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H. Rept. 114-750 1 (2016-09-19)

handle is hein.congrecreports/crptxruu0001 and id is 1 raw text is: AUT-ENTICATED US. GOVERNMENT INFORMATION GP 114TH CONGRESS REPORT 2d Session HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 114-750 ROBERT EMMET PARK ACT OF 2016 SEPTEMBER 19, 2016.-Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be printed Mr. BISHOP of Utah, from the Committee on Natural Resources, submitted the following REPORT [To accompany H.R. 4564] [Including cost estimate of the Congressional Budget Office] The Committee on Natural Resources, to whom was referred the bill (H.R. 4564) to redesignate the small triangular property lo- cated in Washington, DC, and designated by the National Park Service as reservation 302 as Robert Emmet Park, 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. 4564 is to redesignate the small triangular property located in Washington, DC, and designated by the Na- tional Park Service as reservation 302 as Robert Emmet Park. BACKGROUND AND NEED FOR LEGISLATION Robert Emmet is a prominent historical figure known for his role in the Irish Rebellion of 1803 and his classic Speech from the Dock that inspired future efforts to gain Irish Independence. Emmet, greatly influenced by American democracy and the Amer- ican Revolution, famously said before his execution, To [Ireland] I sacrificed every selfish, every lasting sentiment . . . I wished to place her independence beyond the reach of any power of earth . . . to procure for my country the guarantee which Washington procured for America . . . to exalt her to that proud station in the world. H.R. 4564 renames National Park Service Reservation 302, lo- cated at the corner of 24th Street and Massachusetts Avenue Northwest in the District of Columbia, as Robert Emmet Park. The .08 acre triangular property prominently features a nearly 100 year-old statue of Robert Emmet, the first statue ever made of the 59-006

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