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115TH CONGRESS REPORT
2d Session HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 115-998
TO DIRECT THE SECRETARY OF THE INTERIOR TO ANNUALLY DESIGNATE
AT LEAST ONE CITY IN THE UNITED STATES AS AN AMERICAN WORLD
WAR II HERITAGE CITY, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES
OCTOBER 30, 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. 6118]
[Including cost estimate of the Congressional Budget Office]
The Committee on Natural Resources, to whom was referred the
bill (H.R. 6118) to direct the Secretary of the Interior to annually
designate at least one city in the United States as an American
World War II Heritage City, and for other purposes, having con-
sidered the same, report favorably thereon without amendment and
recommend that the bill do pass.
PURPOSE OF THE BILL
The purpose of H.R. 6118 is to direct the Secretary of the Interior
to annually designate at least one city in the United States as an
American World War II Heritage City.
BACKGROUND AND NEED FOR LEGISLATION
On December 7, 1941, military forces of the Empire of Japan at-
tacked the U.S. Naval Fleet and ground bases at Pearl Harbor in
Hawaii.1 On December 8, 1941, one day after what President Roo-
sevelt referred to as, a date which will live in infamy, the United
States declared war against the Empire of Japan.2 Three days
later, on December 11, 1941, Japan's ally, Germany, declared war
on the United States.3 Sixteen million Americans, mostly young
'The WWII Home Front. National Parks Service. Accessed August 30, 2018. https://
www.nps.gov/articles/the-wwii-home-front.htm.
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