3.0.0 5478 2023-01-11T13:25:37Z 2023-01-11T13:25:37Z House H HR 2014-09-16 113 From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]By Mr. JOHNSON of Georgia:H.R. 5478.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:This bill is enacted pursuant to the power granted toCongress under Article I, Section 8, Clause 14 of the UnitedStates Constitution and its subsequent amendments, andfurther clarified and interpreted by the Supreme Court of theUnited States.[Page H7618]]]> hsas00 Armed Services Committee House Standing Referred to 2014-09-16T14:00:49Z 2014-09-16 Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsas00 Armed Services Committee 2014-09-16 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2014-09-16 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress J000288 Rep. Johnson, Henry C. "Hank," Jr. [D-GA-4] Henry Johnson D GA C. "Hank" 4 N L000573 Rep. 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Roybal-Allard, Lucille [D-CA-40] LUCILLE ROYBAL-ALLARD D CA 40 2014-12-11 False Armed Forces and National Security Congressional oversight Firearms and explosives Government buildings, facilities, and property Government information and archives Law enforcement administration and funding Military facilities and property State and local government operations Armed Forces and National Security 00 2014-09-16 Introduced in House 2014-10-17T15:18:41Z Stop Militarizing Law Enforcement Act - Amends the program under which the Secretary of Defense is authorized to transfer excess personal property of the Department of Defense (DOD) to federal and state agencies for law enforcement activities. Excludes counter-drug activities from the categories of law enforcement activities for which DOD property may be transferred under such program.

Requires recipients of DOD property to certify that they: (1) have personnel, technical capacity, and training to operate the property; and (2) will return to the DOD any property that is surplus to the recipient's needs. Requires recipients that are not federal agencies to certify that they have notified their local community of requests for DOD property with a notice on a publicly accessible Internet website and postings at prominent locations in the jurisdiction.

Requires the Secretary to submit annually to Congress a description of property to be transferred along with a certification that the transfers are not prohibited by law. Prohibits transfers of:

  • automatic weapons that are not suitable for law enforcement purposes;
  • weapons of .50 caliber or greater;
  • tactical vehicles, including highly mobile multi-wheeled vehicles, armored vehicles, and mine-resistant ambush-protected vehicles;
  • armored or weaponized drones;
  • aircraft that are combat configured or combat coded, or that have no established commercial flight application;
  • grenades and similar explosives;
  • silencers; and
  • long range acoustic devices.

Prohibits transfers conditioned upon the agency demonstrating the use of any small arms or ammunitions.

Requires the Secretary to ensure that certain items are not transferred from one federal or state agency to another such agency.

Prohibits obligations or expenditures of appropriations to carry out the DOD's property transfer program unless specified conditions have been met, including requirements to verify: (1) that in-person inventories of transferred property have been conducted at each agency, and (2) that 100% of such property was accounted for during the inventories or that agencies unable to account for such property have been suspended from the program.

Requires the Defense Logistics Agency to maintain an Internet website that makes available publicly a description of: (1) each transfer broken down by state, county, and recipient; and (2) during the 30-day period preceding the date on which any property is transferred, the property to be transferred and the recipient.

]]> Stop Militarizing Law Enforcement Act Display Title Stop Militarizing Law Enforcement Act Official Title as Introduced To amend title 10, United States Code, to direct the Secretary of Defense to make certain limitations on the transfer of personal property to Federal and State agencies, and for other purposes. Introduced in House IH Short Titles as Introduced Stop Militarizing Law Enforcement Act Introduced in House 2014-09-16T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-113hr5478ih/xml/BILLS-113hr5478ih.xml 2014-09-16 Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.