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Union Calendar No. 686 

118TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 5401 

[Report No. 118–841] 

To provide a one-time grant for the operation, security, and maintenance 

of the National September 11 Memorial & Museum at the World Trade 

Center to commemorate the events, and honor the victims, of the terrorist 

attacks of September 11, 2001, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

SEPTEMBER 12, 2023 

Mr. D’ESPOSITO (for himself, Mr. CARTER of Louisiana, Ms. CLARKE of New 

York, Mr. CRENSHAW, Mr. FITZPATRICK, Mr. GARBARINO, Mr. GOLDMAN of New York, Mr. GOTTHEIMER, Mr. GUEST, Mr. HIGGINS of Louisiana, Mr. KEAN of New Jersey, Mr. LALOTA, Mr. LANGWORTHY, Mr. 

LAWLER, Ms. MALLIOTAKIS, Mr. MCCAUL, Mr. NADLER, Mr. RYAN, Mr. 

PFLUGER, Mr. TONKO, Mr. WILLIAMS of New York, and Mr. MOLINARO) 

introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on 

Natural Resources 

DECEMBER 10, 2024 

Additional sponsors: Ms. WILD, Mrs. WATSON COLEMAN, Ms. LEE of California, Mr. ALLRED, Ms. DE LA CRUZ, Mr. KRISHNAMOORTHI, Mr. 

TRONE, Mr. PAPPAS, Mr. BAIRD, Mr. VALADAO, Mr. PALLONE, Ms. 

SLOTKIN, Mr. MENENDEZ, Mr. BOYLE of Pennsylvania, Mr. 

RESCHENTHALER, Ms. LEE of Nevada, Mrs. HOUCHIN, Ms. WASSERMAN

SCHULTZ, Mr. PHILLIPS, and Mr. GREEN of Tennessee 

DECEMBER 10, 2024 

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 September 12, 2023] 


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A BILL 

To provide a one-time grant for the operation, security, and 

maintenance of the National September 11 Memorial 

& Museum at the World Trade Center to commemorate 

the events, and honor the victims, of the terrorist attacks 

of September 11, 2001, and for other purposes. 


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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 ‘‘9/11 Memorial and Mu5 seum Act’’. 

6 SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS. 

7 In this Act: 

8 (1) NATIONAL SEPTEMBER 11 MEMORIAL & MU9 SEUM.—The term ‘‘National September 11 Memorial 

10 & Museum’’ means the National September 11 Memo11 rial & Museum at the World Trade Center Founda12 tion, Inc., established to commemorate the events of, 

13 and honor the victims of, the terrorist attacks on the 

14 World Trade Center on September 11, 2001, at the 

15 site of such attacks. 

16 (2) ELIGIBLE ENTITY.—The term ‘‘eligible enti17 ty’’ means the official organization, as in existence on 

18 the date of enactment of this Act, that— 

19 (A) operates the National September 11 Me20 morial & Museum; and 

21 (B) is an organization described in section 

22 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 

23 and exempt from taxation under section 501(a) 

24 of such Code. 


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

2 the Secretary of Homeland Security. 

3 SEC. 3. ONE-TIME GRANT FOR NATIONAL SEPTEMBER 11 

4 MEMORIAL & MUSEUM. 

5 (a) IN GENERAL.—Subject to the availability of appro6 priations made in advance for such purpose to the Office 

7 of the Secretary and Executive Management of the Depart8 ment of Homeland Security, the Secretary shall award to 

9 the eligible entity a grant in an amount determined by the 

10 Secretary subject to subsection (c), to be used by such entity 

11 solely for the purposes described in subsection (b), if upon 

12 review of the application submitted pursuant to subsection 

13 (d), the Secretary makes a determination pursuant to sub14 section (e) that such entity satisfies the criteria required 

15 under subsection (f). 

16 (b) PURPOSE.—The one-time grant awarded under 

17 subsection (a) shall be used by the eligible entity for the 

18 operation, security, and maintenance of the National Sep19 tember 11 Memorial & Museum. 

