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115TH CONGRESS REPORT
2d Session HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 115-930
9/11 MEMORIAL ACT
SEPTEMBER 10, 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. 6287]
[Including cost estimate of the Congressional Budget Office]
The Committee on Natural Resources, to whom was referred the
bill (H.R. 6287) to provide competitive grants for the operation, se-
curity, and maintenance of certain memorials to victims of the ter-
rorist attacks of September 11, 2001, having considered the same,
report favorably thereon without amendment and recommend that
the bill do pass.
PURPOSE OF THE BILL
The purpose of H.R. 6287 is to provide competitive grants for the
operation, security, and maintenance of certain memorials to vic-
tims of the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001.
BACKGROUND AND NEED FOR LEGISLATION
The National 9/11 Memorial located in New York City commemo-
rates the attacks of September 11, 2001. The Memorial is the prin-
cipal tribute of remembrance and honor to the nearly 3,000 people
killed in the terror attacks at the World Trade Center site as well
as the six people killed in the World Trade Center bombing in Feb-
ruary 1993.1 The 9/11 Memorial plaza opened on September 11,
2011, the 10th anniversary of the attacks. Since 2011, more than
37 million people have visited the plaza.2 The Memorial plaza is lo-
cated on the western side of the former World Trade Center com-
1About the Memorial. National September 11 Memorial & Museum. Accessed August 27,
2018. http://www.91 lmemorial.org/about-memorial.
2Year in Review: 2017 at the 9/11 Memorial & Museum. National September 11 Memorial
& Museum. December 29, 2017. Accessed August 27, 2018. https://www.911memorial.org/blog/
year-review-2017-911 -memorial-museum.
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