Reintroduce and pursue passage of the Stop Militarizing Law Enforcement Act to restrict inappropriate military equipment transfers and increase oversight and transparency of the 1033 program.

Today, Rep. Hank Johnson (GA-04) re-introduced his commonsense Stop Militarizing Law Enforcement Act of 2026 that would place restrictions and transparency measures on the Department of Defense (DOD) Program that transfers excess military equipment to federal, tribal, state and local law enforcement agencies.

Johnson commits to reintroducing legislation to curb military equipment transfers to police and add oversight and transparency to the Pentagon's 1033 program.

Congressman Johnson reintroduces critical bill to de-militarize police | Congressman Hank Johnson
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