HR 7827
Stop Militarizing Our Streets Act of 2026
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Bill overview
The Stop Militarizing Our Streets Act of 2026 aims to restrict the sale and procurement of certain military-grade weapons and ammunition by the Department of Defense. Specifically, it prohibits the sale of assault weapons and covered ammunition to commercial dealers and limits the Department’s ability to purchase these items. The bill also establishes stricter requirements for firearms and ammunition dealers, including enhanced background checks and recordkeeping, to reduce the flow of firearms to criminals. It includes reporting requirements for government-owned plants and the Department of Defense to track sales and procurement practices.
Key provisions
- Prohibits the sale of military-grade assault weapons and covered ammunition by the Department of Defense to commercial dealers.
- Limits the Department of Defense’s ability to procure military-grade assault weapons and covered ammunition from dealers.
- Establishes strict requirements for firearms and ammunition dealers, including enhanced background checks and recordkeeping.
- Requires dealers to maintain a license under chapter 44 of title 18 and comply with Federal law.
- Limits ammunition sales to 500 rounds of covered ammunition or 1000 rounds of other ammunition per purchaser.
- Mandates a minimum code of conduct for dealers, including refusal to sell to individuals exhibiting signs of instability.
- Requires dealers to implement a remotely searchable electronic record of firearm and ammunition inventory.
- Requires dealers to conduct NICS background checks on all firearm and ammunition purchasers.
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Eleanor Holmes [D-DC-At Large] Norton
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119th CONGRESS — 2d Session
H. R. 7827
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
A BILL
To amend title 10, United States Code, to restrict the sale and procurement of certain weapons and ammunition by the Department of Defense, and for other purposes.
This Act may be cited as the Stop Militarizing Our Streets Act of 2026
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The Secretary of Defense or a private operator of a government-owned plant may not sell any firearm or ammunition to any dealer in the commercial marketplace that fails to meet the requirements described in paragraph (4).
The Secretary of Defense may not procure any item from a dealer or private manufacturer of firearms or ammunition that sells firearms or ammunition in the commercial marketplace if the dealer or private manufacturer—
directly sells firearms or ammunition to individual purchasers in the commercial marketplace and fails to meet the requirements described in paragraph (4); or
sells any firearm or ammunition to any dealer in the commercial marketplace that fails to meets the requirements described in paragraph (4).
The requirements described in this paragraph for any dealer of firearms or ammunition are the following:
The dealer must—
with respect to a dealer of firearms, have a license under chapter 44 of title 18;
with respect to a dealer of ammunition, have a license under subsection (d)(1); and
comply with all requirements under Federal law for licensees under chapter 44 of title 18.
In each of the previous 3 calendar years, the Attorney General has traced not more than 24 firearms used in crimes back to the dealer with a time-to-crime of less than 3 years.
With respect to a dealer that sells ammunition, during any 30-day period, the dealer may not transfer to the same individual purchaser—
more than 500 rounds of covered ammunition; or
more than 1000 rounds of other ammunition.
The dealer must agree to a minimum code of conduct that includes the following:
A refusal to transfer a firearm or ammunition until the NICS background check system has verified that the transfer is not prohibited.
A refusal to transfer a firearm or ammunition to any person the dealer knows or has reason to believe poses a danger to that person or others.
With respect to firearms, the implementation and maintenance of a remotely searchable electronic record of—
the make, model, caliber or gauge, and serial number of every firearm in the inventory of the dealer; and
the performance of quarterly inventory checks.
With respect to ammunition, the dealer must implement and maintain a remotely searchable electronic record of—
importation;
production;
shipment;
receipt;
sale; and
any other disposition of ammunition at the place of business of the dealer for such period, and in such form, as the Attorney General may by regulations prescribe.
that trains employees on—
how to recognize and identify—
indicators that a person is attempting to purchase a firearm or ammunition illegally;
how to recognize and identify indicators that an individual intends to use a firearm for unlawful purposes;
how to recognize and identify indicators that an individual intends to use a firearm for self-harm;
how to prevent theft or burglary of firearms and ammunition;
how to respond in the circumstances described in subclauses (I) through (V) and the applicable reporting requirements;
how to verify the age of a purchaser of a firearm or ammunition;
other reasonable business practices that the Attorney General determines will deter firearm trafficking or deter the provision of a firearm to an individual who indicates an intent to use a firearm for unlawful purposes or for self-harm.
Not later than 30 days after the date on which the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives releases to the dealer results of any compliance inspection conducted by the Bureau, the dealer must report the results of the inspection to any manufacturer or wholesaler dealer from which the dealer obtains firearms or ammunition.
The dealer does not maintain financial ties valued at more than $1,000,000 annually with an entity that—
does not comply with the requirements of this paragraph.
With respect to an inspection of a dealer described in paragraph (4)(G), not later than 30 days after the date of the inspection, the Director of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives shall send to the Department of Defense a copy of the report.
