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Rep. Ryan, Patrick [D-NY-18] · D–NY
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Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on Armed Services, Rules, Appropriations, and the Budget, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on Armed Services, Rules, Appropriations, and the Budget, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on Armed Services, Rules, Appropriations, and the Budget, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on Armed Services, Rules, Appropriations, and the Budget, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on Armed Services, Rules, Appropriations, and the Budget, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
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Based on the full Introduced in House · 2026-10-01 text. This explanation has not received human editorial review. This overview describes the proposal’s major provisions; it does not establish what its real-world effects would be.
The proposed No Troops in Our Streets Act of 2026 would let Congress enact resolutions ending exceptions to restrictions on military involvement in civilian law enforcement and certain troop activations. It would also provide $900 million for state and local law enforcement, violence prevention, emergency assistance, and officer hiring. The funding could not pay for assigning federal law enforcement personnel to states and localities. These are proposed changes, not evidence of enacted law.
This Act may be cited as the No Troops in Our Streets Act of 2026.
Congress may terminate any exception to subsection (a) at any time by enacting a joint resolution of disapproval as described under subsection (c).
Congress may terminate any activation pursuant to subsection (a) at any time by enacting a joint resolution of disapproval.
(1) $600,000,000, to remain available until expended, for the Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant program
(2) $150,000,000, to remain available until expended, for a community violence intervention and prevention initiative
(3) $50,000,000, to remain available until expended, for emergency law enforcement assistance
there is appropriated $100,000,000, to remain available until expended, for grants for the hiring and rehiring of additional career law enforcement officers
None of the amounts made available under this section may be used to fund the assignment of Federal law enforcement personnel to States and localities.
Section 2 would allow Congress to end any exception to the military-use prohibition in 18 U.S.C. 1385 at any time by enacting a joint resolution of disapproval. Introducing a resolution alone would not end an exception.
Section 1385 of title 18, United States Code, is amended
Congress may terminate any exception to subsection (a) at any time by enacting a joint resolution of disapproval as described under subsection (c).
A qualifying resolution would have to follow a prescribed format identifying the legal authority, military actions, location, and duration of the proposed deployment prohibition. Its operative text could contain only that prohibition.
the title of which is as follows: A joint resolution expressing congressional disapproval of the deployment of Armed Forces in [_____]., with the blank space being filled with the location prohibited
the sole matter after the resolving clause of which is the following: Congress prohibits the deployment of Armed Forces under title [___], United States Code, with respect to [_____] in [_____] for [____]., with the first blank space being filled with the title under which authority to send troops was provided, the second blank space being filled with a short description of the military actions prohibited, the third blank space being filled with the location where the deployment is prohibited, and the fourth blank space being filled with the duration of the prohibition.
These resolutions could be introduced by the Senate majority or minority leader, or their designees. In the House, introduction would be limited to the Speaker or minority leader.
A joint resolution of disapproval may be introduced— (A) in the Senate, by the majority leader (or the majority leader’s designee) or the minority leader (or the minority leader’s designee); and (B) in the House of Representatives, by the Speaker of the House or the minority leader.
A resolution introduced in the Senate would go to its Armed Services Committee. If the committee did not report it within five calendar days after referral, the resolution would automatically leave the committee and be placed on the Senate calendar.
A joint resolution of disapproval introduced in the Senate shall be referred to the Committee on Armed Services of the Senate.
If the Committee on Armed Services of the Senate has not reported a joint resolution of disapproval within 5 calendar days after the date of referral of the joint resolution, that committee shall be discharged from further consideration of the joint resolution and the joint resolution shall be placed on the appropriate calendar.
After Senate committee reporting or automatic release, a motion to take up the resolution would be allowed even if an earlier such motion failed. Procedural objections would be waived, and the motion could not be debated, postponed, or reconsidered. Appeals of procedural rulings would be decided without debate.
Notwithstanding Rule XXII of the Standing Rules of the Senate, it is in order at any time after the Committee on Armed Services reports a joint resolution of disapproval to the Senate or has been discharged from consideration of such a joint resolution (even though a previous motion to the same effect has been disagreed to) to move to proceed to the consideration of the joint resolution, and all points of order against the joint resolution (and against consideration of the joint resolution) are waived.
The motion to proceed is not debatable. The motion is not subject to a motion to postpone. A motion to reconsider the vote by which the motion is agreed to or disagreed to shall not be in order.
Appeals from the decisions of the Chair relating to the application of the rules of the Senate, as the case may be, to the procedure relating to a joint resolution of disapproval shall be decided without debate.
Senate debate on a presidential veto message concerning a disapproval resolution, including related debatable motions and appeals, would be limited to ten hours, divided equally between the majority and minority leaders or their designees.
Debate in the Senate of any veto message with respect to a joint resolution of disapproval, including all debatable motions and appeals in connection with the joint resolution, shall be limited to 10 hours, to be equally divided between, and controlled by, the Majority Leader and the Minority Leader or their designees.
The general House committee rule would automatically release a disapproval resolution from a committee that had not reported it within five calendar days after referral.
