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113TH CONGRESS REPORT " ! HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 2d Session 113–421 

AMENDING THE NATIONAL LAW ENFORCEMENT MUSEUM 

ACT TO EXTEND THE TERMINATION DATE 

APRIL 28, 2014.—Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of 

the Union and ordered to be printed 

Mr. HASTINGS of Washington, from the Committee on Natural 

Resources, submitted the following 

R E P O R T 

[To accompany H.R. 4120] 

[Including cost estimate of the Congressional Budget Office] 

The Committee on Natural Resources, to whom was referred the 

bill (H.R. 4120) to amend the National Law Enforcement Museum 

Act to extend the termination date, having considered the same, report favorably thereon without amendment and recommend that 

the bill do pass. 

PURPOSE OF THE BILL

The purpose of H.R. 4120 is to amend the National Law Enforcement Museum Act to extend the termination date. 

BACKGROUND AND NEED FOR LEGISLATION

H.R. 4120 provides a three year extension of the authority of the 

National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial Fund, Inc., to begin 

construction of the National Law Enforcement Museum. 

The National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial Fund (Fund) 

was formed in 1984. It built and maintains the National Law Enforcement Memorial in Washington, D.C., honoring the service and 

sacrifice of law enforcement officers. There are over 20,000 names 

on the Memorial walls of the men and women in law enforcement 

who have made the ultimate sacrifice. 

The Fund is a non-partisan nonprofit organization that represents all of the major law enforcement organizations in the country (Federal, State, and local). In 2000, Congress authorized the 

Fund to build the National Law Enforcement Museum next to the 


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Memorial, pursuant to Public Law 106–492, the National Law Enforcement Museum Act (Museum Act). 

The Fund has expended almost $30 million in private funds to 

complete the design, obtain approvals and relocate utilities on the 

site in preparation for construction. 

The Museum Act specified that construction on the Museum had 

to commence by November 9, 2010, but Congress extended the authorization three years. 

Plans to complete construction of through bonds were put on hold 

due to market conditions, but the District of Columbia has given 

the Fund authorization to issue up to $110 million in municipal 

bonds. 

The new three-year extension in H.R. 4120 provides the additional time necessary to secure the non-federal funds to construct 

the National Law Enforcement Museum. 

COMMITTEE ACTION

H.R. 4120 was introduced on February 28, 2014, by Congressman 

Steny H. Hoyer (D–MD). The bill was referred to the Committee 

on Natural Resources, and within the Committee to the Subcommittee on Public Lands and Environmental Regulation. On 

March 25, 2014, the Subcommittee held a hearing on the bill. On 

April 9, 2014, the Natural Resources Committee met to consider 

the bill. The Subcommittee on Public Lands and Environmental 

Regulation was discharged by unanimous consent. The bill was 

then adopted and ordered favorably reported to the House of Representatives by unanimous consent. 

COMMITTEE OVERSIGHT FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS

Regarding clause 2(b)(1) of rule X and clause 3(c)(1) of rule XIII 

of the Rules of the House of Representatives, the Committee on 

Natural Resources’ oversight findings and recommendations are reflected in the body of this report. 

COMPLIANCE WITH HOUSE RULE XIII 

1. Cost of Legislation. Clause 3(d)(1) of rule XIII of the Rules of 

the House of Representatives requires an estimate and a comparison by the Committee of the costs which would be incurred in carrying out this bill. However, clause 3(d)(2)(B) of that rule provides 

that this requirement does not apply when the Committee has included in its report a timely submitted cost estimate of the bill prepared by the Director of the Congressional Budget Office under section 402 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974. Under clause 

3(c)(3) of rule XIII of the Rules of the House of Representatives and 

section 403 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, the Committee has received the following cost estimate for this bill from the 

Director of the Congressional Budget Office: 

H.R. 4120—A bill to amend the National Law Enforcement Museum Act to extend the termination date 

H.R. 4120 would extend until November 9, 2016, the authority 

of the National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial Fund, a nonprofit organization, to construct a museum on federal lands within 

the District of Columbia honoring law enforcement officers. The auVerDate Mar 15 2010 01:03 Apr 30, 2014 Jkt 039006 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6659 Sfmt 6602 E:\HR\OC\HR421.XXX HR421

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thorization to construct the museum expired on November 9, 2013. 

Because the museum would be established with nonfederal funds, 

CBO estimates that enacting H.R. 4120 would have no significant 

effect on the federal budget. Enacting H.R. 4120 would not affect 

direct spending or revenues; therefore, pay-as-you-go procedures do 

not apply. 

H.R. 4120 contains no intergovernmental or private-sector mandates as defined in the Unfunded Mandates Reform Act. 

The CBO staff contact for this estimate is Martin von Gnechten. 

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

2. Section 308(a) of Congressional Budget Act. As required by 

clause 3(c)(2) of rule XIII of the Rules of the House of Representatives and section 308(a) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, 

this bill does not contain any new budget authority, spending authority, credit authority, or an increase or decrease in revenues or 

tax expenditures. Because the museum would be established with 

nonfederal funds, CBO estimates that enacting H.R. 4120 would 

have no significant effect on the federal budget. 

