106TH CONGRESS

2D SESSION S. 1438

AN ACT

To establish the National Law Enforcement Museum on

Federal land in the District of Columbia.

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘National Law Enforce5 ment Museum Act’’.
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1 SEC. 2. FINDING.

2 Congress finds that there should be established a Na3 tional Law Enforcement Museum to honor and commemo4 rate the service and sacrifice of law enforcement officers

5 in the United States.

6 SEC. 3. DEFINITIONS.

7 In this Act:

8 (1) MEMORIAL FUND.—The term ‘‘Memorial

9 Fund’’ means the National Law Enforcement Offi10 cers Memorial Fund, Inc.

11 (2) MUSEUM.—The term ‘‘Museum’’ means the

12 National Law Enforcement Museum established

13 under section 4(a).

14 (3) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means

15 the Secretary of the Interior.

16 SEC. 4. NATIONAL LAW ENFORCEMENT MUSEUM.

17 (a) CONSTRUCTION.—

18 (1) IN GENERAL.—The Memorial Fund may

19 construct a National Law Enforcement Museum on

20 Federal land located on United States Reservation

21 #7, on the property bounded by—

22 (A) the National Law Enforcement Offi23 cers Memorial on the north;

24 (B) the United States Court of Appeals for

25 the Armed Forces on the west;

26 (C) Court Building C on the east; and
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1 (D) Old City Hall on the south.

2 (2) UNDERGROUND FACILITY.—The Memorial

3 Fund shall be permitted to construct part of the

4 Museum underground below E Street, NW.

5 (3) CONSULTATION.—The Museum Fund shall

6 consult with and coordinate with the Joint Com7 mittee on Administration of the District of Columbia

8 courts in the planning, design, and construction of

9 the Museum.

10 (b) DESIGN AND PLANS.—

11 (1) IN GENERAL.—In carrying out subsection

12 (a), the Memorial Fund shall be responsible for

13 preparation of the design and plans for the Museum.

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

15 Museum shall be subject to the approval of—

16 (A) the Secretary;

17 (B) the Commission of Fine Arts; and

18 (C) the National Capital Planning Com19 mission.

20 (3) DESIGN REQUIREMENTS.—The Museum

21 shall be designed so that—

22 (A) there is available for underground

23 planned use by the courts of the District of Co24 lumbia for renovation and expansion of Old

25 City Hall—
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1 (i) an area extending to a line that is

2 at least 57 feet, 6 inches, north of the

3 northernmost facade of Old City Hall and

4 parallel to that facade; plus

5 (ii) an area extending beyond that line

6 and comprising a part of a circle with a ra7 dius of 40 feet measured from a point that

8 is 59 feet, 9 inches, from the center of that

9 facade;

10 (B) the underground portion of the Mu11 seum has a footprint of not less than 23,665

12 square feet;

13 (C) above ground, there is a no-build zone

14 of 90 feet out from the northernmost face of

15 the north portico of the existing Old City Hall

16 running east to west parallel to Old City Hall;

17 (D) the aboveground portion of the Mu18 seum consists of 2 entrance pavilions totaling a

19 maximum of 10,000 square feet, neither of

20 which shall exceed 6,000 square feet and the

21 height of neither of which shall exceed 25 feet,

22 as measured from the curb of the westernmost

23 pavilion; and

24 (E) no portion of the aboveground portion

25 of the Museum is located within the 100-foot-
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1 wide area centered on the north-south axis of

2 the Old City Hall.

3 (4) PARKING.—The courts of the District of

4 Columbia and the United States Court of Appeals

5 for the Armed Forces may construct an under6 ground parking structure in the southwest quadrant

7 of United States Reservation #7.

8 (c) OPERATION AND USE.—The Memorial Fund shall

9 own, operate, and maintain the Museum after completion

10 of construction.

11 (d) FEDERAL SHARE.—The United States shall pay

12 no expense incurred in the establishment or construction

13 of the Museum.

14 (e) FUNDING VERIFICATION.—The Secretary shall

15 not permit construction of the Museum to begin unless

16 the Secretary determines that sufficient amounts are

17 available to complete construction of the Museum in ac18 cordance with the design and plans approved under sub19 section (b).

20 (f) FAILURE TO CONSTRUCT.—If the Memorial Fund

21 fails to begin construction of the Museum by the date that

22 is 10 years after the date of enactment of this Act, the
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1 authority to construct the Museum shall terminate on that

2 date.

Passed the Senate September 28 (legislative day,

September 22), 2000.

Attest:

Secretary.
106TH CONGRESS

2D SESSION S. 1438

AN ACT

To establish the National Law Enforcement Museum on Federal land in the District of Columbia.