Title: Lifesaving Gear for Police Act
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement

Summary:
Lifesaving Gear for Police Act
This bill invalidates any regulation, rule, guidance, recommendation, or policy issued on or after May 15, 2015, that limits the sale or donation of excess federal property to state and local law enforcement agencies unless it is enacted by Congress.
Additionally, it prohibits the use of federal funds to implement such regulation, rule, guidance, recommendation, or policy.
Property that was recalled or seized on or after May 15, 2015, must be returned, replaced, or reissued to the state or local law enforcement agency.

[Congressional Bills 117th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1597 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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117th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 1597

To ensure America's law enforcement officers have access to lifesaving 
  equipment needed to defend themselves and civilians from attacks by 
                   terrorists and violent criminals.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                              May 12, 2021

  Mr. Toomey (for himself, Mr. Blunt, Mrs. Blackburn, Mr. Tillis, Mr. 
  Cotton, Mr. Inhofe, and Mr. Rounds) introduced the following bill; 
which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security 
                        and Governmental Affairs

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                                 A BILL


 
To ensure America's law enforcement officers have access to lifesaving 
  equipment needed to defend themselves and civilians from attacks by 
                   terrorists and violent criminals.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Lifesaving Gear for Police Act''.

SEC. 2. STATE AND LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT ACCESS TO LIFESAVING FEDERAL 
              EQUIPMENT.

    (a) Unenforceability of Certain Regulations Unless Enacted Into 
Law.--
            (1) In general.--No regulation, rule, guidance, policy, or 
        recommendations issued on or after May 15, 2015, that limits 
        the sale or donation of property of the Federal Government, 
        including excess property of the Department of Defense, to 
        State and local agencies for law enforcement activities 
        (whether pursuant to section 2576a of title 10, United States 
        Code, or any other provision of law, or as a condition on the 
        use of Federal funds) shall have any force or effect after the 
        date of the enactment of this Act unless enacted into law by 
        Congress.
            (2) Prohibition on use of funds to enforce regulations.--No 
        agency or instrumentality of the Federal Government may use any 
        Federal funds, fees, or resources to implement or carry out a 
        regulation, rule, guidance, policy, or recommendation issued as 
        described in subsection (a) that is not enacted into law by 
        Congress.
    (b) Return or Reissue of Equipment Recalled or Seized Pursuant to 
Regulations.--Any property recalled or seized on or after May 15, 2015, 
pursuant to a regulation, rule, guidance, policy, or recommendation 
issued as described in subsection (a) shall be returned, replaced, or 
re-issued to the agency from which recalled or seized, at no cost to 
such agency, as soon as practicable after the date of the enactment of 
this Act.
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