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Union Calendar No. 658
119th CONGRESS
2d Session
H. R. 309
[Report No. 119-757]
To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to provide funding for the
National Law Enforcement Museum, and for other purposes.
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
January 9, 2025
Mr. Nehls (for himself, Mr. Panetta, Mr. Stauber, Mr. Costa, Ms.
Brownley, Mr. LaMalfa, Mr. Higgins of Louisiana, Mr. Thanedar, Ms.
Mace, Mr. Valadao, Mr. Babin, Mr. Ciscomani, Mr. Lawler, Mr. Amodei of
Nevada, Mr. Pappas, Mr. Kelly of Pennsylvania, Mr. Ryan, Ms. Craig, Mr.
Garbarino, Mr. Weber of Texas, Mr. Neguse, Mr. Moolenaar, Mr.
Fitzpatrick, Ms. Titus, Mrs. Hinson, Mr. Graves, Mr. Hudson, Mr. Bacon,
Mr. LaLota, Mrs. Fischbach, and Mr. Gottheimer) introduced the
following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Natural
Resources
August 20, 2026
Additional sponsors: Mr. Carter of Texas, Mr. Harder of California, Mr.
Guest, Mr. Loudermilk, Ms. De La Cruz, Mr. Landsman, Ms. Tenney, Mr.
Peters, Mr. Yakym, Ms. Pettersen, Mr. Davis of North Carolina, Mrs.
Torres of California, Mr. LaHood, Mr. Fields, Mr. Kennedy of New York,
Mr. Obernolte, Mrs. McClain Delaney, Mr. Rutherford, Mr. Langworthy,
Mrs. Radewagen, Mr. McCaul, Mr. Baird, Mr. Turner of Texas, Mr.
Crenshaw, Mr. Donalds, Mr. Evans of Colorado, Mr. Vasquez, Mr.
Sorensen, Mr. Van Orden, Mr. Suozzi, Ms. DelBene, Mr. Case, Ms.
Malliotakis, Mr. Carey, Mr. Bost, Mr. Deluzio, Mr. Carter of Georgia,
Mr. Gimenez, Ms. Gillen, Ms. Scholten, Ms. Budzinski, Mr. Fleischmann,
Ms. King-Hinds, Mr. Ezell, Mr. Himes, Mr. Wittman, Mr. McDowell, Mr.
Moore of North Carolina, Mr. Hurd of Colorado, Mr. Min, Ms. Strickland,
Ms. Kelly of Illinois, Mr. Fallon, Mrs. Kiggans of Virginia, Ms.
Stansbury, Mr. Fry, Mr. Messmer, Mr. Shreve, Mr. Smith of New Jersey,
Mr. Vindman, Mr. Jackson of Illinois, Mr. Edwards, Mr. Pfluger, Ms.
Bynum, Mr. Swalwell, Mr. Schmidt, Mr. Riley of New York, Ms. Letlow,
Mr. Hunt, Ms. Ross, Mr. Kean, Mr. Austin Scott of Georgia, Mr. Wied,
Ms. Salinas, Mr. Cuellar, Mr. Krishnamoorthi, Mr. McGuire, Mr. Tran,
Mr. Carbajal, Ms. Lee of Nevada, Mr. Gooden, Mr. Stanton, Mr. Ellzey,
Mr. Tony Gonzales of Texas, Mr. Flood, Mr. Bell, Mr. Hill of Arkansas,
Mr. Horsford, Mr. Barr, Ms. Salazar, Mr. Knott, Mr. Mackenzie, Mr.
Meuser, and Mr. Bergman
August 20, 2026
Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole
House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed
[Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed
in italic]
[For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on January
9, 2025]
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A BILL
To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to provide funding for the
National Law Enforcement Museum, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,
SEC. 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``National Law Enforcement Officers
Remembrance, Support, and Community Outreach Act''.
SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS.
In this Act:
(1) Fund.--The term ``Fund'' means the National Law
Enforcement Officers Memorial Fund.
(2) Secretary.--The term ``Secretary'' means the Secretary
of the Interior.
SEC. 3. SUPPORT FOR NATIONAL LAW ENFORCEMENT MUSEUM.
(a) In General.--Subject to the availability of appropriations made
in advance for such purpose, beginning on the first fiscal year the
begins after the date of the enactment of this Act, and for each of the
following 6 fiscal years, the Secretary shall award a grant in the
amount specified in subsection (c) to the Fund to be used solely for
the purposes described in subsection (b), if upon review of the
application submitted pursuant to subsection (d), the Secretary makes a
determination to award such grant pursuant to subsection (e).
