POLICE Act of 2017
Latest action · May 17, 2018 Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Voice Vote.
Progress
Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.
- IntroducedMay 19, 2017
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Protecting Officers of the Law In Civilian Establishments Act of 2017 or the POLICE Act of 2017
This bill amends the federal criminal code to modify the restriction on possessing a firearm or other dangerous weapon in a federal facility.
Specifically, the prohibition does not apply to the lawful carrying of agency-issued firearms and dangerous weapons by a uniformed law enforcement officer in certain publicly accessible federal facilities.
Cosponsors 20
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from May 19, 2017 to May 21, 2018; 1 is an original cosponsor, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-WA | David G. Reichert | Original | May 19, 2017 |
| R-FL | John H. Rutherford | May 23, 2017 | |
| R-AL | Bradley Byrne | Jul 13, 2017 | |
| R-MO | Blaine Luetkemeyer | Jan 11, 2018 | |
| R-NY | Daniel M. Donovan, Jr. | Jan 11, 2018 | |
| R-GA | Doug Collins | Jan 11, 2018 | |
| R-SD | Kristi L. Noem | Jan 11, 2018 | |
| R-FL | Matt Gaetz | Jan 11, 2018 | |
| R-CA | Stephen Knight | Jan 11, 2018 | |
| R-MS | Steven M. Palazzo | Jan 11, 2018 | |
| I-MI | Paul Mitchell | Jan 19, 2018 | |
| R-MI | Mike Bishop | Feb 27, 2018 | |
| R-SC | Ralph Norman | Feb 27, 2018 | |
| R-NY | Claudia Tenney | Apr 24, 2018 | |
| R-NC | Ted Budd | Apr 27, 2018 | |
| R-OK | Tom Cole | Apr 27, 2018 | |
| R-TN | David Kustoff | May 9, 2018 | |
| R-GA | Jody B. Hice | May 9, 2018 | |
| R-MN | Tom Emmer | May 9, 2018 | |
| R-IN | Larry Bucshon | May 21, 2018 |
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Judiciary Committee | Referred May 19, 2017Markup May 17, 2018 |
| Crime and Federal Government Surveillance Subcommittee | Referred Jun 23, 2017Discharged May 15, 2018 |
Actions 6
Everything that happened, newest first.
- May 17, 2018Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
- May 17, 2018Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Voice Vote.
- May 15, 2018Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations Discharged.
- Jun 23, 2017Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.
- May 19, 2017Introduced in House
Research
What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.
Congressional Budget Office cost estimate
- Jun 1, 2018H.R. 2561, POLICE Act of 2017As ordered reported by the House Committee on the Judiciary on May 17, 2018
Constitutional authority
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 163, no. 87, May 19, 2017, page H4390.
Printed hearings 1
Hearings whose printed record names this bill, newest first: hearings on it, and wider hearings where it came up.
| Number | Hearing | Committee | Held |
|---|---|---|---|
| Serial No. 115-3 | THE USE OF OFFICIAL TIME FOR UNION ACTIVITIES AT THE DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS62 pages | Veterans' Affairs Committee | Feb 16, 2017 |
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| HR 2805 | POLICE Act of 2019 | Reintroduced Bill | Jun 26, 2019 |
Titles 3
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To amend title 18, United States Code, to permit uniformed law enforcement officers to carry agency-issued firearms in certain Federal facilities, and for other purposes.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- POLICE Act of 2017
- Protecting Officers of the Law In Civilian Establishments Act of 2017
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- May 19, 2017Introduced in House
Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this bill on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.