The Attorney General, in coordination with the Secretary of Defense, shall monitor compliance with paragraph (4) by dealers.
A dealer that violates paragraph (4) may not participate in a sale or purchase described in paragraph (2) or (3).
Not less frequently than annually, each government-owned plant that produces any ammunition or firearms that are commercially sold shall submit to Congress a report that includes, for the year covered by the report—
the number of customers of the plant for ammunition or firearms in the commercial marketplace, disaggregated by the State in which the customer is located;
the revenue of the plant from sales of ammunition or firearms in the commercial marketplace;
the amount of ammunition or firearms sold by the plant in the commercial marketplace;
an operational plan for avoiding any diversion of firearms or ammunition into the illegal market or to customers not authorized for purchase under this section; and
steps taken to implement the plan described in subparagraph (D).
Not less frequently than annually, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to Congress a report containing the following:
A list of manufacturers and dealers from which the Secretary procures firearms that also sell firearms in the commercial market.
A list of the types of firearms those dealers sell in the commercial market.
The amount of money the Secretary pays to those dealers for firearms each year.
The Attorney General shall make licenses available to dealers of ammunition, who may apply for such licenses for the purpose of subsection (b)(4)(A)(ii) to be eligible to make the sales or purchases described in paragraph (2) or (3) of subsection (b).
In making licenses available in accordance with paragraph (1), the Attorney General shall apply in a substantially similar manner the requirements under chapter 44 of title 18 for licenses of dealers of firearms to dealers of ammunition.
Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of the
Stop Militarizing Our Streets Act of 2026
, the Attorney General shall authorize a dealer of ammunition licensed in accordance with paragraph (1) to access and use the NICS background check system in accordance with laws applicable to the use of the NICS background check system.A dealer of ammunition licensed in accordance with paragraph (1) may perform a NICS background check on an individual purchasing ammunition from the dealer.
The Attorney General shall promulgate a rule with requirements for dealers to comply with the recordkeeping requirement described in subsection (b)(4)(E).
The terms ammunition, firearm, and manufacturer have the meaning given those terms in section 921(a) of title 18.
The term covered ammunition—
includes .223 Remington ammunition and 7.62 North Atlantic Treaty Organization ammunition.
The term dealer—
includes any person engaged in the business of selling ammunition at wholesale or retail, including an unlicensed private vendor of ammunition.
The term financial ties—
includes a revenue sharing agreement or a transfer of assets through a purchase or sale transaction.
The term gas-operated, with respect to a firearm, means that the firearm harnesses or traps a portion of the high-pressure gas from a fired cartridge to cycle the action using—
a long stroke piston, in which gas is vented from the barrel to a piston that is mechanically fixed to the bolt group and moves to cycle the action;
a short stroke piston, in which gas is vented from the barrel to a piston that moves separately from the bolt group so that the energy is imparted through a gas piston to cycle the action;
a system that traps and vents gas from the barrel or the chamber to directly strike or impinge the bolt, bolt carrier, or slide assembly to unlock and cycle the action;
a hybrid system that combines elements of a system described in subparagraph (C) with a system described in subparagraph (A) or (B) to capture gas vented from the barrel to cycle the action; or
a blowback-operated system that directly uses the expanding gases of the ignited propellant powder acting on the cartridge case to drive the breechblock or breech bolt rearward.
The term gun show means a gun show or an event described in section 478.100(b) of title 27, Code of Federal Regulations, or any successor regulation.
The term large-capacity ammunition feeding device—
does not include an attached tubular device designed to accept, and capable of operating only with, .22 caliber rimfire ammunition.
The term military-grade assault weapon means a firearm that—
is—
gas-operated or has been modified to operate as a gas-operated firearm;
designed and functions, or can be readily modified, to materially increase the rate of fire of the firearm; and
has—
a fixed ammunition feeding device with the capacity to accept more than 10 rounds of ammunition; or
the capacity to accept a large-capacity ammunition feeding device.
The term semi-automatic, with respect to a firearm, means any repeating firearm, other than a machine gun, that—
The term spin-off transaction means a transaction that separates a division or line of business from a parent company of an entity.
The term time-to-crime
means the period of time between the retail sale of a firearm and the recovery of the firearm by a law enforcement agency as a result of the use or suspected use of the firearm in a crime.
The table of sections at the beginning of such chapter is amended by inserting after the item relating to section 7544 the following new item:
Section 7544(c) of title 10, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new paragraph:
The non-Army entity abides by the commercial sale restrictions set forth in section 7545 of this title.
Section 7552 of such title is amended, in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by striking It
and inserting Subject to the restrictions set forth under section 7545 of this title, it
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Section 7553(b) of such title is amended, in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by striking The
and inserting Subject to the restrictions set forth under section 7545 of this title, the
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There are authorized to be appropriated to the Attorney General such sums as are necessary to carry out the amendments made by this section, including to upgrade and maintain the national instant criminal background check system established under section 103 of the Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act (34 U.S.C. 40901).