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116TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 8735 

To prohibit certain Federal agencies from using or purchasing certain 

firearms, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

NOVEMBER 9, 2020 

Mr. STEWART introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 

Committee on Oversight and 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’’. 

6 SEC. 2. PROHIBITION ON PURCHASE AND USE BY A FED7 ERAL AGENCY OF FIREARMS. 

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

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

10 not purchase or use a firearm. 


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

2 the date of the enactment of this Act the Comptroller Gen3 eral shall submit to Congress a report that includes the 

4 following: 

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

6 Inspector General for the Federal agency, that has 

7 specialized units that receive special tactical or mili8 tary-style training or use hard-plated body armor, 

9 shields, or helmets and that respond to high-risk sit10 uations that fall outside the capabilities of regular 

11 law enforcement officers, including any special weap12 ons and tactics (SWAT) team, tactical response 

13 teams, special events teams, special response teams, 

14 or active shooter teams. 

15 (2) A description of each such unit. 

16 (3) A description of the training and weapons 

17 of each such unit. 

18 (4) The criteria for activating each such unit 

19 and how often each such unit was activated for each 

20 year of the previous ten years. 

21 (5) The annual cost of equipping and operating 

22 each such unit. 

23 (6) Any other information that is relevant to 

24 understanding the usefulness and justification for 

25 the units. 


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1 (c) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 

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

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

4 102 of title 40, United States Code, but does not in5 clude— 

6 (A) the Department of Defense; 

7 (B) the Department of Justice; 

8 (C) the Department of Homeland Security; 

9 (D) the Nuclear Regulatory Commission; 

10 (E) the United States Capitol Police; 

11 (F) the Bureau of Diplomatic Security; 

12 (G) the Central Intelligence Agency; and 

13 (H) the military departments (as defined 

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

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

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

17 Internal Revenue Code of 1986, but does not include 

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

19 United States Code). 

20 SEC. 3. REMOVAL OF LAW ENFORCEMENT POWERS OF IN21 SPECTOR GENERAL AGENTS. 

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

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

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


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1 (2) by redesignating subsection (f) as sub2 section (e). 

3 (b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—Subsection (a) shall take ef4 fect on the date of the enactment of this Act. 

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