If a committee of the House of Representatives to which a joint resolution of disapproval has been referred has not reported the joint resolution within 5 calendar days after the date of referral, that committee shall be discharged from further consideration of the joint resolution.
If the Senate received an identical House resolution before passing its own, it would skip committee referral and vote on the House version. An identical House resolution received after Senate passage would go on the Senate calendar. The specified Senate procedures would also apply when there was no Senate companion resolution.
If, before the passage by the Senate of a joint resolution of disapproval, the Senate receives an identical joint resolution from the House of Representatives, the following procedures shall apply: (I) That joint resolution shall not be referred to a committee.
the vote on passage shall be on the joint resolution from the House of Representatives.
If, following passage of a joint resolution of disapproval in the Senate, the Senate receives an identical joint resolution from the House of Representatives, that joint resolution shall be placed on the appropriate Senate calendar.
If a joint resolution of disapproval is received from the House of Representatives, and no companion joint resolution has been introduced in the Senate, the Senate procedures under this subparagraph shall apply to the House of Representatives joint resolution.
A Senate resolution received by the House would follow a separate timetable unless the House had already passed a resolution about the same proposed action. The House Armed Services Committee would have two calendar days to report it. A motion to take it up would become available on the third legislative day after the committee reported it or was automatically discharged from considering it.
the following procedures shall apply to a joint resolution of disapproval received from the Senate (unless the House of Representatives has already passed a joint resolution relating to the same proposed action)
The joint resolution shall be referred to the Committee on Armed Services of the House of Representatives.
If the Committee on Armed Services of the House of Representatives has not reported the joint resolution within two calendar days after the date of referral, that committee shall be discharged from further consideration of the joint resolution.
Beginning on the third legislative day after the Committee on Armed Services of the House of Representatives reports the joint resolution to the House of Representatives or has been discharged from further consideration thereof, it shall be in order to move to proceed to consider the joint resolution in the House of Representatives.
Under that House procedure, the motion to take up the Senate resolution could not be debated, repeated after disposal, or reconsidered. The resolution would be considered as read. Consideration would allow two hours of debate, divided equally between its sponsor or designee and an opponent, followed by a vote on final passage without intervening motions. Procedural objections would be waived, and a motion to reconsider the passage vote would not be allowed.
All points of order against the motion are waived. Such a motion shall not be in order after the House of Representatives has disposed of a motion to proceed on the joint resolution. The previous question shall be considered as ordered on the motion to its adoption without intervening motion.
The motion shall not be debatable. A motion to reconsider the vote by which the motion is disposed of shall not be in order.
The joint resolution shall be considered as read. All points of order against the joint resolution and against its consideration are waived. The previous question shall be considered as ordered on the joint resolution to final passage without intervening motion except two hours of debate equally divided and controlled by the sponsor of the joint resolution (or a designee) and an opponent. A motion to reconsider the vote on passage of the joint resolution shall not be in order.
The paragraph governing exchange of resolutions between the chambers would not apply in the House to a disapproval resolution that is a revenue measure. That paragraph would operate as chamber rules, overriding inconsistent rules while preserving each chamber’s authority to change its own rules.
The provisions of this paragraph shall not apply in the House of Representatives to a joint resolution of disapproval that is a revenue measure.
This paragraph is enacted by Congress— (i) as an exercise of the rulemaking power of the Senate and the House of Representatives, respectively, and as such is deemed a part of the rules of each House, respectively, and supersedes other rules only to the extent that it is inconsistent with such rules; and (ii) with full recognition of the constitutional right of either House to change the rules (so far as relating to the procedure of that House) at any time, in the same manner, and to the same extent as in the case of any other rule of that House.
If a resolution about deployment in a particular location were not introduced or enacted, courts and agencies could not infer congressional intent from Congress’s action or inaction concerning that resolution.
If a joint resolution of disapproval with respect to the deployment of the Armed Forces in a particular location is not introduced or enacted, no court or agency may infer any intent of Congress from any action or inaction of Congress with regard to such joint resolution of disapproval.
The bill would separately allow Congress to terminate activations under 10 U.S.C. 12406 at any time by enacting a disapproval resolution. It would use the definition of that resolution supplied by the proposed changes to 18 U.S.C. 1385.
Section 12406 of title 10, United States Code, is amended
Congress may terminate any activation pursuant to subsection (a) at any time by enacting a joint resolution of disapproval.
In this section, the term joint resolution of disapproval has the meanings given such term under subsection (c) of section 1385 of title 18.
Both amended statutory sections would include a severability rule: if a provision or its application were held unconstitutional, the remainder and its application to other people or circumstances would remain unaffected.
(d) Severability If any provision of this section, or any application of such provision to any person or circumstance, is held to be unconstitutional, the remainder of this section and the application of this section to any other person or circumstance shall not be affected.
Section 3 would directly appropriate an additional $600 million for the Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant program for fiscal year 2026, available until spent. For this funding, it would disapply section 1001(c) and the special Puerto Rico rules in section 505(g) of the referenced law. Those provisions are not supplied, so the resulting allocation or financial effects cannot be determined from this text.
