Stop Militarizing Law Enforcement Act 2020-06-10 Introduced in Senate Stop Militarizing Law Enforcement Act

This bill restricts the transfer of federal excess military-grade equipment to federal, state, and local agencies for law enforcement activities. The bill also restricts the use of certain grants funds for specified weapons and military-style equipment.

The Government Accountability Office must report on specified issues, including the use of military-style training and equipment by certain federal agencies.]]> 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 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.