenandoah Valley Battlefields National Historic District to include Rockbridge County, Virginia, and Berkeley, Jefferson, and Morgan Counties, West Virginia. It authorizes $1,250,000 annually starting in FY2027 for management entity operations and district maintenance, with each capped at $625,000, plus $2,500,000 annually through FY2033 for grants, technical assistance, and land acquisition from willing sellers. It requires the Secretary of the Interior to report within two years on replicating the district’s partnership model elsewhere in the National Park System.