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House Calendar No. 47 
115TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1500 
[Report No. 115–114] 
To redesignate the small triangular property located in Washington, DC, 
and designated by the National Park Service as reservation 302 as 
‘‘Robert Emmet Park’’, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MARCH 10, 2017 
Mr. CROWLEY (for himself, Mr. THOMAS J. ROONEY of Florida, Mr. SMITH 
of New Jersey, Mr. KING of New York, Mr. ENGEL, Mr. NEAL, Mr. MI-
CHAEL F. DOYLE of Pennsylvania, Mr. BRENDAN F. BOYLE of Pennsyl-
vania, Miss RICE of New York, and Mr. MCGOVERN) introduced the fol-
lowing bill; which was referred to the Committee on Natural Resources 
MAY 11, 2017 
Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be printed 
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A BILL 
To redesignate the small triangular property located in 
Washington, DC, and designated by the National Park 
Service as reservation 302 as ‘‘Robert Emmet Park’’, 
and for other purposes. 
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Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Robert Emmet Park 
Act of 2017’’. 
SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 
Congress finds as follows: 
(1) Robert Emmet was one of Ireland’s most 
prominent historical figures, having led an effort to 
secure Irish independence in 1803. 
(2) Although Emmet’s efforts initially failed, 
they succeeded in inspiring new generations of Irish 
men and women to struggle for independence. 
(3) For his efforts to gain Irish independence, 
Emmet was found guilty of treason and sentenced to 
death by hanging. 
(4) Robert Emmet’s ‘‘Speech from the Dock’’ 
motivated many of the efforts that led to an inde-
pendent Ireland following 1916’s Easter Rising; 
(Emmet famously said that ‘‘To [Ireland] I sac-
rificed every selfish, every lasting sentiment . . . I 
wished to place her independence beyond the reach 
of any power of earth . . . to procure for my coun-
try the guarantee which Washington procured for 
America . . . to exalt her to that proud station in 
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the world.’’). Emmet was strongly influenced by 
American democracy and the American Revolution. 
(5) Emmet had family members similarly ad-
miring of the United States and dedicated to the 
cause of Irish independence, including his brother 
Thomas Addis Emmet who went on to become a 
prominent Attorney General of New York. 
(6) Emmet has been revered by generations of 
Irish-Americans for his leadership, courage, and sac-
rifice. 
(7) Fifty years ago on April 22, 1966, the Rob-
ert Emmet Statue was dedicated on a small parcel 
of National Park Service land (reservation 302) at 
the corner of 24th Street NW and Massachusetts 
Avenue NW in Washington, DC. 
(8) Robert Emmet’s statue is the central fea-
ture of reservation 302. 
(9) Many leading Members of Congress, includ-
ing Speaker of the House John W. McCormack and 
Senators Everett Dirksen and Mike Mansfield served 
on the Robert Emmet Statue Dedication Committee. 
(10) Other members of that committee and par-
ticipants in the dedication ceremony included Sec-
retary of the Interior Stewart Udall, Representative 
Michael Kirwan, Ambassador of Ireland William P. 
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House Calendar No. 47 
115TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 1500 
[Report No. 115–114] 
A BILL 
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. 
MAY 11, 2017 
Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be 
printed 
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