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Calendar No. 287 

111TH CONGRESS REPORT " ! SENATE 2d Session 111–137 

NATIONAL LAW ENFORCEMENT MUSEUM ACT 

MARCH 2, 2010.—Ordered to be printed 

Mr. BINGAMAN, from the Committee on Energy and Natural 

Resources, submitted the following 

R E P O R T 

[To accompany S. 1053] 

The Committee on Energy and Natural Resources, to which was 

referred the bill (S. 1053) to amend the National Law Enforcement 

Museum Act to extend the termination date, having considered the 

same, reports favorably thereon without amendment and recommends that the bill do pass. 

PURPOSE

The purpose of S. 1053 is to amend the National Law Museum 

Act by extending the authority to begin construction of the museum 

by three years to November 9, 2013. 

BACKGROUND AND NEED

The National Law Enforcement Museum Act (Public Law 106– 

492) authorized the construction of a National Law Enforcement 

Museum in Washington, DC, to record and tell the story of U.S. 

law enforcement through exhibits, collections, research, and education. The law provided direction on planning, approval, design, 

and location of the museum. It required that no federal dollars be 

used for the design and construction and further directed the National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial Fund to finance and administer the project in coordination with the Commission of Fine 

Arts, the National Capital Planning Commission, and the National 

Park Service. Lastly, the law required that the construction begin 

within 10 years of the law’s date of enactment, which was November 9, 2000. 

The National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial Fund 

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ordination, and approval for the museum, and has successfully 

managed the current Law Enforcement Memorial since 1991. The 

Commission of Fine Arts and the National Capital Planning Commission have both given final approval of the design and construction plans for the museum. NLEOMF has worked closely with the 

National Park Service on the project and has submitted the construction documents to the Department of the Interior for final approval. 

However, because of current economic conditions, NLEOMF is 

unable to obtain all necessary bond financing from its lender to 

construct the museum. Without those funds, NLEOMF will not be 

able to break ground for the museum as required by the 2010 statutory deadline. NLEOMF still anticipates being able to secure 

these bonds but needs additional time to do so. S. 1053 extends the 

statutory deadline for an additional three years, to November 9, 

2013. 

LEGISLATIVE HISTORY

S. 1053 was introduced by Senator Murkowski on May 14, 2009. 

The Subcommittee on National Parks held a hearing on the bill on 

July 15, 2009. (S. Hrg. 111–92.) At its business meeting on December 16, 2009, the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources ordered S. 1053 favorably reported without amendment. 

COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION

The Committee on Energy and Natural Resources, in open business session on December 16, 2009, by a voice vote of a quorum 

present, recommends that the Senate pass S. 1053. 

SUMMARY OF S. 1053 

S. 1053 amends section 4(f) of the National Law Enforcement 

Museum Act (Public Law 106–492) to extend the deadline to begin 

construction of the National Law Enforcement Museum by three 

years, from 2010 to 2013. 

COST AND BUDGETARY CONSIDERATIONS

The following estimate of costs of this measure has been provided 

by the Congressional Budget Office: 

S. 1053—A bill to amend the National Law Enforcement Museum 

Act to extend the termination date 

S. 1053 would extend through November 9, 2013, the authority 

of the National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial Fund to construct a museum honoring law enforcement officers on federal 

lands within the District of Columbia. The extension would give 

the foundation, a nonprofit organization, an additional three years 

to begin construction. 

Because the museum would be established with nonfederal 

funds, CBO estimates that enacting S. 1053 would have no significant effect on the federal budget. 

The bill contains no intergovernmental or private-sector mandates as defined in the Unfunded Mandates Reform Act and would 

impose no costs on state, local, or tribal governments. 


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The CBO staff contact for this estimate is Matthew Pickford. The 

estimate was approved by Theresa Gullo, Deputy Assistant Director for Budget Analysis. 

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. 1053. 

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. 1053, as ordered reported. 

CONGRESSIONALLY DIRECTED SPENDING

S. 1053, 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 National Park Service at the July 

15, 2009, Subcommittee hearing on S. 1053 follows: 

STATEMENT OF KATHERINE H. STEVENSON, ACTING DEPUTY

DIRECTOR—SUPPORT SERVICES, NATIONAL PARK SERVICE, U.S. DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Mr. Chairman and members of the subcommittee, thank 

you for the opportunity to appear before you today to 

present the Department of the Interior’s views on S. 1053, 

a bill to amend the National Law Enforcement Museum 

Act to extend the termination date. 

