US Congress House Bill 1714 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 120-2)
Status: Introduced on March 13 2019 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2019-03-14 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Readiness.
Pending: House Subcommittee on Readiness Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Restricts the Department of Defense (DOD) from transferring certain surplus military property to federal, state, or local law enforcement agencies. Specifically, DOD may not transfer to such agencies property such as controlled firearms, ammunition, bayonets, grenades or grenade launchers, explosives, certain vehicles or trucks, armored or weaponized drones, certain controlled aircraft, silencers, or long-range acoustic devices. DOD may waive this limitation and transfer certain vehicles or trucks if DOD determines that the transfer is necessary for disaster or rescue purposes or for another purpose where life and public safety are at risk. As a condition for a transfer of allowable property, DOD must require the federal or state agency that receives the property to return the property if the agency is investigated by the Department of Justice for civil liberties violations or is otherwise found to have engaged in widespread abuses of civil liberties. DOD must also periodically submit certain transfer-related information and certifications to Congress. Furthermore, as a condition for transfer, the recipient must receive the approval of its local governing body, provide specified notice to the local community, and submit specified information and certifications to DOD. A federal or state agency that receives controlled property under such a transfer may never take ownership of the property. The bill also eliminates the requirement for DOD to give preference to transfers of property that will be used in counter-drug, counterterrorism, or border security activities.

Stop Militarizing Law Enforcement Act

Rep. Henry Johnson [D-GA]	Rep. Adriano Espaillat [D-NY]	Rep. Al Green [D-TX]	Rep. Al Lawson [D-FL]
Rep. Alan Lowenthal [D-CA]	Rep. Alcee Hastings [D-FL]	Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez [D-NY]	Rep. Alma Adams [D-NC]
Rep. Andy Levin [D-MI]	Rep. Anna Eshoo [D-CA]	Rep. Ayanna Pressley [D-MA]	Rep. Barbara Lee [D-CA]
Rep. Bennie Thompson [D-MS]	Rep. Betty McCollum [D-MN]	Rep. Bobby Rush [D-IL]	Rep. Robert Scott [D-VA]
Rep. Bonnie Coleman [D-NJ]	Rep. Brenda Lawrence [D-MI]	Rep. Jesus Garcia [D-IL]	Rep. Danny Davis [D-IL]
Rep. David Cicilline [D-RI]	Rep. David Scott [D-GA]	Rep. Debra Haaland [D-NM]	Rep. Diana DeGette [D-CO]
Rep. Don Beyer [D-VA]	Rep. Donald Payne [D-NJ]	Rep. Dwight Evans [D-PA]	Rep. Earl Blumenauer [D-OR]
Rep. Eddie Johnson [D-TX]	Rep. Eleanor Norton [D-DC]	Rep. Emanuel Cleaver [D-MO]	Rep. Frederica Wilson [D-FL]
Rep. Gwen Moore [D-WI]	Rep. Ilhan Omar [D-MN]	Rep. Jackie Speier [D-CA]	Rep. Jamie Raskin [D-MD]
Rep. Janice Schakowsky [D-IL]	Rep. Jerrold Nadler [D-NY]	Rep. James McGovern [D-MA]	Rep. Jimmy Gomez [D-CA]
Rep. John Lewis [D-GA]	Rep. Jose Serrano [D-NY]	Rep. Joyce Beatty [D-OH]	Rep. Justin Amash [R-MI]
Rep. Karen Bass [D-CA]	Rep. Katherine Clark [D-MA]	Rep. Lacy Clay [D-MO]	Rep. Lucille Roybal-Allard [D-CA]
Rep. Marc Veasey [D-TX]	Rep. Marcia Fudge [D-OH]	Rep. Marcy Kaptur [D-OH]	Rep. Mark DeSaulnier [D-CA]
Rep. Mark Pocan [D-WI]	Rep. Mark Takano [D-CA]	Rep. Maxine Waters [D-CA]	Rep. Nanette Barragan [D-CA]
Rep. Nydia Velazquez [D-NY]	Rep. Paul Tonko [D-NY]	Rep. Peter DeFazio [D-OR]	Rep. Pramila Jayapal [D-WA]
Rep. Rashida Tlaib [D-MI]	Rep. Raul Grijalva [D-AZ]	Rep. Ro Khanna [D-CA]	Rep. Steve Cohen [D-TN]
Rep. Tom McClintock [R-CA]	Rep. Yvette Clarke [D-NY]	Rep. Zoe Lofgren [D-CA]	Rep. Frank Pallone [D-NJ]
Rep. Elijah Cummings [D-MD]	Rep. Grace Meng [D-NY]	Rep. Gregory Meeks [D-NY]	Sen. Ruben Gallego [D-AZ]
Rep. Sheila Jackson-Lee [D-TX]	Rep. Andre Carson [D-IN]	Rep. Sean Casten [D-IL]	Rep. Gerald Connolly [D-VA]
Rep. Steven Horsford [D-NV]	Rep. Hakeem Jeffries [D-NY]	Rep. Joseph Kennedy [D-MA]	Rep. Joseph Neguse [D-CO]
Rep. Bill Pascrell [D-NJ]	Rep. Ed Perlmutter [D-CO]	Rep. Katie Porter [D-CA]	Rep. Terri Sewell [D-AL]
Rep. Lori Trahan [D-MA]	Rep. Grace Napolitano [D-CA]	Rep. Jahana Hayes [D-CT]	Rep. Kathy Castor [D-FL]
Rep. Denny Heck [D-WA]	Rep. Rick Larsen [D-WA]	Rep. Theodore Deutch [D-FL]	Rep. Pete Aguilar [D-CA]
Sen. Lisa Rochester [D-DE]	Rep. Anthony Brown [D-MD]	Rep. Madeleine Dean [D-PA]	Rep. Rosa DeLauro [D-CT]
Rep. Eliot Engel [D-NY]	Rep. Derek Kilmer [D-WA]	Rep. Doris Matsui [D-CA]	Rep. Mike Quigley [D-IL]
Rep. Michael San Nicolas [D-GU]	Rep. Mary Gay Scanlon [D-PA]	Rep. Bradley Schneider [D-IL]	Rep. Brad Sherman [D-CA]
Rep. Bill Foster [D-IL]	Rep. David Price [D-NC]	Rep. Suzan DelBene [D-WA]	Rep. Stephen Lynch [D-MA]
Rep. Sylvia Garcia [D-TX]	Rep. Carolyn Maloney [D-NY]	Rep. Linda Sanchez [D-CA]	Rep. Tony Cardenas [D-CA]
Rep. Joaquin Castro [D-TX]	Rep. Donna Shalala [D-FL]	Rep. Jared Huffman [D-CA]	Sen. Peter Welch [D-VT]
Rep. Chellie Pingree [D-ME]	Rep. Elaine Luria [D-VA]	Rep. Seth Moulton [D-MA]	Rep. Tulsi Gabbard [D-HI]
Rep. Judy Chu [D-CA]	Rep. Ted Lieu [D-CA]

Date	Chamber	Action
2019-03-14	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Readiness.
2019-03-13	House	Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
2019-03-13	House	Introduced in House

HB7120 (Related) 2020-07-20 - Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 490.
HR1017 (Similar To) 2020-06-25 - Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
SB3912 (Related) 2020-06-08 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/house-bill/1714/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/116/bills/hr1714/BILLS-116hr1714ih.pdf