[106th Congress Public Law 492]
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NATIONAL LAW ENFORCEMENT MUSEUM ACT
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Public Law 106-492
106th Congress
An Act
To establish the National Law Enforcement Museum on Federal land in the
District of Columbia. <<NOTE: Nov. 9, 2000 - [S. 1438]>>
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress <<NOTE: National Law Enforcement
Museum Act.>> assembled,
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 established 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 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.--
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(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
(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).
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(f) <<NOTE: Termination date.>> Failure To Construct.--If the
Memorial Fund fails to 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):
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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.
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