I 
119TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 7439 
To provide that Federal law enforcement officers may only use deadly force 
when necessary to prevent imminent danger of death or serious bodily 
injury to the law enforcement officer or another person, and for other 
purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
FEBRUARY 9, 2026 
Ms. MENG introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee 
on the Judiciary 
A BILL 
To provide that Federal law enforcement officers may only 
use deadly force when necessary to prevent imminent 
danger of death or serious bodily injury to the law en-
forcement officer or another person, and for other pur-
poses. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Uniform Standards 
for Federal Law Enforcement Act of 2026’’. 
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SEC. 2. LIMITATION ON THE USE OF DEADLY FORCE BY 
FEDERAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—A Federal law enforcement officer 
may only use deadly force when the officer has a reason-
able belief that the use of such force is necessary to pre-
vent imminent danger of death or serious bodily injury to 
the law enforcement officer or another person. 
(b) CLARIFICATIONS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The use of deadly force may 
not be considered necessary— 
(A) solely to prevent the escape of a fleeing 
suspect; 
(B) solely to disable a moving vehicle; or 
(C) against a person whose actions are a 
threat solely to themself or to property. 
(2) DISCHARGE AT A MOVING VEHICLE.—The 
discharge of a firearm by a Federal law enforcement 
officer at a moving vehicle may not be considered 
necessary unless— 
(A) a person in the vehicle is threatening 
the officer or another person with deadly force 
by means other than the vehicle; or 
(B) the person operating the vehicle is 
doing so in a manner that threatens to cause 
death or serious physical injury to the officer or 
others, and no other objectively reasonable 
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means of defense appear to exist, including 
moving out of the path of the vehicle. 
(c) VERBAL WARNING.—Prior to using deadly force, 
a Federal law enforcement officer shall give a verbal warn-
ing to the individual on whom the officer intends to use 
such force, to the extent practicable, and only if giving 
such warning would not increase the imminent danger of 
death or serious bodily injury to the law enforcement offi-
cer or another person. 
(d) PROHIBITION ON WARNING SHOTS.—Except in 
a Federal prison, a Federal law enforcement officer may 
not discharge a firearm as a warning. 
(e) TRAINING.—The Attorney General, in consulta-
tion with the heads of other Federal agencies that employ 
Federal law enforcement officers, shall develop and pro-
vide training to Federal law enforcement officers on meth-
ods and tactics to use in conducting law enforcement ac-
tivities in situations, with respect to which, the use of 
deadly force is prohibited under this section. 
(f) DEFINITION.—In this section, the term ‘‘Federal 
law enforcement officer’’ means— 
(1) a Federal law enforcement officer, as such 
term is defined in section 115 of title 18, United 
States Code; and 
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(2) an immigration officer, as such term is de-
fined in section 101 of the Immigration and Nation-
ality Act (8 U.S.C. 1101). 
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