20 (c) GRANT AMOUNT.—The one-time grant under this 

21 section may not be for less than $5,000,000 or more than 

22 $10,000,000. 

23 (d) APPLICATION.—To be considered for an award of 

24 the one-time grant under this section, the eligible entity 

25 shall submit to the Secretary an application at such time, 


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1 in such manner, and containing such information as the 

2 Secretary may require. 

3 (e) REVIEW; DEADLINE FOR AWARD.—If the Sec4 retary, after review of the application from the eligible enti5 ty, determines that the eligible entity satisfies the criteria 

6 under subsection (f), the Secretary shall award the one-time 

7 grant to the eligible entity, not later than 90 days after 

8 the date of receipt by the Secretary of the completed applica9 tion submitted by such entity. 

10 (f) CRITERIA.—In determining the amount of the one11 time grant consistent with subsection (c), the Secretary 

12 shall consider the following: 

13 (1) The needs of the eligible entity, and ability 

14 and commitment of such eligible entity to use grant 

15 funds, with respect to ensuring the security and safety 

16 of visitors at the National September 11 Memorial & 

17 Museum. 

18 (2) The number of visitors to the National Sep19 tember 11 Memorial & Museum who would benefit. 

20 (3) The ability and commitment of the eligible 

21 entity to use grant funds to— 

22 (A) preserve the facilities and grounds of 

23 the National September 11 Memorial & Museum; 

24 and 

25 (B) educate future generations. 


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1 (4) The ability and commitment of the eligible 

2 entity to use grant funds to increase the numbers of 

3 economically disadvantaged visitors to the National 

4 September 11 Memorial & Museum. 

5 (g) CONDITION ON RECEIPT OF GRANT.—As a condi6 tion on receipt of a grant under this section, the eligible 

7 entity shall— 

8 (1) provide for— 

9 (A) free admission to all facilities and mu10 seums associated with the National September 11 

11 Memorial & Museum for active and retired 

12 members of the Armed Forces, individuals who 

13 were registered first responders to the attacks of 

14 September 11, 2001, and family members of vic15 tims of such attacks; and 

16 (B) dedicated free admission hours for the 

17 general public at least once a week; and 

18 (2) allow for annual Federal audits of the finan19 cial statements of such entity, including revenues as20 sociated with ticket sales, charitable donations, 

21 grants, and all expenditures on salaries and oper22 ations, which shall be subject to review by the Sec23 retary and made available to the public. 

24 (h) REPORTS.—Not later than 90 days after the end 

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1 pends funds made available to the recipient pursuant to 

2 this section, the recipient shall submit to the Committees 

3 on Natural Resources and Homeland Security of the House 

4 of Representatives and the Committees on Energy and Nat5 ural Resources and Homeland Security and Governmental 

6 Affairs of the Senate a report that includes, for the fiscal 

7 year covered by the report, each of the following: 

8 (1) Information relating to the amount of grant 

9 funds obligated or expended for the preceding fiscal 

10 year. 

11 (2) Information relating to any purposes for 

12 which such funds were obligated or expended. 

13 (3) Any other information the Secretary may re14 quire to effectively administer the one-time grant pro15 gram under this section, as determined by the Sec16 retary, if not later than the last day of the fiscal year 

17 the Secretary notified such entity of such requested 

18 information. 

19 (i) NO ADDITIONAL FUNDS AUTHORIZED.—No addi20 tional funds are authorized to carry out the requirements 

21 of this section, and the activities authorized by this section 

22 are subject to the availability of appropriations made in 

23 advance for such purposes. 


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Union Calendar No. 686 

118TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 5401 

[Report No. 118–841] 

A BILL 

To provide a one-time grant for the operation, secu2001, and for other purposes. victims, of the terrorist attacks of September 11, ter to commemorate the events, and honor the 11 Memorial & Museum at the World Trade Cen- rity, and maintenance of the National September 

DECEMBER 10, 2024 

Reported with an amendment, committed to the Comand ordered to be printed mittee of the Whole House on the State of the Union, 


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