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116TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 7719 

To limit the use of Federal law enforcement officers for crowd control, 

and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

JULY 22, 2020 

Mr. BLUMENAUER (for himself, Ms. BONAMICI, Mrs. CAROLYN B. MALONEY

of New York, Ms. NORTON, Mr. BEYER, Mr. CASTRO of Texas, Mr. 

CICILLINE, Mr. COOPER, Mr. CORREA, Mr. DEFAZIO, Mr. DEUTCH, Mr. 

ESPAILLAT, Mr. GARCI ́A of Illinois, Mr. GOMEZ, Ms. HAALAND, Mr. 

HUFFMAN, Mr. KENNEDY, Mrs. LAWRENCE, Ms. LEE of California, Mr. 

LEVIN of California, Mr. TED LIEU of California, Ms. MATSUI, Mr. 

MCGOVERN, Ms. MOORE, Ms. PINGREE, Mr. RASKIN, Ms. BLUNT ROCHESTER, Ms. SCHAKOWSKY, Mr. THOMPSON of California, Mr. TONKO, Ms. 

VELA ́ZQUEZ, Mrs. WATSON COLEMAN, Mr. BRENDAN F. BOYLE of Pennsylvania, Ms. LOFGREN, Mr. CARSON of Indiana, Ms. JUDY CHU of California, Mr. COHEN, Mr. PAYNE, and Ms. OMAR) introduced the following 

bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Armed Services, for a period to be subsequently 

determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned 

A BILL 

To limit the use of Federal law enforcement officers for 

crowd control, 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, 


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1 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

2 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Preventing Authori3 tarian Policing Tactics on America’s Streets Act’’. 

4 SEC. 2. LIMITATION ON USE OF FEDERAL LAW ENFORCE5 MENT OFFICERS FOR CROWD CONTROL. 

6 (a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section— 

7 (1) the term ‘‘Federal law enforcement officer’’ 

8 means— 

9 (A) an employee or officer in a position in 

10 the executive, legislative, or judicial branch of 

11 the Federal Government who is authorized by 

12 law to engage in or supervise a law enforcement 

13 function; or 

14 (B) an employee or officer of a contractor 

15 or subcontractor (at any tier) of an agency in 

16 the executive, legislative, or judicial branch of 

17 the Federal Government who is authorized by 

18 law or under the contract with the agency to 

19 engage in or supervise a law enforcement func20 tion; 

21 (2) the term ‘‘law enforcement function’’ means 

22 the prevention, detection, or investigation of, or the 

23 prosecution or incarceration of any person for, any 

24 violation of law; and 

25 (3) the term ‘‘member of an armed force’’ 

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1 fined in section 101(a)(4) of title 10, United States 

2 Code, or a member of the National Guard, as de3 fined in section 101(3) of title 32, United States 

4 Code. 

5 (b) REQUIRED IDENTIFICATION.— 

6 (1) IN GENERAL.—Each Federal law enforce7 ment officer or member of an armed force who is en8 gaged in any form of crowd control, riot control, or 

9 arrest or detainment of individuals engaged in an 

10 act of civil disobedience, demonstration, protest, or 

11 riot in the United States shall at all times display 

12 identifying information in a clearly visible fashion, 

13 which shall include the Federal agency and the last 

14 name or unique identifier of the Federal law enforce15 ment officer or for a member of an armed force, the 

16 last name or unique identifier and rank of the mem17 ber. 

18 (2) SPECIFIC PROHIBITIONS.— 

19 (A) COVERING OF IDENTIFYING INFORMA20 TION.—A Federal law enforcement officer or 

21 member of an armed force may not tape over 

22 or otherwise obscure or conceal the identifying 

23 information required under paragraph (1) while 

24 the officer or member is engaged in any form 


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1 of law enforcement activity described in para2 graph (1). 

3 (B) USE OF UNMARKED VEHICLES.—A 

4 Federal law enforcement officer or member of 

5 an armed force may not use an unmarked vehi6 cle for the apprehension, detention, or arrest of 

7 civilians while the officer or member is engaged 

8 in any form of law enforcement activity de9 scribed in paragraph (1). 

10 (c) LIMITATION ON CROWD CONTROL AUTHORITY.— 

11 (1) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in para12 graph (2), a Federal law enforcement officer or 

13 member of an armed force may only be authorized 

14 to perform any form of crowd control, riot control, 

15 or arrest or detainment of individuals engaged in an 

16 act of civil disobedience, demonstration, protest, or 

17 riot on Federal property or in the immediate vicinity 

18 thereof, which shall include the sidewalk and the 

19 public street immediately adjacent to any Federal 

20 building or property. 

21 (2) EXCEPTIONS.— 

22 (A) STATE AND LOCAL REQUEST FOR AS23 SISTANCE.—Paragraph (1) shall not apply to a 

24 Federal law enforcement officer or member of 

25 an armed force if the Governor of a State and 


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1 the head of a unit of local government jointly 

2 request, in writing, Federal law enforcement 

3 support. 

4 (B) INSURRECTION ACT.—If chapter 13 of 

5 title 10, United States Code (commonly known 

6 as the ‘‘Insurrection Act of 1807’’) is invoked, 

7 paragraph (1) shall not apply. 

8 (d) LIMITATION ON ARREST AUTHORITY.—It shall be 

9 unlawful for a Federal law enforcement officer or member 

10 of an armed force to arrest an individual in the United 

11 States if the Federal law enforcement officer or member 

12 of an armed force is conducting a law enforcement func13 tion in violation of subsection (b) or (c). 

14 (e) NOTICE TO THE PUBLIC.—Not later than 24 

15 hours after deployment of a Federal law enforcement offi16 cer or member of an armed force in response to any crowd 

17 control incident, riot, or public disturbance, the Federal 

18 agency or armed force responsible for such deployment 

19 shall publish prominent public notice on that public-facing 

20 website of the agency or armed force that includes the fol21 lowing information: 

22 (1) The date of deployment of personnel for 

23 crowd control purposes. 

24 (2) The number of Federal law enforcement of25 ficers of the agency or members of the armed force 


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1 in each city, town, or locality functioning in a law 

2 enforcement capacity. 

3 (3) A description of the specific nature of the 

4 mission. 

5 (4) The location of any civilians being detained 

6 by the Federal law enforcement officers or members 

7 of the armed force deployed, and under whose cus8 tody the civilians are being held. 

9 (5) A copy of a written request for assistance 

10 described in subsection (c)(2)(A), if such request 

11 was made. 

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