The Department has no objection to this legislation. S. 

1053 would amend section 4(f) of Public Law 106–492 to 

authorize construction of the Museum to begin up to 13 

years after the date of enactment of that law. If amended, 

the authority to construct the Museum would terminate on 

November 9, 2013. 

Public Law 106–492 authorizes the National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial Fund (the Fund) to design, 

plan, construct and maintain a National Law Enforcement 

Museum on land within U.S. Reservation 7 in the District 

of Columbia, south of the National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial. Reservation 7 is one of the original public 

reservations of the City of Washington. With the exception 

of the Memorial, Reservation 7 has been under the jurisdiction of the District of Columbia since 1970. Reservation 

7 is also listed in the National Register of Historic Places 

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The Act for the new museum requires that the design be 

approved by the Secretary of the Interior, the National 

Capital Planning Commission (NCPC), and the U.S. Commission of Fine Arts (CFA). Over the past few years, the 

Fund has coordinated extensively with the National Park 

Service (NPS), on behalf of the Secretary of the Interior, 

as well as the courts, the NCPC, CFA, the D.C. State Historic Preservation Officer (DC SHPO), and the District of 

Columbia government. When the Department appeared before this Committee to testify on S. 1438, a bill to establish 

a National Law Enforcement Museum on Federal land in 

the District of Columbia, on April 27, 2000, we were concerned, from an historic preservation standpoint, about the 

impact of locating a new building within this complex of 

six historic public buildings dating from 1820 to 1939. 

However, the careful design and placement of the museum 

have resolved these concerns, as evidenced by the execution of a Memorandum of Agreement on June 23, 2008, by 

the DC SHPO, the Fund, the NPS, and NCPC, fulfilling 

the requirement of Section 106 of the National Historic 

Preservation Act. Site and building plans for the museum 

were approved by the CFA on May 24, 2008, the NCPC on 

August 28, 2008. The plans were prepared according to the 

requirements of the National Law Enforcement Museum 

Act and are the result of agreements on perimeter security, shared access to the loading facility, the design of the 

shared plaza, and a pavilion design that is compatible with 

the Courts’ historic buildings at Judiciary Square. 

The Act prohibits the Fund from beginning construction 

of the museum unless the Secretary of the Interior ‘‘determines that sufficient amounts are available to complete 

construction of the Museum.’’ The Secretary currently cannot make this determination. On February 11, 2009, the 

Fund announced a new time line and budget for the 

project which were approved by its Board of Directors during the week of February 2, 2009. The announcement proposed a new start date in the fall of 2010, with an anticipated completion of mid-2013. Cost savings measures will 

reduce the construction budget from $80 million to $51 

million, with a corresponding reduction in size from 

100,000 square feet to 55,000 square feet and a reduction 

in the number of floors from four to three. The Fund has 

advised that these changes will not impact the aboveground features of the museum but will require the re-design of the underground spaces. The reduced footprint will 

eliminate the need to relocate a number of utilities and 

will thereby diminish the potential impact to the adjacent 

Law Enforcement Officers Memorial. 

The Fund has also advised that the changes will not diminish the design or the visitors’ experience; however, the 

revised plans have not yet been submitted for review. 

Though the NPS will not own, operate, or maintain the 

museum, we look forward to reviewing the revised design 

as required by the National Law Enforcement Museum 

Act. 


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Mr. Chairman, this concludes my prepared testimony on 

S. 1053, and I would be happy to answer any questions 

you may have. 

CHANGES IN EXISTING LAW

In compliance with paragraph 12 of rule XXVI of the Standing 

Rules of the Senate, changes in existing law made by the bill S. 

1053 as ordered reported, are shown as follows (existing law proposed to be omitted is enclosed in black brackets, new matter is 

printed in italic, existing law in which no change is proposed is 

shown in roman): 

NATIONAL LAW ENFORCEMENT MUSEUM ACT 

(Public Law 106–492; Approved November 9, 2000) 

AN ACT To establish the National Law Enforcement Museum on Federal land in 

the District of Columbia. 

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 

United States of America in Congress assembled, 

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

This Act may be cited as the ‘‘National Law Enforcement Museum Act’’. 

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SEC. 4. NATIONAL LAW ENFORCEMENT MUSEUM. 

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(f) FAILURE TO CONSTRUCT.—If the Memorial Fund fails to begin 

construction of the Museum by the date that is ø10 years¿ 13 years 

after the date of enactment of this Act, the authority to construct 

the Museum shall terminate on that date. 

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