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National Law Enforcement Officers Remembrance, Support, and Community Outreach Act
This bill authorizes up to $6 million per year for seven years to help fund the National Law Enforcement Museum's educational exhibits, public outreach, and officer safety programs. In exchange for the grants, the museum must offer free admission to active and retired law enforcement officers, families of fallen officers, and the general public during weekly free hours. The museum must also undergo annual federal financial audits that will be published for the public.
People affected—not determinable from the text provided; the bill specifies categories of beneficiaries (active and retired law enforcement officers, families of fallen officers, and the general public) but does not provide an explicit population count.
Fiscal magnitude$42.0Mprovisional · pending reviewSec. 3(a) and (c) direct the Secretary of the Interior to award an annual grant of $6,000,000 for 7 fiscal years ($42,000,000 total), subject to the availability of appropriations.
Reach16provisional · pending reviewrigor: heuristic llm
Who it helps · who it burdens.
Who it helps
- National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial FundReceives up to $6 million per year for seven fiscal years to fund and expand operations, outreach, officer safety programs, and exhibits at the National Law Enforcement Museum (Sec. 3(a), (b), (c)).
- Active and retired law enforcement officers and families of fallen officersGain free admission to the National Law Enforcement Museum (Sec. 3(b)(12), Sec. 3(f)(1)(A)).
- General public and museum visitorsGain access to dedicated free admission hours at the National Law Enforcement Museum at least once per week, as well as new public educational and online resources (Sec. 3(b)(3), (4), (12), Sec. 3(f)(1)(B)).
Who it burdens
- National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial FundMust provide free museum admission and free weekly public hours, undergo annual federal audits of all revenues and expenses that will be made public, and submit annual performance and expenditure reports to Congress and the Interior Department (Sec. 3(f), (g)).
- Department of the InteriorResponsible for establishing application requirements, reviewing applications and making award determinations within 90 days, and reviewing annual audits and compliance reports (Sec. 3(a), (d), (e), (f)(2), (g)).