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U.S. GOVERNMENT
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115TH CONGRESS REPORT
1st Session HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 115-123
MEDGAR EVERS HOUSE STUDY ACT
MAY 16, 2017.-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. 1715]
[Including cost estimate of the Congressional Budget Office]
The Committee on Natural Resources, to whom was referred the
bill (H.R. 1715) to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to conduct
a special resource study of the Medgar Evers House, located in
Jackson, Mississippi, 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. 1715 is to authorize the Secretary of the In-
terior to conduct a special resource study of the Medgar Evers
House, located in Jackson, Mississippi.
BACKGROUND AND NEED FOR LEGISLATION
H.R. 1715 authorizes a special resource study by the Secretary
of the Interior of the home of the late civil rights activist, Medgar
Evers, located in Jackson, Mississippi. The Evers family home was
the site of the assassination of prominent civil rights activist
Medgar Evers in 1963 by Byron De La Beckwith, a member of the
White Citizens' Council. The home, now a museum operated by
Tougaloo College, contains period furnishings, exhibits, and family
photographs. The study will seek to determine the national signifi-
cance of the Medgar Evers site. Based on the degree of significance,
the Secretary will determine the feasibility of designating the site
as a unit of the National Park System. During the study, the Na-
tional Park Service will also consult and collaborate with various
public and private entities to determine costs and other factors as-
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