# 116-hr-7124: LIMIT Act

116-hr-7124, LIMIT Act, is a 116th Congress bill sponsored by Rep. Brown, Anthony G. [D-MD-4] (D-MD); status Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services. (as of 2025-11-18).

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## Facts
- Bill: 116-hr-7124
- Congress: 116
- Title: LIMIT Act
- Status: Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
- Introduced: 2020-06-08
- Sponsor: Rep. Brown, Anthony G. [D-MD-4] (D-MD)
- Cosponsors: 8
- Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
- Touches household money: no
- Last recorded action: 2025-11-18

## Summary

Limitations on the Insurrection act including Mechanisms for Invoking its Termination Act or the LIMIT Act This bill provides that the authorities for federal aid to state governments, use of militia and armed forces to enforce federal authority, and interference with state and federal law under the Insurrection Act may only be exercised after the President declares a national emergency under the National Emergencies Act applicable to the situation for which any such authority is exercised. The bill prohibits the exercise of an authority if the national emergency has been terminated.

## Cosponsors (8)

- Rep. Khanna, Ro [D-CA-17] (D-CA), 2020-06-08T00:00:00.000Z
- Del. Norton, Eleanor Holmes [D-DC-At Large] (D-DC), 2020-06-08T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Lieu, Ted [D-CA-36] (D-CA), 2020-06-08T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Moulton, Seth [D-MA-6] (D-MA), 2020-06-08T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Cisneros, Gilbert Ray [D-CA-31] (D-CA), 2020-06-11T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Maloney, Carolyn B. [D-NY-12] (D-NY), 2020-06-11T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Cohen, Steve [D-TN-9] (D-TN), 2020-06-11T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Dean, Madeleine [D-PA-4] (D-PA), 2020-06-15T00:00:00.000Z

## Related bills

- 116-hr-8662: Accelerating Access to Critical Therapies for ALS Act
- 116-hr-8015: Delivering for America Act
- 116-hr-7642: Coronavirus Economic Relief for Transportation Services Act
- 116-hr-7197: RESTAURANTS Act of 2020
- 116-hr-7120: George Floyd Justice in Policing Act of 2020
- 116-hr-7092: Great American Outdoors Act

## Sources
- [116-hr-7124 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/house-bill/7124)

## Related
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- [116-hr-8015: Delivering for America Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/116-hr-8015)
- [116-hr-7642: Coronavirus Economic Relief for Transportation Services Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/116-hr-7642)
- [116-hr-7197: RESTAURANTS Act of 2020](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/116-hr-7197)
- [116-hr-7120: George Floyd Justice in Policing Act of 2020](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/116-hr-7120)
- [116-hr-7092: Great American Outdoors Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/116-hr-7092)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/116-hr-7124 (as of 2025-11-18).