[Senate Report 117-246]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]


                                                      Calendar No. 623
117th Congress     }                                    {       Report
                                 SENATE
 2d Session        }                                    {      117-246

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                KOL ISRAEL FOUNDATION HOLOCAUST MEMORIAL

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               December 12, 2022.--Ordered to be printed

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         Mr. Manchin, from the Committee on Energy and Natural
                   Resources, submitted the following

                              R E P O R T

                         [To accompany S. 4121]

    The Committee on Energy and Natural Resources, to which was 
referred the bill (S. 4121), to designate the Kol Israel 
Foundation Holocaust Memorial in Bedford Heights, Ohio, as a 
national memorial, having considered the same, reports 
favorably thereon without amendment and recommends that the 
bill do pass.

                                PURPOSE

    The purpose of S. 4121 is to designate the Kol Israel 
Foundation Holocaust Memorial in Bedford Heights, Ohio, as a 
national memorial.

                          BACKGROUND AND NEED

    Erected in 1961 by survivors of the Holocaust residing in 
Northeast Ohio, the Kol Israel Holocaust Memorial is one of the 
oldest Holocaust memorials in the country. For more than 60 
years, the Kol Israel Foundation has preserved and enhanced the 
memorial. Buried at the base of the monument are ashes and 
artifacts of Jewish martyrs killed by the Nazis from three 
concentration camps. Engraved on surrounding walls are the 
names of family members who perished during the Holocaust, as 
well as the names of departed survivors.
    S. 4121 recognizes the significance of the Kol Israel 
Foundation Holocaust Memorial in preserving the memory of the 
6,000,000 Jews murdered by the Nazi regime and allies and 
collaborators of the Nazi regime; and honors the life and 
legacy of the Holocaust survivors, including those who erected 
the Kol Israel Foundation Holocaust Memorial, by designating 
the site as a national memorial.

                          LEGISLATIVE HISTORY

    Senators Brown and Portman introduced S. 4121 on April 28, 
2022. The Subcommittee on National Parks held a hearing on S. 
4121 on May 11, 2022. A companion bill, H.R. 7618, was 
introduced by Representative Shontel Brown and others on April 
28, 2022, and passed the House of Representatives on a voice 
vote on September 19, 2022.

                        COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION

    The Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources, in 
open business session on July 21, 2022, by a voice vote of a 
quorum present, recommends that the Senate pass S. 4121.

                                SUMMARY

    S. 4121 recognizes the significance of the Kol Israel 
Foundation Holocaust Memorial and honors the life and legacy of 
the Holocaust survivors who erected the memorial. The bill 
designates the Kol Israel Foundation Holocaust Memorial as a 
national memorial, clarifying that the memorial is not a unit 
of the National Park System or eligible to receive federal 
funds.

                    COST AND BUGETARY CONSIDERATIONS

    The Committee has requested, but has not yet received, the 
Congressional Budget Office's estimate of the cost of S. 4121 
as ordered reported. When the Congressional Budget Office 
completes its cost estimate, it will be posted on the Internet 
at www.cbo.gov.

                      REGULATORY IMPACT EVALUATION

    In compliance with paragraph 11(b) of rule XXVI of the 
Standing Rules of the Senate, the Committee makes the following 
evaluation of the regulatory impact which would be incurred in 
carrying out S. 4121. The bill is not a regulatory measure in 
the sense of imposing Government-established standards or 
significant economic responsibilities on private individuals 
and businesses. No personal information would be collected in 
administering the program. Therefore, there would be no impact 
on personal privacy. Little, if any, additional paperwork would 
result from the enactment of S. 4121, as ordered reported.

                   CONGRESSIONALLY DIRECTED SPENDING

    S. 4121, as ordered reported, does not contain any 
congressionally directed spending items, limited tax benefits, 
or limited tariff benefits as defined in rule XLIV of the 
Standing Rules of the Senate.

                        EXECUTIVE COMMUNICATIONS

    The testimony provided by the Department of the Interior at 
the May 11, 2022, subcommittee hearing on S. 4121 follows:

 Statement of Michael A. Caldwell, Associate Director, Park Planning, 
 Facilities, and Lands, National Park Service, U.S. Department of the 
                                Interior

    Chairman King, Ranking Member Daines, and members of the 
Subcommittee, thank you for the opportunity to present the 
Department of the Interior's views on S. 4121, a bill to 
designate the Kol Israel Foundation Holocaust Memorial in 
Bedford Heights, Ohio, as a National Memorial.
    The Department does not have a position on S. 4121, as the 
memorial would not be located at a site that is under the 
jurisdiction of the Department of the Interior, and this bill 
does not provide for any management or funding by the National 
Park Service.
    The Kol Israel Foundation Holocaust Memorial was dedicated 
on May 28, 1961, and is one of the first memorials related to 
the Holocaust constructed in the United States. It is a 
memorial to the 6 million Jews who died in the Holocaust and 
commemorates Holocaust victims with unknown resting places. 
Buried at the base of the monument are ashes and artifacts of 
Jewish martyrs killed by the Nazis from three concentration 
camps. Engraved on surrounding walls are the names of family 
members who perished during the Holocaust, as well as the names 
of departed survivors.
    This legislation explicitly states that this Memorial is 
not a unit of the National Park System, and that designation 
should not be construed to require Federal funds to be expended 
for it.
    Chairman King, this concludes my statement. I would be 
pleased to answer any questions you or other members of the 
Subcommittee may have.

                        CHANGES IN EXISTING LAW

    In compliance with paragraph 12 of rule XXVI of the 
Standing Rules of the Senate, the Committee notes that no 
changes in existing law are made by the bill as ordered 
reported.

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