(b) Purpose.--The purpose of the grants authorized under subsection
(a) shall be for the expenses associated with operating and enhancing
the community outreach, public education, and officer safety and
wellness programs of the National Law Enforcement Museum, including
programs to--
(1) memorialize law enforcement heroes who die in the line
of duty and compile statistics on law enforcement fatalities
and injuries;
(2) honor and commemorate the extraordinary service and
sacrifice of America's law enforcement officers;
(3) develop and make available accurate, relevant, and
accessible resources to promote the understanding of law
enforcement history and officer safety and wellness training,
which include digital resources and other types of resources,
such as print resources and traveling exhibitions;
(4) increase technical resources to better engage the
public in person and via online platforms to educate and inform
the public about community policing and officer safety and
wellness;
(5) create, expand, and disseminate scholarly work through
research, curricula, in-house and traveling exhibitions,
publications, and other outreach initiatives;
(6) expand the collection acquisition and collection
processes, including staffing, conservation, processing, and
digitization;
(7) augment law enforcement history and officer safety and
wellness education activities, including the development,
dissemination, and implementation of principles of sound
pedagogy for teaching about law enforcement history and officer
safety and wellness;
(8) promote professional development, including local,
regional, and national workshops, teacher trainings, and
partnerships, with appropriate entities to better educate and
inform the public about law enforcement history and officer
safety and wellness education;
(9) engage with local and independent educational agencies
and expand teacher engagement to cultivate and support the
development of leaders in the teaching of law enforcement
history and officer safety and wellness education;
(10) engage with State and local education leaders to
encourage the adoption of resources supported under this Act
into curricula across diverse disciplines;
(11) create, develop, implement, replicate, or take to
scale entrepreneurial, evidence-based, field-initiated
innovations for museum and officer safety and wellness
improvement, and rigorously evaluate such innovations;
(12) provide for the free admission to National Law
Enforcement Museum for active and retired law enforcement
officers and family members of fallen officers, and dedicated
free admission hours for the general public at least once a
week; and
(13) develop online Law Enforcement History and Officer
Safety and Wellness Education Resources for the general public
and scholarly research.
(c) Grant Amount.--Each grant authorized under subsection (a) shall
be for $6,000,000.
(d) Application.--To be considered for an award of a grant under
this section, the Fund shall submit to the Secretary an application at
such time, in such manner, and containing such information as the
Secretary may require.
(e) Review; Deadline for Award.--If the Secretary, after review of
the application from the Fund, determines that the Fund satisfies any
requirements established by the Secretary under subsection (d), the
Secretary shall award the grant to the Fund, not later than 90 days
after the date of receipt by the Secretary of the completed application
submitted by the Fund.
(f) Condition on Receipt of Grant.--As a condition on receipt of a
grant under this section, the Fund shall--
(1) provide for--
(A) free admission to National Law Enforcement
Museum for active and retired law enforcement officers
and family members of fallen officers; and
(B) dedicated free admission hours for the general
public at least once a week; and
(2) allow for annual Federal audits of the financial
statements of the Fund, including revenues associated with
ticket sales, charitable donations, grants, and all
expenditures on salaries and operations, which shall be subject
to review by the Secretary and made available to the public.
(g) Reports.--Not later than 90 days after the end of each fiscal
year for which the Fund obligates or expends funds made available to
the Fund pursuant to this section, the Fund shall submit to the
Committee on Natural Resources of the House of Representatives and the
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources of the Senate a report that
includes, for the fiscal year covered by the report, each of the
following:
(1) Information relating to the amount of grant funds
obligated or expended for the preceding fiscal year.
(2) Information relating to any purposes for which such
funds were obligated or expended.
(3) Information relating to the progress in delivering
public education, community outreach, and officer safety and
wellness programming using funds provided under this section.
(3) Any other information the Secretary may require to
effectively administer the program under this section, as
determined by the Secretary, if not later than the last day of
the fiscal year the Secretary notified the Fund of such
requested information.
(h) No Additional Funds Authorized.--No additional funds are
authorized to carry out the requirements of this section, and the
activities authorized by this section are subject to the availability
of appropriations made in advance for such purposes.
Union Calendar No. 658
119th CONGRESS
2d Session
H. R. 309
[Report No. 119-757]
_______________________________________________________________________
A BILL
To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to provide funding for the
National Law Enforcement Museum, and for other purposes.
_______________________________________________________________________
August 20, 2026
Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole
House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed