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115TH CONGRESS REPORT
2d Session HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 115-991
WORLD WAR II PACIFIC SITES ESTABLISHMENT ACT
OCTOBER 23, 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. 5706]
[Including cost estimate of the Congressional Budget Office]
The Committee on Natural Resources, to whom was referred the
bill (H.R. 5706) to establish the Pearl Harbor National Memorial
in the State of Hawai'i and the Honouliuli National Historic Site
in the State of Hawai'i, and for other purposes, having considered
the same, report favorably thereon without amendment and rec-
ommend that the bill do pass.
PURPOSE OF THE BILL
The purpose of H.R. 5706 is to establish the Pearl Harbor Na-
tional Memorial in the State of Hawai'i and the Honouliuli Na-
tional Historic Site in the State of Hawai'i.
BACKGROUND AND NEED FOR LEGISLATION
On December 7, 1941, Japanese aircraft attacked the U.S. Naval
Base at Pearl Harbor and sunk or damaged 20 ships in the Pacific
Fleet, killing over 2,300 sailors, soldiers, and civilians.1 As Presi-
dent Roosevelt said, it is a date that will live in infamy 2 and the
attack brought America fully into the second World War. Many of
the servicemembers who lost their lives that day were aboard the
USS Arizona. The wreck of that battleship still lies at the bottom
of Pearl Harbor and serves as the final resting place for more than
'Significance of the Monument. World War II Valor in the Pacific website. National Park
Service. https://www.nps.gov/valr/learn/park-significance.htm.
2A Date Which Will Live in Infamy: FDR Asks for a Declaration of War. History Matters.
The U.S. Survey Course on the Web. http://historymatters.gmu.edu/d/5166.
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