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U.S. GOVERNMENT
INFORMATION
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Calendar No. 62
115TH CONGRESS REPORT
1st Session SENATE 115-49
MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR. NATIONAL HISTORICAL PARK
ACT OF 2017
MAY 9, 2017.-Ordered to be printed
Ms. MURKOWSKI, from the Committee on Energy and Natural
Resources, submitted the following
REPORT
[To accompany H.R. 267]
[Including cost estimate of the Congressional Budget Office]
The Committee on Energy and Natural Resources, to which was
referred the bill (H.R. 267) to redesignate the Martin Luther King,
Junior, National Historic Site in the State of Georgia, and for other
purposes, having considered the same, reports favorably thereon
without amendment and recommends that the bill do pass.
PURPOSE
The purpose of H.R. 267 is to redesignate the Martin Luther
King, Junior, National Historic Site in the State of Georgia as the
Martin Luther King, Jr. National Historical Park.
BACKGROUND AND NEED
Public Law 96-428 established the Martin Luther King, Junior,
National Historic Site in Atlanta, Georgia, to preserve, protect, and
interpret for the benefit, inspiration, and education of present and
future generations, the places where Martin Luther King, Jr. was
born, where he lived, worked, and worshiped, and where he is bur-
ied, while ensuring connections are made to his life and legacy.
Since 1980, Congress has twice modified the boundaries of the
Historic Site and Preservation District (Public Laws 102-575 and
108-314). H.R. 267 further modifies the boundaries to include the
Prince Hall Masonic Temple, where the Southern Christian Lead-
ership Conference (SCLC) established its initial headquarters on
Auburn Avenue in Atlanta, Georgia, in 1957. This historic civil
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