Limits military support for local police and bans dual service for most defense personnel.
This bill would make it harder for the military to step in and help local police forces, only allowing it in specific emergencies and requiring presidential and congressional approval for longer deployments. It also stops most Department of Defense employees from working as civilian police at the same time. This means clearer boundaries for military involvement in domestic law enforcement.
Today, the Department of Defense has broad power to help civilian police, and there are no federal rules stopping military personnel from also working as civilian officers. This bill would limit military support to specific emergencies, require presidential and congressional approval for longer help, and generally ban Department of Defense staff from holding both military and civilian law enforcement jobs at the same time.
S 2198 · 119th Congress · June 26, 2025 · AI Summary by gemini-2.5-flash · 8/10
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