Congress gives $6 million per year to a law enforcement museum.

What it does

The bill gives $6 million each year for seven years. The money goes to the National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial Fund. The fund runs a museum about law enforcement officers. Active officers, retired officers, and families of dead officers get free entry. The museum must open free hours to the public each week. The museum must report to Congress and have federal audits every year.

Who it affects

Citizens can visit the museum free or at low cost. Active and retired law enforcement officers and families of fallen officers get free entry. The National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial Fund runs the museum.

One thing to notice

The bill gives money for only seven years. The museum will need new funding after that time.

From the analysis of the bill text, linked under Primary records below.

Where it stands

124 cosponsors: 75 Republicans, 49 Democrats.

• Jan 9, 2025 — Introduced · Congress.gov: “Introduced in House”
• Jan 9, 2025 — Referred to House Committee on Natural Resources · Congress.gov: “Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources”
• Sep 18, 2025 — Hearing held · Congress.gov: “Subcommittee Hearings Held”
• Jul 22, 2026 — Markup held in committee · Congress.gov: “Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held”
• Jul 22, 2026 — Reported out of committee · Congress.gov: “Ordered to be Reported in the Nature of a Substitute (Amended) by Unanimous Consent”
• Sep 14, 2026 — Passed the House · Congress.gov: “On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote”
• Sep 14, 2026 — Floor vote scheduled · Congress.gov: “Mr. Westerman moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended”

Dates and quoted wording are Congress.gov's action record; the timeline shows status changes, not every procedural step.

Money around this bill

2 groups reported lobbying about this bill. They filed 4 reports from Dec 2025 to Jun 2026.

Those reports show $130,000 in lobbying spending. Each report lists about 23 bills. So that money was not all for this bill.

More groups named this bill than 41% of bills with any report.

Troy Nehls, who sponsored the bill, received $199,300 from PACs for the 2026 election.

• Peace Officers Research Association of California — $100,000 in 2 reports
• National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial Fund — $30,000 in 2 reports

Lobbying is legal. These reports show who lobbied about this bill, not what changed.

Words to know

• National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial Fund — An organization that honors police officers who died in the line of duty.
• federal audits — Official checks by the U.S. government to verify money is spent correctly.
• lobbying — Trying to influence lawmakers about a bill. Companies and groups pay people to do this.
• PACs — Groups that collect money and give it to candidates for office.
• sponsored — To sponsor a bill is to introduce it in Congress and put your name on it.