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Establishes a national observance to honor fallen law enforcement officers that offers meaningful symbolic recognition and public commemoration for families and communities but is primarily ceremonial with minimal policy or resource effects.
Families of officers killed in the line of duty (e.g., 234 in 2024) receive official public acknowledgement and commemoration, providing emotional support, recognition, and community validation.
All Americans gain a designated national observance that formally recognizes the sacrifice of law enforcement officers, promoting public awareness, respect for police service, and a unifying civic moment.
The observance is largely symbolic and creates no substantive changes to benefits, protections, or resources for officers or their families; its practical impact is limited.
Based on analysis of 2 sections of legislative text.
Expresses national recognition of law enforcement service and sacrifice, reaffirms Peace Officers Memorial Day/National Police Week, and cites recent line-of-duty death statistics.
Recognizes and honors Federal, State, local, and Tribal law enforcement officers for their service and sacrifice, reaffirming the 1962 authority for the President to proclaim May 15 as Peace Officers Memorial Day and the surrounding week as National Police Week. Notes the National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial as the national monument for officers who died in the line of duty and cites recent statistics on officers killed in the line of duty in 2024 and early 2025.
Official title: Designating the week of May 11 through May 17, 2025, as "National Police Week".
Introduced May 13, 2025 by Charles Ernest Grassley · Last progress May 13, 2025