I 
117TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1694 
To amend title 10, United States Code, to direct the Secretary of Defense 
to make certain limitations on the transfer of personal property to 
Federal and State agencies, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MARCH 9, 2021 
Mr. JOHNSON of Georgia (for himself, Ms. ADAMS, Ms. BARRAGA´N, Ms. BASS, 
Mrs. BEATTY, Mr. BEYER, Mr. BLUMENAUER, Mr. BROWN, Mr. 
CICILLINE, Ms. CLARK of Massachusetts, Ms. CLARKE of New York, Mr. 
COHEN, 
Mr. 
CONNOLLY, 
Mr. 
DEFAZIO, 
Ms. 
DEGETTE, 
Mr. 
DESAULNIER, Ms. ESHOO, Mr. ESPAILLAT, Mr. EVANS, Mr. FOSTER, 
Mr. GALLEGO, Mr. GARCI´A of Illinois, Ms. GARCIA of Texas, Mr. GREEN 
of Texas, Mr. GRIJALVA, Mr. HASTINGS, Mrs. HAYES, Ms. NORTON, Mr. 
HUFFMAN, Ms. JACKSON
LEE, Ms. JAYAPAL, Ms. KAPTUR, Mr. 
KHANNA, Mr. LARSEN of Washington, Mrs. LAWRENCE, Ms. LEE of Cali-
fornia, Mr. LEVIN of Michigan, Mr. LOWENTHAL, Ms. MATSUI, Mr. 
MCCLINTOCK, Ms. MCCOLLUM, Mr. MCGOVERN, Ms. MOORE of Wis-
consin, Mr. MOULTON, Ms. OCASIO-CORTEZ, Ms. OMAR, Mr. PAYNE, Ms. 
PINGREE, Mr. POCAN, Ms. PORTER, Ms. PRESSLEY, Mr. PRICE of North 
Carolina, Mr. RASKIN, Mr. RUSH, Ms. SCHAKOWSKY, Mr. SCHNEIDER, 
Mr. SCOTT of Virginia, Mr. DAVID SCOTT of Georgia, Ms. SEWELL, Ms. 
SPEIER, Ms. MENG, Mr. TAKANO, Ms. TLAIB, Mr. TONKO, Mrs. 
TRAHAN, Mr. VEASEY, Ms. VELA´ZQUEZ, Mrs. WATSON COLEMAN, Mr. 
WELCH, Ms. BUSH, Mr. JONES, Mr. BOWMAN, Mr. GOMEZ, Mr. TORRES 
of New York, Ms. CASTOR of Florida, and Mr. CARSON) introduced the 
following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Armed Services 
A BILL 
To amend title 10, United States Code, to direct the Sec-
retary of Defense to make certain limitations on the 
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transfer of personal property to Federal and State agen-
cies, and for other purposes. 
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 ‘‘Stop Militarizing Law 
Enforcement Act’’. 
SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 
Congress makes the following findings: 
(1) Under section 2576a of title 10, United 
States Code, the Department of Defense is author-
ized to provide excess property to local law enforce-
ment agencies. The Defense Logistics Agency, ad-
ministers such section by operating the Law En-
forcement Support Office program. 
(2) New and used material, including mine-re-
sistant ambush-protected vehicles and weapons de-
termined by the Department of Defense to be ‘‘mili-
tary grade’’ are transferred to Federal, Tribal, 
State, and local law enforcement agencies through 
the program. 
(3) As a result local law enforcement agencies, 
including police and sheriff’s departments, are ac-
quiring this material for use in their normal oper-
ations. 
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(4) As a result of the wars in Iraq and Afghani-
stan, military equipment purchased for, and used in, 
those wars has become excess property and has been 
made available for transfer to local and Federal law 
enforcement agencies. 
(5) In Fiscal Year 2017, $504,000,000 worth 
of property was transferred to law enforcement 
agencies. 
(6) More than $6,800,000,000 worth of weap-
ons and equipment have been transferred to police 
organizations in all 50 States and four territories 
through the program. 
(7) In May 2012, the Defense Logistics Agency 
instituted a moratorium on weapons transfers 
through the program after reports of missing equip-
ment and inappropriate weapons transfers. 
(8) Though the moratorium was widely pub-
licized, it was lifted in October 2013 without ade-
quate safeguards. 
(9) On January 16, 2015, President Barack 
Obama issued Executive Order 13688 to better co-
ordinate and regulate the Federal transfer of mili-
tary weapons and equipment to State, local, and 
Tribal law enforcement agencies. 
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(10) In July, 2017, the Government Account-
ability Office reported that the program’s internal 
controls were inadequate to prevent fraudulent appli-
cants’ access to the program. 
(11) On August 28, 2017, President Donald 
Trump rescinded Executive Order 13688 despite a 
July 2017 Government Accountability Office report 
finding deficiencies with the administration of the 
1033 program. 
(12) As a result, Federal, State, and local law 
enforcement departments across the country are eli-
gible again to acquire free ‘‘military-grade’’ weapons 
and equipment that could be used inappropriately 
during policing efforts in which people and taxpayers 
could be harmed. 
(13) The Department of Defense categorizes 
equipment eligible for transfer under the 1033 pro-
gram as ‘‘controlled’’ and ‘‘un-controlled’’ equip-
ment. ‘‘Controlled equipment’’ includes weapons, ex-
plosives such as flash-bang grenades, mine-resistant 
ambush-protected vehicles, long-range acoustic de-
vices, aircraft capable of being modified to carry ar-
mament that are combat coded, and silencers, 
among other military grade items. 
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