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S. Rept. 114-320 1 (2016-09-06)

handle is hein.congrecreports/crptxsjy0001 and id is 1 raw text is: AUT-ENTICATED US. GOVERNMENT INFORMATION GP Calendar No. 593 114TH CONGRESS REPORT 2d Session SENATE 114-320 KENNESAW MOUNTAIN NATIONAL BATTLEFIELD PARK BOUNDARY ADJUSTMENT ACT OF 2016 SEPTEMBER 6, 2016.-Ordered to be printed Ms. MURKOWSKI, from the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources, submitted the following REPORT [To accompany S. 1930] The Committee on Energy and Natural Resources, to which was referred the bill (S. 1930) 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, reports favorably thereon without amendment and rec- ommends that the bill do pass. PURPOSE The purpose of S. 1930 is to adjust the boundary of the Ken- nesaw Mountain National Battlefield Park to include the Wallis House and Harriston Hill. BACKGROUND AND NEED Kennesaw Mountain Battlefield in Georgia was set aside for preservation and protection in 1917 to commemorate the Civil War Battle of Kennesaw Mountain, which proved to be a major turning point for the Union Army and the eventual fall of Atlanta. The bat- tlefield was designated as a National Battlefield Park in 1935. The Wallis House is one of the few original structures still re- maining from the battle. Built by Josiah Wallis in mid-1850, the house served as the headquarters of Union General Oliver 0. How- ard, and was the scene of heavy fighting on July 27, 1864. Imme- diately north of the Wallis House is Harriston Hill, the site of a sig- nal tower for General Howard's Army Corps during the battle. S. 1930 would expand the boundary of the Battlefield and au- thorize the Secretary of the Interior to acquire approximately eight 59-010

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