3. General Performance Goals and Objectives. As required by 

clause 3(c)(4) of rule XIII, the general performance goal or objective 

of this bill is to amend the National Law Enforcement Museum Act 

to extend the termination date. 

EARMARK STATEMENT

This bill does not contain any Congressional earmarks, limited 

tax benefits, or limited tariff benefits as defined under clause 9(e), 

9(f), and 9(g) of rule XXI of the Rules of the House of Representatives. 

COMPLIANCE WITH PUBLIC LAW 104–4 

This bill contains no unfunded mandates. 

COMPLIANCE WITH H. RES. 5 

Directed Rule Making. The Chairman does not believe that this 

bill directs any executive branch official to conduct any specific 

rule-making proceedings. 

Duplication of Existing Programs. This bill does not establish or 

reauthorize a program of the federal government known to be duplicative of another program. Such program was not included in 

any report from the Government Accountability Office to Congress 

pursuant to section 21 of Public Law 111–139 or identified in the 

most recent Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance published pursuant to the Federal Program Information Act (Public Law 95–220, 

as amended by Public Law 98–169) as relating to other programs. 

PREEMPTION OF STATE, LOCAL OR TRIBAL LAW

This bill is not intended to preempt any State, local or tribal law. 

CHANGES IN EXISTING LAW MADE BY THE BILL, AS REPORTED

In compliance with clause 3(e) of rule XIII of the Rules of the 

House of Representatives, changes in existing law made by the bill, 

as reported, are shown as follows (existing law proposed to be omitVerDate Mar 15 2010 01:03 Apr 30, 2014 Jkt 039006 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 6659 Sfmt 6602 E:\HR\OC\HR421.XXX HR421

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ted is enclosed in black brackets, new matter is printed in italic, 

existing law in which no change is proposed is shown in roman): 

SECTION 4 OF THE NATIONAL LAW ENFORCEMENT 

MUSEUM ACT 

SEC. 4. NATIONAL LAW ENFORCEMENT MUSEUM. 

(a) CONSTRUCTION.— (1) IN GENERAL.—The Memorial Fund may construct a National Law Enforcement Museum on Federal land located on 

United States Reservation #7, on the property bounded by— 

(A) the National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial on 

the north; 

(B) the United States Court of Appeals for the Armed 

Forces on the west; 

(C) Court Building C on the east; and 

(D) Old City Hall on the south. 

(2) UNDERGROUND FACILITY.—The Memorial Fund shall be 

permitted to construct part of the Museum underground below 

E Street, NW. 

(3) CONSULTATION.—The Museum Fund shall consult with 

and coordinate with the Joint Committee on Administration of 

the District of Columbia courts in the planning, design, and 

construction of the Museum. 

(b) DESIGN AND PLANS.— (1) IN GENERAL.—In carrying out subsection (a), the Memorial Fund shall be responsible for preparation of the design and 

plans for the Museum. 

(2) APPROVAL.—The design and plans for the Museum shall 

be subject to the approval of— 

(A) the Secretary; 

(B) the Commission of Fine Arts; and 

(C) the National Capital Planning Commission. 

(3) DESIGN REQUIREMENTS.—The Museum shall be designed 

so that— 

(A) there is available for underground planned use by 

the courts of the District of Columbia for renovation and 

expansion of Old City Hall— 

(i) an area extending to a line that is at least 57 

feet, 6 inches, north of the northernmost facade of Old 

City Hall and parallel to that facade; plus 

(ii) an area extending beyond that line and comprising a part of a circle with a radius of 40 feet measured from a point that is 59 feet, 9 inches, from the 

center of that facade; 

(B) the underground portion of the Museum has a footprint of not less than 23,665 square feet; 

(C) above ground, there is a no-build zone of 90 feet out 

from the northernmost face of the north portico of the existing Old City Hall running east to west parallel to Old 

City Hall; 

(D) the aboveground portion of the Museum consists of 

2 entrance pavilions totaling a maximum of 10,000 square 

feet, neither of which shall exceed 6,000 square feet and 

the height of neither of which shall exceed 25 feet, as 

measured from the curb of the westernmost pavilion; and 


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(E) no portion of the aboveground portion of the Museum 

is located within the 100-foot-wide area centered on the 

north-south axis of the Old City Hall. 

(4) PARKING.—The courts of the District of Columbia and the 

United States Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces may construct an underground parking structure in the southwest 

quadrant of United States Reservation #7. 

(c) OPERATION AND USE.—The Memorial Fund shall own, operate, and maintain the Museum after completion of construction. 

(d) FEDERAL SHARE.—The United States shall pay no expense incurred in the establishment or construction of the Museum. 

(e) FUNDING VERIFICATION.—The Secretary shall not permit construction of the Museum to begin unless the Secretary determines 

that sufficient amounts are available to complete construction of 

the Museum in accordance with the design and plans approved 

under subsection (b). 

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

construction of the Museum by the date that is ø13 years¿ 16 years 

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

the Museum shall terminate on that date. 

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