# 119-hr-7827: Stop Militarizing Our Streets Act of 2026 119-hr-7827, Stop Militarizing Our Streets Act of 2026, is a 119th Congress bill sponsored by Rep. Garcia, Robert [D-CA-42] (D-CA); status introduced; PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-09-21). - Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-7827 - As of: 2026-09-21 - Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts. ## Facts - Bill: 119-hr-7827 - Congress: 119 - Title: Stop Militarizing Our Streets Act of 2026 - Status: introduced - Introduced: 2026-03-05 - Sponsor: Rep. Garcia, Robert [D-CA-42] (D-CA) - Cosponsors: 20 - Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security - Touches household money: yes - Last recorded action: 2026-09-21 ## Summary **Would bar the Department of Defense and government-owned plants from selling military-grade assault weapons and certain large-caliber ammunition and would create strict licensing and compliance rules for other firearms and ammo sales.** It creates a two-track system: an outright ban on specified items and a broad compliance regime for other dealers that covers licensing, background checks, inventory and ammunition recordkeeping, security, training, and reporting. - Would prevent DoD and government-owned plants from selling military-grade assault weapons or covered ammunition to commercial dealers and would stop DoD from procuring from manufacturers or dealers that sell those items in the commercial marketplace. - Would force firearms dealers to hold the required federal licenses and would create a new license for ammunition dealers, require access to the National Instant Criminal Background Check System within 180 days, quarterly inventory checks, and an electronic ammunition ledger. Dealers must meet a time-to-crime test of no more than 24 traced crime guns in the past three years to qualify for DoD sales. - Would limit transfers to 30-day caps of 500 rounds for covered ammunition and 1,000 rounds for other ammunition and would require NICS checks, mandatory anti-trafficking training, security measures, and refusal rules for intoxicated or dangerous buyers. ## Cosponsors (20) - Rep. García, Jesús G. "Chuy" [D-IL-4] (D-IL), 2026-03-05T00:00:00.000Z - Rep. Johnson, Henry C. "Hank" [D-GA-4] (D-GA), 2026-03-05T00:00:00.000Z - Rep. Tlaib, Rashida [D-MI-12] (D-MI), 2026-03-05T00:00:00.000Z - Rep. Doggett, Lloyd [D-TX-37] (D-TX), 2026-03-05T00:00:00.000Z - Rep. Frost, Maxwell [D-FL-10] (D-FL), 2026-03-05T00:00:00.000Z - Rep. Scanlon, Mary Gay [D-PA-5] (D-PA), 2026-03-05T00:00:00.000Z - Del. Norton, Eleanor Holmes [D-DC-At Large] (D-DC), 2026-03-05T00:00:00.000Z - Rep. Goldman, Daniel S. [D-NY-10] (D-NY), 2026-03-05T00:00:00.000Z - Rep. Lee, Summer L. [D-PA-12] (D-PA), 2026-03-05T00:00:00.000Z - Rep. Gomez, Jimmy [D-CA-34] (D-CA), 2026-03-05T00:00:00.000Z - Rep. Amo, Gabe [D-RI-1] (D-RI), 2026-03-05T00:00:00.000Z - Rep. Green, Al [D-TX-9] (D-TX), 2026-03-05T00:00:00.000Z - Rep. Simon, Lateefah [D-CA-12] (D-CA), 2026-03-05T00:00:00.000Z - Rep. Garcia, Sylvia R. [D-TX-29] (D-TX), 2026-03-05T00:00:00.000Z - Rep. Beatty, Joyce [D-OH-3] (D-OH), 2026-03-05T00:00:00.000Z - Rep. Chu, Judy [D-CA-28] (D-CA), 2026-03-05T00:00:00.000Z - Rep. Schakowsky, Janice D. [D-IL-9] (D-IL), 2026-03-05T00:00:00.000Z - Rep. Lieu, Ted [D-CA-36] (D-CA), 2026-04-14T00:00:00.000Z - Rep. Hayes, Jahana [D-CT-5] (D-CT), 2026-04-28T00:00:00.000Z - Rep. Raskin, Jamie [D-MD-8] (D-MD), 2026-06-03T00:00:00.000Z ## Provisions PRIA read - Ban on DoD and plant commercial sales: benefit, high. If enacted, the Secretary of Defense and private operators of government-owned plants would not be allowed to sell military-grade assault weapons or covered ammunition in the commercial market. The bill would also bar the Defense Department from buying from any dealer or manufacturer that sells tho… - Annual DoD and plant transparency reports: benefit, medium. If enacted, the Secretary of Defense would have to send Congress an annual report listing manufacturers and dealers it buys firearms from that also sell to the public, the types of firearms they sell commercially, and how much DoD paid them. Each government-owned plant that sells firearms or ammuni… - Funding authority to upgrade NICS: benefit, medium. If enacted, the bill would authorize Congress to appropriate whatever sums are necessary to the Attorney General to upgrade and maintain the National Instant Criminal Background Check System. The Attorney General could get this funding only if Congress makes the appropriations. The bill does not sp… - New dealer rules to sell to the Defense Department: cost, high. If enacted, dealers would need a federal firearms license and an Attorney General-issued ammunition license to sell to DoD or government-owned plants. Ammunition dealers would have to use NICS within 180 days. Dealers would keep searchable electronic inventory and ammunition lifecycle records, do q… - Dealer inspection reporting and data sharing: mixed, medium. If enacted, ATF would have to send copies of any dealer inspection report to the Department of Defense within 30 days. Dealers would have to tell manufacturers or wholesalers their ATF inspection results within 30 days after ATF releases them. The Attorney General could issue rules to implement the… - What counts as covered weapons and ammo: mixed, medium. If enacted, the bill would define "covered ammunition" as any ammo .22 caliber or larger and would name .223 Remington and 7.62 NATO explicitly. It would define a "military-grade assault weapon" as a semiautomatic, gas- or recoil-operated firearm that holds more than 10 rounds or can accept a large… ## Related bills - 119-hr-7973: Momnibus Act - 119-hr-9877: Health Equity and Accountability Act of 2026 - 119-hr-51: Washington, D.C. Admission Act - 119-hr-20: Richard L. Trumka Protecting the Right to Organize Act of 2025 - 119-hr-7977: Energy Bills Relief Act - 119-hr-5390: FAMILY Act ## Sources - [119-hr-7827 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/7827) ## Related - [119-hr-7973: Momnibus Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-7973) - [119-hr-9877: Health Equity and Accountability Act of 2026](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-9877) - [119-hr-51: Washington, D.C. Admission Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-51) - [119-hr-20: Richard L. 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