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Tribal Police Department Parity Act

To ensure that Federal laws that enable Federal, State, and local law enforcement agencies to access firearms apply equally to Tribal law enforcement agencies.

Introduced Feb 25, 2026

Latest action (Feb 25, 2026) Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, 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
Judiciary Committee Ways and Means Committee
Issues
Criminal Justice

Summary

This bill amends federal firearms laws to provide Tribal law enforcement agencies with the same access to firearms as Federal, State, and local law enforcement agencies. Specifically, it allows Indian Tribes and their departments or agencies to possess post-1986 machineguns, and to transport, ship, receive, possess, and import firearms and ammunition, similar to other law enforcement agencies. The bill also amends federal tax law to exempt Indian Tribes and their departments or agencies from transfer taxes and making taxes on National Firearms Act items, such as machine guns and other restricted weapons. These tax exemptions apply to firearms transferred or manufactured after the bill's enactment. The bill defines Indian Tribes according to the Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act.

AI-generated plain-language summary of the bill text — neutral, and may be imperfect. See the full text below for the exact wording.

Sponsor (1)
1 cosponsor

Money behind the sponsor

Top reported contributors to Dusty Johnson’s campaign committee (2024 cycle) — who funds the bill’s sponsor, not a claim about this bill. Data from FEC.

  • NULL $68,175
  • SANFORD HEALTH $31,000
  • STATE OF SOUTH DAKOTA $28,050
  • AVERA HEALTH $18,200
  • VANTAGE POINT $15,205

Organizations whose employees gave the most — itemized individual contributions grouped by the donor’s reported employer (FEC Schedule A). Full finance for Dusty Johnson → · Outside spending →

Actions (2)
  1. Feb 25, 2026 Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, 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. · house
  2. Feb 25, 2026 Introduced in House

Similar bills (6)

Bills with similar text or summary — includes reintroductions across Congresses. Ranked by semantic similarity of the bill text (computed locally); a neutral discovery aid, not a claim the bills are duplicates.

  • S 3945 — Tribal Police Department Parity Act · Introduced Feb 26, 2026 · Cong. 119 92%
  • S 3946 — Tribal Firearm Access Act · Introduced Feb 26, 2026 · Cong. 119 83%
  • HR 7698 — Tribal Firearm Access Act · Introduced Feb 25, 2026 · Cong. 119 83%
  • HR 5515 — Indian Trust Asset Reform Amendment Act · Introduced Nov 19, 2025 · Cong. 119 69%
  • S 3994 — PRIME Meat Processing in Indian Country Act · Introduced Mar 4, 2026 · Cong. 119 68%
  • HR 7705 — Tribal Tax and Investment Reform Act of 2026 · Introduced Feb 25, 2026 · Cong. 119 67%

Text versions (1)
  • Introduced in House · Feb 25, 2026

Only one text version is on file, so there’s no earlier version to compare against yet.

Full text

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

February 25, 2026

Mr. Johnson of South Dakota (for himself and Mr. Bacon) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, 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 BILL

To ensure that Federal laws that enable Federal, State, and local law enforcement agencies to access firearms apply equally to Tribal law enforcement agencies.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

This Act may be cited as the “Tribal Police Department Parity Act”.

SEC. 2. TRIBAL LAW ENFORCEMENT ACCESS TO FIREARMS.

(a) Amendments to Title 18, United States Code.—

(1) Transfer and possession of post-1986 machineguns.— Section 922(o)(2)(A) of title 18, United States Code, is amended—

(A) by striking “or a State, or” and inserting “, a State or”; and

(B) by inserting before “; or” the following: “, or an Indian Tribe (as defined in section 4 of the Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act (25 U.S.C. 5304)) or any department or agency thereof”.

(2) Transportation, shipment, receipt, possession, and importation of firearms and ammunition.—Section 925(a)(1) of such title is amended—

(A) by striking “or any State” and inserting “, any State”; and

(B) by inserting before the period at the end the following: “, or any Indian Tribe (as defined in section 4 of the Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act (25 U.S.C. 5304)) or any department or agency thereof”.

(b) Amendments to Internal Revenue Code of 1986.—

(1) Transfer tax exemption.—Section 5853(a) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by inserting “, Indian Tribe (as defined in section 4 of the Indian Self- Determination and Education Assistance Act (25 U.S.C. 5304))” after “any State”.

(2) Making tax exemption.—Section 5853(b) of such Code is amended by inserting “, Indian Tribe (as defined in section 4 of the Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act (25 U.S.C. 5304))” after “any State”.

(3) Effective date.—The amendments made by this subsection shall apply to any firearm transferred or made after the date of enactment of this Act. <all>

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