HR 1417 · 115th Congress 2017–2019, ended

National Law Enforcement Museum Exhibits Act

Introduced Mar 7, 2017 Originated House Became Public Law 115-321 Sponsor Don Young R-AK

Fact sheet Spreadsheet

Latest action · Dec 17, 2018 Became Public Law No: 115-321.

Progress

Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.

  1. IntroducedMar 7, 2017
  2. Passed HouseMay 15, 2018
  3. Passed SenateDec 6, 2018
  4. To the PresidentDec 11, 2018
  5. Became lawDec 17, 2018Public Law 115-321

Summary

National Law Enforcement Museum Exhibits Act

(Sec. 2) This bill amends the National Law Enforcement Museum Act to permit the National Law Enforcement Museum in Washington, DC, to acquire, receive, possess, collect, ship, transport, import, and display firearms in fulfilling the museum's purposes.

Cosponsors 1

Members who signed on, in the order they did. All signed on Mar 7, 2017.

SeatCosponsorSigned on
R-CATom McClintockOriginalMar 7, 2017

Committees 2

Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.

ChamberCommitteeWhat it did
HouseNatural Resources Committee
Referred Mar 7, 2017Markup Jan 17, 2018Reported Feb 8, 2018
Federal Lands Subcommittee
Referred Mar 16, 2017Discharged Jan 17, 2018
SenateJudiciary Committee
Referred May 16, 2018Discharged Dec 6, 2018

Actions 21

Everything that happened, newest first.

  1. Dec 17, 2018Signed by President.
  2. Dec 17, 2018Became Public Law No: 115-321.
  3. Dec 11, 2018Presented to President.
  4. Dec 6, 2018Senate Committee on the Judiciary discharged by Unanimous Consent.(consideration: CR S7332)
  5. Dec 6, 2018Senate Committee on the Judiciary discharged by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S7332)
Show all 21 actions

In the Congressional Record 2

Days the Record’s own index lists this bill, newest first, with the pages and the members it names. Pages starting H are the House, S the Senate, E Extensions of Remarks.

WhereIn the RecordMembersDate
SenateDebate and remarks S7332John Cornyn R-TXDec 6, 2018
HouseDebate and remarks H3954, H3955Text printed H3954Darren Soto D-FL, Don Young R-AK, Rob Bishop R-UTMay 15, 2018

Research

What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.

Committee report

Congressional Budget Office cost estimate

  1. Feb 8, 2018H.R. 1417, National Law Enforcement Museum Exhibits ActAs ordered reported by the House Committee on Natural Resources on January 17, 2018

Constitutional authority

Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant to the following: Article I, Section 8, Clause 18 & Article 4, Section 3, Clause 2 ``The Congress shall have power To make all Laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into Execution the foregoing Powers, and all other Powers vested by this Constitution in the Government of the United States, or in any Department or Officer thereof.'' ``The Congress shall have Power to dispose of and make all needful Rules and Regulations respecting the Territory or other Property belonging to the United States; and nothing in this Constitution shall be so construed as to Prejudice any Claims of the United States, or of any particular State.''

The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 163, no. 39, March 7, 2017, page H1595.

CRS reports 1

Congressional Research Service work that CRS links to this bill or the law it became, newest first.

Cite it 1

Products on other subjects that cite it, usually among other measures.

ProductTitleKindPublished
R45674National Museums: In BriefReportJan 11, 2024

Titles 8

Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.

Official Title
An act 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
Short Title
National Law Enforcement Museum Exhibits Act
Official Title as Introduced
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.
Short Titles as Introduced
National Law Enforcement Museum Exhibits Act
Short Titles as Reported to House
National Law Enforcement Museum Exhibits Act
Short Titles as Passed House
National Law Enforcement Museum Exhibits Act
Short Titles as Passed Senate
National Law Enforcement Museum Exhibits Act
Short Titles as Enacted
National Law Enforcement Museum Exhibits Act

Subjects

Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Arts, Culture, Religion.

Text 5

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

  1. —Enrolled Bill
  2. May 16, 2018Referred in Senate
  3. May 15, 2018Engrossed in House
  4. Feb 8, 2018Reported in House
  5. Mar 7, 2017Introduced in House

Support LegiList

This page is free, carries no paywall, and is built and maintained by one person. If the record here is useful to you, a few dollars keeps it going.

$1 $5 $10

Processed by Stripe in a separate window. LegiList never sees card details.

Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this bill on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.