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<dc:title>119 HR 4264 IH: Stop Trump’s Abuse of Power Act</dc:title>
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<dc:date>2025-06-30</dc:date>
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<distribution-code display="yes">I</distribution-code><congress display="yes">119th CONGRESS</congress><session display="yes">1st Session</session><legis-num display="yes">H. R. 4264</legis-num><current-chamber>IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES</current-chamber><action display="yes"><action-date date="20250630">June 30, 2025</action-date><action-desc><sponsor name-id="S001215">Ms. Stevens</sponsor> (for herself, <cosponsor name-id="C001112">Mr. Carbajal</cosponsor>, and <cosponsor name-id="K000391">Mr. Krishnamoorthi</cosponsor>) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the <committee-name committee-id="HAS00">Committee on Armed Services</committee-name></action-desc></action><legis-type>A BILL</legis-type><official-title display="yes">To amend title 10, United States Code, to modify the authority of the President to use the Armed Forces domestically to enforce Federal authority and to address interference with State and Federal law.</official-title></form><legis-body id="H650FE78FC4CF484A889E6050EDA13138" style="OLC"> 
<section id="H11B22F84A404410090A7BE54DC24E985" section-type="section-one"><enum>1.</enum><header>Short title</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">This Act may be cited as the <quote><short-title>Stop Trump’s Abuse of Power Act</short-title></quote>.</text></section> <section id="H1CD01626FA9A4F36B7791CDD1F8CCE46"><enum>2.</enum><header>Modification of authority to use Armed Forces to enforce Federal authority</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 252 of title 10, United States Code, is amended—</text> 
<paragraph id="HF36465BEB13841509072B042F211D3A2"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by inserting <quote>(a) <header-in-text level="subsection" style="USC">In general.—</header-in-text></quote> before <quote>Whenever</quote>; and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H937BD097D859433686AB168E12F01C52"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following new subsection:</text> 
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                        <header>Peaceful protests and demonstrations</header>
 <text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Notwithstanding subsection (a), the President may not deploy a member of a regular component of the Armed Forces serving on active duty within a State or territory of the United States to respond to a peaceful protest or demonstration except upon the request of the governor or chief executive of the State or territory.</text>
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<section id="H2BC574D186864CDF815B4EAAFBECDA39"><enum>3.</enum><header>Modification of authority to use Armed Forces to address interference with State and Federal law</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 253 of title 10, United States Code, is amended—</text> <paragraph id="HC4663177F67449248F146D3D4F2DA014"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by inserting <quote>(a) <header-in-text level="subsection" style="USC">In general.—</header-in-text></quote> before <quote>The President</quote>; and</text></paragraph> 
<paragraph id="H0D9A2466A42046B39BE6649FD9941A22"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following new subsection:</text> <quoted-block style="USC" id="H1EEF89ECC904440698E9D8835385FFDF" display-inline="no-display-inline"> <subsection id="H231DF151D0B241B2AAE5351B58206647"> <enum>(b)</enum> <header>Peaceful protests and demonstrations</header> <text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Notwithstanding subsection (a), the President may not deploy a member of a regular component of the Armed Forces serving on active duty within a State or territory of the United States to respond to a peaceful protest or demonstration except upon the request of the governor or chief executive of the State or territory.</text>
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