Bill > HR4476

This bill, called the "Preventing Authoritarian Policing Tactics on America's Streets Act", aims to restrict how federal law enforcement officers and military personnel can be used during crowd control situations. The bill defines federal law enforcement officers broadly to include government employees and contractors with law enforcement powers. It requires that any federal officers engaged in crowd control, protests, or arrests must visibly display identifying information including their agency and last name or unique identifier. Officers are prohibited from covering up their identification or using unmarked vehicles during such activities. The bill limits crowd control authority primarily to federal property and its immediate vicinity, with exceptions for situations where state and local governments jointly request federal assistance or when the Insurrection Act is invoked. If federal officers violate these identification or location restrictions, their arrests would be considered unlawful. Additionally, the bill mandates that federal agencies must publish detailed public notices within 24 hours of deploying personnel for crowd control, including information about the deployment date, number of personnel, mission description, locations of detainees, and any formal assistance requests from local authorities. The goal appears to be increasing transparency and preventing potentially aggressive or unidentified federal law enforcement actions during public demonstrations.

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https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/4476/all-info