I 
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. 
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 ‘‘Regulatory Agency De-
militarization Act’’. 
SEC. 2. PROHIBITION ON PURCHASE AND USE BY A FED-
ERAL AGENCY OF FIREARMS. 
(a) PROHIBITION.—Not later than 30 days after the 
date of the enactment of this Act, a Federal agency may 
not purchase or use a firearm. 
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(b) GAO REPORT.—Not later than 18 months after 
the date of the enactment of this Act the Comptroller Gen-
eral shall submit to Congress a report that includes the 
following: 
(1) Each Federal agency, including the office of 
Inspector General for the Federal agency, that has 
specialized units that receive special tactical or mili-
tary-style training or use hard-plated body armor, 
shields, or helmets and that respond to high-risk sit-
uations that fall outside the capabilities of regular 
law enforcement officers, including any special weap-
ons and tactics (SWAT) team, tactical response 
teams, special events teams, special response teams, 
or active shooter teams. 
(2) A description of each such unit. 
(3) A description of the training and weapons 
of each such unit. 
(4) The criteria for activating each such unit 
and how often each such unit was activated for each 
year of the previous ten years. 
(5) The annual cost of equipping and operating 
each such unit. 
(6) Any other information that is relevant to 
understanding the usefulness and justification for 
the units. 
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(c) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) FEDERAL
AGENCY.—The term ‘‘Federal 
agency’’ has the meaning given that term in section 
102 of title 40, United States Code, but does not in-
clude— 
(A) the Department of Defense; 
(B) the Department of Justice; 
(C) the Department of Homeland Security; 
(D) the Nuclear Regulatory Commission; 
(E) the United States Capitol Police; 
(F) the Bureau of Diplomatic Security; 
(G) the Central Intelligence Agency; and 
(H) the military departments (as defined 
in section 102 of title 5, United States Code). 
(2) FIREARM.—The term ‘‘firearm’’ has the 
meaning given that term in section 5845(a) of the 
Internal Revenue Code of 1986, but does not include 
a silencer (as defined in section 921 of title 18, 
United States Code). 
SEC. 3. REMOVAL OF LAW ENFORCEMENT POWERS OF IN-
SPECTOR GENERAL AGENTS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 6 of the Inspector General 
Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. App.) is amended— 
(1) by striking subsection (e); and 
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(2) by redesignating subsection (f) as sub-
section (e). 
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—Subsection (a) shall take ef-
fect on the date of the enactment of this Act. 
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