HeinOnline is a subscription-based resource containing thousands of academic and legal journals from inception; complete coverage of government documents such as U.S. Statutes at Large, U.S. Code, Federal Register, Code of Federal Regulations, U.S. Reports, and much more. Documents are image-based, fully searchable PDFs with the authority of print combined with the accessibility of a user-friendly and powerful database. For more information, request a quote or trial for your organization below.
![handle is hein.congrecreports/crptxabee0001 and id is 1 raw text is: AUTHENTICATEO
U.S. GOVERNMENT
INFORMATION
Op
115TH CONGRESS REPORT
2d Session HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 115-644
TO DIRECT THE SECRETARY OF THE INTERIOR TO CONDUCT A SPECIAL
RESOURCE STUDY TO DETERMINE THE SUITABILITY AND FEASIBILITY
OF ESTABLISHING THE BIRTHPLACE OF JAMES WELDON JOHNSON IN
JACKSONVILLE, FLORIDA, AS A UNIT OF THE NATIONAL PARK SYSTEM
APRIL 24, 2018.-Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of
the Union and ordered to be printed
Mr. BISHOP of Utah, from the Committee on Natural Resources,
submitted the following
REPORT
[To accompany H.R. 5005]
[Including cost estimate of the Congressional Budget Office]
The Committee on Natural Resources, to whom was referred the
bill (H.R. 5005) to direct the Secretary of the Interior to conduct
a special resource study to determine the suitability and feasibility
of establishing the birthplace of James Weldon Johnson in Jackson-
ville, Florida, as a unit of the National Park System, having consid-
ered the same, report favorably thereon without amendment and
recommend that the bill do pass.
PURPOSE OF THE BILL
The purpose of H.R. 5005 is to direct the Secretary of the Interior
to conduct a special resource study to determine the suitability and
feasibility of establishing the birthplace of James Weldon Johnson
in Jacksonville, Florida, as a unit of the National Park System.
BACKGROUND AND NEED FOR LEGISLATION
James Weldon Johnson was born in 1871 in the LaVilla neigh-
borhood at 120 Lee Street in Jacksonville, Florida. The birth home
no longer exists and there are no structures on the property.1 How-
ever, the lot was designated by the City of Jacksonville as Lift
Ev'ry Voice and Sing Park in June 2015.2
'Patton, Charlie. Jacksonville native left a huge legacy, but nothing marks it. The Florida
Times. June 15, 2012. Accessed February 23, 2018. http://www.jacksonville.com/article/
20120615/ENTERTAINMENT/801251861.
2Mclntyre, Mary. Jacksonville To Dedicate 'Lift Ev'ry Voice and Sing' Park. WJCT NEWS.
June 15, 2015. Accessed February 23, 2018. http://news.wjct. org/post/jacksonville-dedicate- lift-
ev-ry-voice-and-sing-park.
79-006](ViewImageLocal?handle=hein.congrecreports/crptxabee0001&div=1&collection=&method=preview&ext=.png&size=3)