Protect Our Police Act

Bill: 117-hr-2314
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Good, Bob [R-VA-5]
Introduced: 2021-04-01
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Advisory bodies

Firearms and explosives

Law enforcement administration and funding

Military facilities and property

Presidents and presidential powers, Vice Presidents

State and local government operations
Latest action: action_date: 2021-10-19
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.

Summaries:
action_date: 2021-04-01
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><strong>Protect Our Police Act</strong></p> <p>This bill provides statutory authority for Executive Order 13809, which was issued on August 28, 2017.</p> <p>The order revoked a 2015 executive order establishing an interagency working group to recommend improvements to the process through which state, local, and tribal law enforcement agencies acquire controlled equipment (e.g., firearms or military-style equipment) from the federal government. </p>

tv_txt: I 117th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 2314 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES April 1, 2021 Mr. Good of Virginia (for himself, Mr. Weber of Texas , Mr. Calvert , Mr. Rutherford , Mr. Gosar , Mr. Austin Scott of Georgia , Mr. Mast , Mr. Garbarino , Ms. Herrell , and Mr. Kustoff ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary A BILL To codify Executive Order 13809, and for other purposes.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Protect Our Police Act . 2. Codification of Executive Order 13809 (a) In general Executive Order 13809 (82 Fed. Reg. 41499; restoring State, Tribal, and local law enforcement’s access to life-saving equipment and resources), as in effect on August 28, 2017, shall have the force and effect of law, without modification, unless modified or authorized to be modified after the date of the enactment of this Act by a subsequent Act of Congress. (b) Limitation on subsequent Executive Orders In accordance with subsection (a), the President may not reinstate the Executive Order revoked by Executive Order 13809 or establish any substantially similar Executive Order.