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114TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 4164 

To prohibit certain Federal agencies from using or purchasing certain 

firearms, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

DECEMBER 2, 2015 

Mr. STEWART (for himself, Mr. CRAMER, Mr. GRAVES of Missouri, Mr. DUNCAN of South Carolina, Mr. RIBBLE, Ms. FOXX, and Mr. AMODEI) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform 

A BILL 

To prohibit certain Federal agencies from using or 

purchasing certain firearms, and for other purposes. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Regulatory Agency De5 militarization Act’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. PROHIBITION ON PURCHASE AND USE BY A FED2 ERAL AGENCY OF FIREARMS. 

3 (a) PROHIBITION.—Not later than 30 days after the 

4 date of the enactment of this Act, a Federal agency may 

5 not purchase or use a firearm. 

6 (b) GAO REPORT.—Not later than 18 months after 

7 the date of the enactment of this Act the Comptroller Gen8 eral shall submit to Congress a report that includes the 

9 following: 

10 (1) Each Federal agency, including the office of 

11 Inspector General for the Federal agency, that has 

12 specialized units that receive special tactical or mili13 tary-style training or use hard-plated body armor, 

14 shields, or helmets and that respond to high-risk sit15 uations that fall outside the capabilities of regular 

16 law enforcement officers, including any special weap17 ons and tactics (SWAT) team, tactical response 

18 teams, special events teams, special response teams, 

19 or active shooter teams. 

20 (2) A description of each such unit. 

21 (3) A description of the training and weapons 

22 of each such unit. 

23 (4) The criteria for activating each such unit 

24 and how often each such unit was activated for each 

25 year of the previous ten years. 


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1 (5) The annual cost of equipping and operating 

2 each such unit. 

3 (6) Any other information that is relevant to 

4 understanding the usefulness and justification for 

5 the units. 

6 (c) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 

7 (1) FEDERAL AGENCY.—The term ‘‘Federal 

8 agency’’ has the meaning given that term in section 

9 102 of title 40, United States Code, but does not in10 clude— 

11 (A) the Department of Defense; 

12 (B) the Department of Justice; 

13 (C) the Department of Homeland Security; 

14 (D) the Nuclear Regulatory Commission; 

15 (E) the United States Capitol Police; 

16 (F) the Bureau of Diplomatic Security; 

17 (G) the Central Intelligence Agency; and 

18 (H) the military departments (as defined 

19 in section 102 of title 5, United States Code). 

20 (2) FIREARM.—The term ‘‘firearm’’ has the 

21 meaning given that term in section 5845(a) of the 

22 Internal Revenue Code of 1986, but does not include 

23 a silencer (as defined in section 921 of title 18, 

24 United States Code). 


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1 SEC. 3. REMOVAL OF LAW ENFORCEMENT POWERS OF IN2 SPECTOR GENERAL AGENTS. 

3 (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 6 of the Inspector General 

4 Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. App.) is amended— 

5 (1) by striking subsection (e); and 

6 (2) by redesignating subsection (f) as sub7 section (e). 

8 (b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—Subsection (a) shall take ef9 fect on the date of the enactment of this Act. 

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