In addition to amounts otherwise appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for fiscal year 2026, for Department of Justice—State and Local Law Enforcement Activities—Office of Justice Programs—State and Local Law Enforcement Assistance, there is appropriated
$600,000,000, to remain available until expended, for the Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant program as authorized by subpart 1 of part E of title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (34 U.S.C. 10151 et seq.) (except that section 1001(c), and the special rules for Puerto Rico under section 505(g), of title I of that Act shall not apply for purposes of this Act)
The same fiscal year 2026 appropriation would provide an additional $150 million for a community violence intervention and prevention initiative, available until spent.
In addition to amounts otherwise appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for fiscal year 2026
$150,000,000, to remain available until expended, for a community violence intervention and prevention initiative
The bill would provide an additional $50 million for emergency law enforcement assistance for fiscal year 2026, available until spent and subject to purposes specified in existing law. The President could direct up to $10 million per qualifying law enforcement emergency to support state and local law enforcement, with approval from the chief executives of the state and locality. The referenced statutory purposes and emergency definition are not reproduced in the supplied text.
In addition to amounts otherwise appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for fiscal year 2026
$50,000,000, to remain available until expended, for emergency law enforcement assistance, as authorized by section 609M of the Justice Assistance Act of 1984 (34 U.S.C. 50101), to support any of the purposes specified in section 501 of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (34 U.S.C. 10152), of which the President may direct not greater than $10,000,000 per law enforcement emergency, as defined in section 609N of the Justice Assistance Act of 1984 (34 U.S.C. 50102), with the approval of the chief executive of the State and locality, to support State and local law enforcement.
The bill would additionally appropriate $100 million for fiscal year 2026 for grants to hire and rehire additional career law enforcement officers under the referenced existing grant authority. The money would remain available until spent.
In addition to amounts otherwise appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for fiscal year 2026, there is appropriated $100,000,000, to remain available until expended, for grants for the hiring and rehiring of additional career law enforcement officers under section 1701 of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (34 U.S.C. 10381).
None of Section 3’s funding could pay for assigning federal law enforcement personnel to states and localities. Congress would designate all its appropriations as emergency requirements under the cited budget provisions. The referenced provisions are not supplied, so their detailed budget enforcement effects cannot be determined from this text.
None of the amounts made available under this section may be used to fund the assignment of Federal law enforcement personnel to States and localities.
Amounts appropriated under subsections (a) and (b) are designated by Congress as an emergency requirement pursuant to section 4001(a)(1) of S. Con. Res. 14 (117th Congress), the concurrent resolution on the budget for fiscal year 2022, and to legislation establishing fiscal year 2026 budget enforcement in the House of Representatives.
The supplied official-actions snapshot, updated October 14, 2026, records introduction in the House on October 1, 2026, and referral that day to Judiciary and additionally to Armed Services, Rules, Appropriations, and Budget for provisions within their jurisdictions.
Source snapshot updated 2026-10-14T20:32:31Z.
2026-10-01: Introduced in House
2026-10-01: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on Armed Services, Rules, Appropriations, and the Budget, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
A closer look
Reviewed version: Introduced in House · 2026-10-01. These findings describe provisions and who may benefit; they are not judgments of waste, corruption, or motive.
This review covers the supplied bill text. “None identified” does not rule out provisions in later versions or accompanying reports and disclosures.
Provisions outside the bill’s main subject, or policy changes attached to appropriations.
Findings to examine
The finding applies the requested definition covering policy changes accompanying appropriations. It does not establish an unrelated provision or a documented later attachment.
Section 2 would create congressional authority to terminate military-use exceptions, while Section 3 would appropriate law enforcement funding. This identifies a policy change accompanying appropriations in the supplied introduced text, without establishing an amendment or attachment history.
Congress may terminate any exception to subsection (a) at any time by enacting a joint resolution of disapproval as described under subsection (c).
In addition to amounts otherwise appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for fiscal year 2026, for Department of Justice—State and Local Law Enforcement Activities—Office of Justice Programs—State and Local Law Enforcement Assistance, there is appropriated
$600,000,000, to remain available until expended, for the Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant program
Spending directed to particular recipients or places outside ordinary competitive or formula-based allocation.
None identified in the reviewed text
No congressionally directed spending for a particular recipient or place was identified after reviewing the complete supplied introduced text. This conclusion is limited to that version and does not establish absence in other versions or accompanying materials, or resolve formal earmark status.
Narrow exceptions, exemptions, or preferential treatment that warrant a closer look.
Evidence is limited
The candidate warrants scrutiny as an express geographic exception, but the omitted statutory rules prevent determining whether it confers preferential treatment or who would financially benefit.
The additional Byrne grant appropriation would not apply the existing special rules for Puerto Rico. This is a potential geographically targeted carve-out affecting Puerto Rico’s treatment within the program, but the supplied text does not show whether it increases, reduces, or otherwise changes funding advantageously.
$600,000,000, to remain available until expended, for the Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant program as authorized by subpart 1 of part E of title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (34 U.S.C. 10151 et seq.) (except that section 1001(c), and the special rules for Puerto Rico under section 505(g), of title I of that Act shall not apply for purposes of this Act)
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