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H. Rept. 114-434 1 (2016-02-24)

handle is hein.congrecreports/crptxrjg0001 and id is 1 raw text is: AUT-ENTICATED US. GOVERNMENT INFORMATION GP 114TH CONGRESS REPORT 2d Session HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 114-434 KENNESAW MOUNTAIN NATIONAL BATTLEFIELD PARK BOUNDARY ADJUSTMENT ACT OF 2015 FEBRUARY 24, 2016.-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. 3371] [Including cost estimate of the Congressional Budget Office] The Committee on Natural Resources, to whom was referred the bill (H.R. 3371) to adjust the boundary of the Kennesaw Mountain National Battlefield Park to include the Wallis House and Harriston Hill, and for other purposes, 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. 3371 is to adjust the boundary of the Ken- nesaw Mountain National Battlefield Park to include the Wallis House and Harriston Hill. BACKGROUND AND NEED FOR LEGISLATION Kennesaw Mountain Battlefield in Georgia was set aside for preservation and protection in 1917 to commemorate a Civil War battle that proved to be a major turning point for the Union Army and the eventual fall of Atlanta. In 1935, the National Park Service (NPS) was directed to manage the park site as an important cul- tural property dedicated to public inspiration and interpretation of the significant historic events that occurred here. H.R. 3371 expands the boundary of the Battlefield and author- izes the Secretary of the Interior to acquire approximately eight acres of land by donation or exchange as part of the Park. The ex- panded area is associated with the historic Wallis House and Harriston Hill. Wallis House is one of the few remaining structures 59-006

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