Bill > S3719

This bill, titled the National Law Enforcement Officers Remembrance, Support, and Community Outreach Act, authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to provide funding for the National Law Enforcement Museum for seven fiscal years. The legislation acknowledges the critical national mission of the museum and its associated memorial in honoring fallen officers, educating the public about law enforcement's role, and promoting officer safety and wellness, noting that both the memorial and museum were built entirely with private funds. Specifically, the Secretary of the Interior will award grants to the National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial Fund, the organization that operates the museum, to support and enhance its community outreach, public education, and officer safety and wellness programs. These programs aim to memorialize officers who die in the line of duty, compile data on fatalities and injuries, develop educational resources, improve public engagement through various platforms, expand scholarly work, enhance museum collections, promote professional development for educators and law enforcement, and provide free admission to active and retired officers, their families, and the general public for designated periods. The bill also requires the National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial Fund to submit annual progress reports and financial accounting to the Secretary of the Interior, who will then submit these reports to Congress and make them publicly available. Finally, it authorizes the appropriation of $6,000,000 annually for these purposes for the specified seven-year period.

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