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Proposed Federal House Legislation HR559

Legislation Overview

Title: Disapproving of Executive Order 13688 (regarding Federal support for local law enforcement equipment acquisition) issued by President Obama on January 16, 2015.

Subject: Law enforcement administration and funding: Military facilities and property: Presidents and presidential powers, Vice Presidents: State and local government operations: Crime and law enforcement

Description: Expresses disfavor regarding Executive Order 13688 (Federal Support for Local Law Enforcement Equipment Acquisition), issued by President Obama on January 16, 2015. (Executive Order 13688 established 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 through excess equipment transfers, asset forfeiture, and grants.)

Session: 114th Congress

Last Action: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.

Last Action Date: January 15, 2016

Link: http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d114:HE00559:@@@L&summ2=m&

Sponsors

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5 sponsors: David Trott; Bill Johnson; John Moolenaar; David Reichert; Joe Wilson

History

Chamber	Date	Action
House	Jan 15 2016	Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.
House	Dec 9 2015	Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.

Texts

Type	Date	Federal Link	Text
Introduced	Dec 10 2015	federal bill text	bill text

Amendments

Title	Description	Date	State Link	Text	Adopted
There are no amendments to this bill at this time

Committee

Chamber: H

Committee Name: Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, And Investigations

Votes

There have not been any votes on this bill