gryphonms wrote:HR 4934 is the rereferenced bill.
Much better. it doesn't mention paramilitary etc. This is such a short bill why not go to the source document rather than paraphrase it using terms not in the bill? On the surface I have no problem supporting this one either unless someone could give me legitimate reasons for other agencies to be armed not based on a knee jerk reaction to either side of the issue.
[Congressional Bills 113th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Printing Office]
[H.R. 4934 Introduced in House (IH)]
113th CONGRESS
2d Session
H. R. 4934
To prohibit certain Federal agencies from using or purchasing certain
firearms, and for other purposes.
_______________________________________________________________________
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
June 23, 2014
Mr. Stewart (for himself, Mr. Cotton, Mr. Cramer, Mr. Graves of
Missouri, Mr. McClintock, Mr. Pompeo, Mr. Duncan of South Carolina, Mr.
Bentivolio, Mr. Rokita, Mr. Long, Mr. LaMalfa, Mr. Smith of Nebraska,
Mr. Lankford, Mr. Gohmert, Mr. Salmon, Mr. Rice of South Carolina, and
Mr. Amodei) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
Committee on Oversight and Government Reform
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A BILL
To prohibit certain Federal agencies from using or purchasing certain
firearms, and for other purposes.
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 ``Regulatory Agency Demilitarization
Act''.
SEC. 2. PROHIBITION ON PURCHASE AND USE BY A FEDERAL AGENCY OF
FIREARMS.
(a) Prohibition.--Not later than 30 days after the date of the
enactment of this Act, a Federal agency may not purchase or use a
firearm.
(b) GAO Report.--Not later than 90 days after the date of the
enactment of this Act, and annually thereafter, the Comptroller General
shall submit to Congress a report that includes the following:
(1) Each Federal agency, including the office of Inspector
General for the Federal agency, that has specialized units that
receive special tactical or military-style training or use
hard-plated body armor, shields, or helmets and that respond to
high-risk situations that fall outside the capabilities of
regular law enforcement officers, including any special weapons
and tactics (SWAT) team, tactical response teams, special
events teams, special response teams, or active shooter teams.
(2) A description of each such unit.
(3) A description of the training and weapons of each such
unit.
(4) The criteria for activating each such unit and how
often each such unit was activated for each year of the
previous ten years.
(5) The annual cost of equipping and operating each such
unit.
(6) Any other information that is relevant to understanding
the usefulness and justification for the units.
(c) Definitions.--In this section:
(1) Federal agency.--The term ``Federal agency'' has the
meaning given that term in section 102 of title 40, United
States Code, but does not include--
(A) the Department of Defense;
(B) the Department of Justice;
(C) the Department of Homeland Security;
(D) the Nuclear Regulatory Commission;
(E) the United States Capitol Police;
(F) the Bureau of Diplomatic Security;
(G) the Central Intelligence Agency; and
(H) the military departments (as defined in section
102 of title 5, United States Code).
(2) Firearm.--The term ``firearm'' has the meaning given
that term in section 5845(a) of the Internal Revenue Code of
1986, but does not include a silencer (as defined in section
921 of title 18, United States Code).
SEC. 3. REMOVAL OF LAW ENFORCEMENT POWERS OF INSPECTOR GENERAL AGENTS.
(a) In General.--Section 6 of the Inspector General Act of 1978 (5
U.S.C. App.) is amended--
(1) by striking subsection (e); and
(2) by redesignating subsection (f) as subsection (e).
(b) Effective Date.--Subsection (a) shall take effect on the date
of the enactment of this Act.
