[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4416 Introduced in House (IH)]

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118th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 4416

 To prohibit the use of Federal funds to hire armed Federal regulatory 
               enforcement officers in certain agencies.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             June 30, 2023

 Mr. Higgins of Louisiana (for himself, Mr. Duncan, Mrs. Boebert, Mr. 
 Weber of Texas, Mr. Good of Virginia, Mr. Fulcher, Mr. Rosendale, and 
  Ms. Mace) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
   Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on 
 Education and the Workforce, Energy and Commerce, Transportation and 
   Infrastructure, and Agriculture, for a period to be subsequently 
   determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such 
 provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned

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                                 A BILL


 
 To prohibit the use of Federal funds to hire armed Federal regulatory 
               enforcement officers in certain agencies.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``No Funds for Armed Regulators Act of 
2023''.

SEC. 2. PROHIBITION ON ARMED FEDERAL REGULATORY ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS.

    (a) In General.--No Federal funds may be used to hire or retain 
armed Federal regulatory enforcement officers in the Internal Revenue 
Service, the Department of Labor, or the Environmental Protection 
Agency.
    (b) Federal Regulatory Officers Described.--In this section, the 
term ``Federal regulatory enforcement officer'' refers to any 
individual hired by a Federal agency to enforce laws, rules, or 
regulations for that agency through any tactical means, including use 
of force or weapons.
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