Remembering Our Local Heroes Act

Funding for Memorials: The program provides money specifically for the construction, restoration, renovation, and maintenance of memorials (Section 2(a) and Section 2(c)). This helps ensure that structures honoring heroes are preserved or created.

Support for Community Figures: Grants can honor individuals or groups who contributed positively through exemplary public service or through acts of bravery involving risk to their lives (Section 2(b)(3)).

Broad Eligibility for Local Entities: The program allows both units of local government and nonprofit organizations to apply for these funds (Section 2(b)(1)).

Financial Burden on Recipients: Every recipient of a grant must provide non-Federal matching funds that are at least 50 percent of the grant amount (Section 2(e)(1)). This means organizations must have their own money or in-kind support ready to receive the federal funds.

Grant Caps: There is a limit on how much can be received, as no single grant can exceed $100,000 (Section 2(d)(2)).

Limits on Frequency: To prevent any single entity or memorial from receiving too much, the Secretary cannot award more than one grant per fiscal year to a single unit of local government, nonprofit, or covered memorial (Section 2(d)(1)).