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H. Rept. 115-548 1 (2018-02-08)

handle is hein.congrecreports/crptxaiqu0001 and id is 1 raw text is: AUTHENTICATED r U.S. GOVERNMENT INFORMATION 4 115TH CONGRESS REPORT 2d Session j HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 115-548 NATIONAL LAW ENFORCEMENT MUSEUM EXHIBITS ACT FEBRUARY 8, 2018.-Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed Mr. BISHOP of Utah, from the Committee on Natural Resources, submitted the following REPORT [To accompany H.R. 1417] [Including cost estimate of the Congressional Budget Office] The Committee on Natural Resources, to whom was referred the bill (H.R. 1417) to amend the National Law Enforcement Museum Act to allow the Museum to acquire, receive, possess, collect, ship, transport, import, and display firearms, and for other purposes, having considered the same, report favorably thereon without amendment and recommend that the bill do pass. PURPOSE OF THE BILL The purpose of H.R. 1417 is to amend the National Law Enforce- ment Museum Act to allow the Museum to acquire, receive, pos- sess, collect, ship, transport, import, and display firearms. BACKGROUND AND NEED FOR LEGISLATION Congress passed the National Law Enforcement Museum Act (Public Law 106-492) in 2000 to establish the National Law En- forcement Museum (NLEM). The NLEM was created to honor and commemorate the service and sacrifice of law enforcement officers in the United States. The mission of the NLEM is to tell the story of American law en- forcement by providing visitors a walk in the shoes of the law en- forcement experience.1 The NLEM will showcase interactive exhib- its designed to allow visitors to get a first-hand experience of the life of law enforcement officers. In addition to the physical museum 'National Law Enforcement Museum website retrieved from http://lawenforcementmuseum. org/. 79-006