PROTECT Act

Summary

Official

Police Receiving Overly Traumatizing Equipment Changes Today Act or the PROTECT Act This bill provides incentives to encourage states and local governments to return or to not receive transfers from the Department of Defense (DOD) of certain surplus military property (e.g., controlled firearms, ammunition, grenades, and drones) and eliminates the requirement for DOD to...

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Bill Progress

Bill has been introduced and assigned a number

Introduced(6/8/20)

Committee

Passed House

Passed Senate

President

Law

Sponsor

Mr. Haaland

(D) NM – 1

Cosponsors (15)

BLUMENAUER

(D) OR

Bass

(D) CA

MALONEY

(D) NY

San Nicolas

(D) GU

Hayes

House (D) Connecticut

Johnson

House (D) Georgia

Dean

House (D) Pennsylvania

Watson Coleman

House (D) New Jersey

Schakowsky

House (D) Illinois

Scanlon

House (D) Pennsylvania

Topics

Health

International Affairs

Government Spending & Operations

Latest Action

Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Armed Services, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.

Jun 8, 2020