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4	4	STSESSION H. R. 2654
5	5	To prohibit the enforcement of certain regulations relating to sale, donation,
6	6	and transfer of Federal Government property, and for other purposes.
7	7	IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
8	8	APRIL3, 2025
9	9	Mr. S
10	10	TAUBER(for himself and Mr. BACON) introduced the following bill;
11	11	which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition
12	12	to the Committee on Armed Services, for a period to be subsequently de-
13	13	termined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions
14	14	as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned
15	15	A BILL
16	16	To prohibit the enforcement of certain regulations relating
17	17	to sale, donation, and transfer of Federal Government
18	18	property, and for other purposes.
19	19	Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1
20	20	tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2
21	21	SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3
22	22	This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Lifesaving Gear for 4
23	23	Police Act of 2025’’. 5
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27	27	SEC. 2. STATE AND LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT ACCESS TO 1
28	28	LIFESAVING FEDERAL EQUIPMENT. 2
29	29	(a) U
30	30	NENFORCEABILITY OF CERTAINREGULATIONS 3
31	31	U
32	32	NLESSENACTEDINTOLAW.— 4
33	33	(1) I
34	34	N GENERAL.—No regulation, rule, guid-5
35	35	ance, policy, or recommendation issued on or after 6
36	36	May 15, 2015, that limits the sale, donation, or 7
37	37	transfer of property of the Federal Government pur-8
38	38	suant to Executive Order 13688 (entitled ‘‘Federal 9
39	39	Support for Local Law Enforcement Equipment Ac-10
40	40	quisition’’) or Executive Order 14074 (entitled ‘‘Ad-11
41	41	vancing Effective, Accountable Policing and Crimi-12
42	42	nal Justice Practices To Enhance Public Trust and 13
43	43	Public Safety’’), including excess property of the De-14
44	44	partment of Defense, to State and local agencies for 15
45	45	law enforcement activities (whether pursuant to sec-16
46	46	tion 2576a of title 10, United States Code, or any 17
47	47	other provision of law, or as a condition on the use 18
48	48	of Federal funds) shall have any force or effect after 19
49	49	the date of the enactment of this Act unless enacted 20
50	50	into law by Congress. 21
51	51	(2) P
52	52	ROHIBITION ON USE OF FUNDS TO EN -22
53	53	FORCE REGULATIONS .—No agency or instrumen-23
54	54	tality of the Federal Government may use any Fed-24
55	55	eral funds, fees, or resources to implement or carry 25
56	56	out a regulation, rule, guidance, policy, or rec-26
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60	60	ommendation issued as described in paragraph (1) 1
61	61	that is not enacted into law by Congress. 2
62	62	(3) L
63	63	IMITATIONS ON SUBSEQUENT EXECUTIVE 3
64	64	ORDERS.—In accordance with this subsection, the 4
65	65	President may not reinstate any section of the Exec-5
66	66	utive orders listed in paragraph (1) nor establish 6
67	67	any substantially similar Executive order regarding 7
68	68	the transfer of equipment to law enforcement under 8
69	69	section 2576a of title 10, United States Code. 9
70	70	(b) R
71	71	ETURN ORREISSUE OFEQUIPMENTRECALLED 10
72	72	ORSEIZEDPURSUANT TOREGULATIONS.—Any property 11
73	73	recalled or seized on or after May 15, 2015, pursuant to 12
74	74	a regulation, rule, guidance, policy, or recommendation 13
75	75	issued as described in subsection (a)(1) shall be returned, 14
76	76	replaced, or re-issued to the agency from which recalled 15
77	77	or seized, at no cost to such agency, as soon as practicable 16
78	78	after the date of the enactment of this Act, if— 17
79	79	(1) such agency requests that the property be 18
80	80	returned, replaced, or re-issued; 19
81	81	(2) such agency satisfies the conditions set 20
82	82	forth under 2576a of title 10, United States Code, 21
83	83	authorizing transfer and use of such property, if ap-22
84	84	plicable; and 23
85	85	(3) the property is in stock and available for 24
86	86	transfer to the agency to be used for law enforce-25
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90	90	ment activities at the time the agency submits a re-1
91	91	quest referred to in paragraph (1). 2
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