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The bill strengthens oversight, accountability, and civil‑military boundaries for DoD support to civilian law enforcement—improving transparency and legal enforcement—while increasing the risk of slower emergency military assistance, litigation costs, and staffing impacts for local policing.
Congress, taxpayers, and local governments gain stronger oversight, transparency, and enforceable accountability over Department of Defense support to civilian law enforcement through required budgets, timelines, objectives, prior-support data, measurable metrics, and private/state enforcement remedies.
Civilians and communities are better protected from prolonged military involvement in domestic policing by a 30-day limit on DoD deployments without explicit congressional approval plus mandatory recusal and prohibition on simultaneous DoD/civil‑law‑enforcement roles.
Reserve members may continue their civilian law‑enforcement jobs until called to active duty, helping preserve community policing capacity and employment continuity for reservists.
Urgent civilian emergencies and fast‑moving civil disturbances could see delayed or complicated DoD assistance because of pre‑approval reporting requirements, a 30‑day cap absent congressional action, and removal of an explicit statutory use‑case.
Authorizing states and private individuals to sue and obtain damages increases federal litigation exposure and could raise taxpayer liability and agency legal costs.
Restrictions on active‑duty personnel holding civilian policing roles (and limits on simultaneous roles) may reduce available local policing staff and cause income or career disruptions for affected service members and employees.
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Requires presidential notice and expedited congressional approval for DoD support to civilian law enforcement beyond 30 days, bans most dual DoD–civilian-law-enforcement service, and creates a private right to sue for violations.
Introduced December 9, 2025 by Sam T. Liccardo · Last progress December 9, 2025
Requires the President to submit a written notification and justification to Congress before Department of Defense personnel or equipment support is provided to civilian law enforcement, limits such support to 30 days unless Congress approves an extension through an expedited joint-resolution process, prohibits individuals who serve in the DoD from simultaneously serving in civilian law enforcement outside the Department (with a narrow reserve-component exception), and creates a private right of action allowing persons, states, or localities to sue the federal government for violations and seek injunctive or monetary relief. The bill changes how and when the military can assist civilian police by adding prior-notice and approval steps, adds a legal ban on dual service in uniformed or DoD civilian roles and external law enforcement jobs, and authorizes courts to enforce these rules against the federal government and its employees.