Local police would get easier access to federal equipment, including military gear.
This bill would make it easier for state and local police departments to get equipment from the federal government, including gear from the Department of Defense. It would stop current rules that limit these transfers and require any equipment taken back since May 15, 2015, to be returned to police agencies at no cost.
Today, federal rules and executive orders issued since May 15, 2015, limit how state and local police can get federal equipment, and some equipment may have been taken back. After this bill, those specific rules would no longer be in effect unless Congress passes them into law, and federal agencies would be stopped from enforcing them. Any equipment taken from police agencies since May 15, 2015, would be returned at no cost.
HR 2654 · 119th Congress · April 3, 2025 · AI Summary by gemini-2.5-flash · 8/10
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