[House Report 116-435]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
116th Congress } { Report
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
2d Session } { 116-435
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TO DESIGNATE THE NATIONAL PULSE MEMORIAL LOCATED AT 1912 SOUTH ORANGE
AVENUE, ORLANDO, FLORIDA, 32806, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES
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June 24, 2020.--Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the
State of the Union and ordered to be printed
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Mr. Grijalva, from the Committee on Natural Resources, submitted the
following
R E P O R T
[To accompany H.R. 3094]
[Including cost estimate of the Congressional Budget Office]
The Committee on Natural Resources, to whom was referred
the bill (H.R. 3094) to designate the National Pulse Memorial
located at 1912 South Orange Avenue, Orlando, Florida, 32806,
and for other purposes, having considered the same, reports
favorably thereon with an amendment and recommends that the
bill as amended do pass.
The amendment is as follows:
Strike all after the enacting clause and insert the
following:
SECTION 1. DESIGNATION OF NATIONAL PULSE MEMORIAL.
(a) In General.--The Pulse Memorial located at 1912 South Orange
Avenue, Orlando, Florida, 32806, is designated as the ``National Pulse
Memorial''.
(b) Effect of Designation.--The national memorial designated by this
section is not a unit of the National Park System and the designation
of the National Pulse Memorial shall not require or permit Federal
funds to be expended for any purpose related to that national memorial.
PURPOSE OF THE BILL
The purpose of H.R. 3094 is to designate the National Pulse
Memorial located at 1912 South Orange Avenue, Orlando, Florida,
32806, and for other purposes.
BACKGROUND AND NEED FOR LEGISLATION
In the early hours of June 12, 2016, more than 300 people
were gathered at Pulse, an LGBTQ nightclub in Orlando, Florida,
on the club's ``Latin Night.'' Around 2:00 a.m., an American-
born man who had pledged allegiance to ISIS opened fire in the
nightclub, beginning a horrific three-hour standoff between the
shooter and Orlando police and the deadliest mass shooting by a
single shooter in U.S. history at the time. The attack killed
49 people and wounded more than 50 others. This shooting was
also the deadliest attack ever directed against the LGBTQ
community in U.S. history and is the second-deadliest terrorist
attack in U.S. history.\1\ President Obama called the event an
``act of terror'' and an ``act of hate.''\2\
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\1\See, e.g., Frank Straub, Jack Cambria, Jane Castor, Ben Gorban,
Brett Meade, David Waltemeyer & Jennifer Zeunik, Critical Response
Initiative, Rescue, Response, and Resilience: A Critical Incident
Review of the Orlando Public Safety Response to the Attack on the Pulse
Nightclub, at 121 (2017), https://cops.usdoj.gov/RIC/Publications/cops-
w0857-pub.pdf.
\2\Barack Obama, President of the United States, Remarks by the
President on Mass Shooting in Orlando (June 12, 2016), https://
obamawhitehouse.archives.gov/the-press-office/2016/06/12/remarks-
president-mass-shooting-orlando.
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H.R. 3094 designates the National Pulse Memorial at 1912
South Orange Avenue, Orlando, Florida. The national memorial
would not be a unit of the National Park System, and the bill
stipulates that no federal funds may be used for any purpose
related to the designation of the national memorial.
COMMITTEE ACTION
H.R. 3094 was introduced on June 4, 2019, by Representative
Darren Soto (D-FL). The bill was referred solely to the
Committee on Natural Resources, and within the Committee to the
Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests, and Public Lands. On
December 4, 2019, the Subcommittee held a hearing on the bill.
On March 11, 2020, the Natural Resources Committee met to
consider the bill. The Subcommittee was discharged by unanimous
consent. Chair Raul M. Grijalva (D-AZ) offered an amendment in
the nature of a substitute. The amendment was agreed to by
unanimous consent. The bill, as amended, was adopted and
ordered favorably reported to the House of Representatives by
unanimous consent.
HEARINGS
For the purposes of section 103(i) of H. Res. 6 of the
116th Congress--the following hearing was used to develop or
consider H.R. 3094: legislative hearing by the Subcommittee on
National Parks, Forests, and Public Lands held on December 4,
2019.
COMMITTEE OVERSIGHT FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS
Regarding clause 2(b)(1) of rule X and clause 3(c)(1) of
rule XIII of the Rules of the House of Representatives, the
Committee on Natural Resources' oversight findings and
recommendations are reflected in the body of this report.
COMPLIANCE WITH HOUSE RULE XIII AND CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET ACT
1. Cost of Legislation and the Congressional Budget Act.
With respect to the requirements of clause 3(c)(2) and (3) of
rule XIII of the Rules of the House of Representatives and
sections 308(a) and 402 of the Congressional Budget Act of
1974, the Committee has received the following estimate for the
bill from the Director of the Congressional Budget Office:
U.S. Congress,
Congressional Budget Office,
Washington, DC, June 4, 2020.
Hon. Raul M. Grijalva,
Chairman, Committee on Natural Resources,
House of Representatives, Washington, DC.
Dear Mr. Chairman: The Congressional Budget Office has
prepared the enclosed cost estimate for H.R. 3094, a bill to
designate the National Pulse Memorial located at 1912 South
Orange Avenue, Orlando, Florida, 32806, and for other purposes.
If you wish further details on this estimate, we will be
pleased to provide them. The CBO staff contact is David Hughes.
Sincerely,
Phillip L. Swagel,
Director.
Enclosure.
H.R. 3094 would designate the Pulse Memorial located at
1912 South Orange Avenue, Orlando, Florida, as the ``National
Pulse Memorial.'' The bill would prohibit federal funds from
being used on any activities related to the memorial, and would
not designate the memorial as a unit of the National Park
System. Because of those provisions, CBO estimates that
implementing H.R. 3094 would not affect the federal budget.
The CBO staff contact for this estimate is David Hughes.
The estimate was reviewed by H. Samuel Papenfuss, Deputy
Director of Budget Analysis.
2. General Performance Goals and Objectives. As required by
clause 3(c)(4) of rule XIII, the general performance goals and
objectives of this bill are to designate the National Pulse
Memorial located at 1912 South Orange Avenue, Orlando, Florida,
32806.
EARMARK STATEMENT
This bill does not contain any Congressional earmarks,
limited tax benefits, or limited tariff benefits as defined
under clause 9(e), 9(f), and 9(g) of rule XXI of the Rules of
the House of Representatives.
UNFUNDED MANDATES REFORM ACT STATEMENT
This bill contains no unfunded mandates.
EXISTING PROGRAMS
This bill does not establish or reauthorize a program of
the federal government known to be duplicative of another
program.
APPLICABILITY TO LEGISLATIVE BRANCH
The Committee finds that the legislation does not relate to
the terms and conditions of employment or access to public
services or accommodations within the meaning of section
102(b)(3) of the Congressional Accountability Act.
PREEMPTION OF STATE, LOCAL, OR TRIBAL LAW
Any preemptive effect of this bill over state, local, or
tribal law is intended to be consistent with the bill's
purposes and text and the Supremacy Clause of Article VI of the
U.S. Constitution.
CHANGES IN EXISTING LAW
If enacted, this bill would make no changes to existing
law.
SUPPLEMENTAL, MINORITY, ADDITIONAL, OR DISSENTING VIEWS
None.