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116TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 7297
To amend title 18, United States Code, to prohibit the use of an Armed
Force under the jurisdiction of the Secretary of a military department
as a posse comitatus or otherwise to execute the laws, and for other
purposes.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
JUNE 22, 2020
Mr. SCHIFF introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee
on the Judiciary
A BILL
To amend title 18, United States Code, to prohibit the use
of an Armed Force under the jurisdiction of the Sec-
retary of a military department as a posse comitatus
or otherwise to execute the laws, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
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tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
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This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Strengthening the
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Posse Comitatus Act of 2020’’.
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SEC. 2. POSSE COMITATUS.
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Section 1385 of title 18, United States Code, is
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amended—
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(1) by striking ‘‘Whoever’’ and inserting ‘‘(a)
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Whoever’’;
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(2) by striking ‘‘the Army or the Air Force’’
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and inserting ‘‘an Armed Force under the jurisdic-
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tion of the Secretary of a military department (as
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those terms are defined in section 101 of title 10)’’;
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and
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(3) by adding at the end the following:
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‘‘(b) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, any
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evidence obtained by or with the assistance of a member
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of the Armed Forces in violation of subsection (a) shall
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not be received in evidence in any trial, hearing, or other
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proceeding in or before any court, grand jury, department,
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officer, agency, regulatory body, legislative committee, or
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other authority of the United States, a State, or a political
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subdivision thereof.’’.
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