National Law Enforcement Museum Act
PL 106-492 (S.1438), enacted 11/09/2000

114 STAT. 2210 
PUBLIC LAW 106-492—NOV. 9, 2000 
Public Law 106-492 
106th Congress 
An Act 
Nov. 9, 2000 
To establish the National Law Enforcement Museum on Federal land in the District 
[S. 1438] 
of Columbia. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives 
of 
National Law 
the United States of America in Congress assembled. 
Enforcement 
Museum Act. 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the "National Law Enforcement 
Museum Act". 
SEC. 2. FINDING. 
Congress finds that there should be estabHshed a National 
Law Enforcement Museum to honor and commemorate the service 
and sacrifice of law enforcement officers in the United States. 
SEC. 3. DEFINITIONS. 
In this Act: 
(1) MEMORIAL FUND.—^The term "Memorial Fund" means 
the National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial Fund, Inc. 
(2) MUSEUM.—^The term "Museum" means the National 
Law Enforcement Museum established under section 4(a). 
(3) SECRETARY.—^The term "Secretary" means the Secretary 
of the Interior. 
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 
b y -
(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.— 
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(1) IN GENERAL.—In carrying out subsection (a), the Memo-
rial 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 com-
prising 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 
(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 deter-
mines that sufficient amounts are available to complete construction 
of the Museum in accordance with the design and plans approved 
under subsection (b). 
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Termination 
(f) FAILURE To CONSTRUCT.—If the Memorial Fund fails to 
date. 
begin construction of the Museum by the date that is 10 years 
after the date of enactment of this Act, the authority to construct 
the Museum shall terminate on that date. 
Approved November 9, 2000. 
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY—S. 1438 (H.R. 2710): 
HOUSE REPORTS: No. 106-918 accompanying H.R. 2710 (Comm. on Resources). 
SENATE REPORTS: No. 106-330 (Comm. on Energy and Natural Resources). 
CONGRESSIONAL RECORD, Vol. 146 (2000): 
Sept. 28, considered and passed Senate. 
Oct. 24, considered and passed House.