Votes. Pursuant to clause 8 of rule 20, the Unfinished Business is the vote on ordering the previous question on House Resolution 708, on which the yeas and nays are ordered. The clerk will report the title of the resolution. The clerk house calendar number 54. House resolution 708. Resolution providing for consideration of the Senate Amendment to the bill, h. R. 3055 making appropriations for the departments of commerce and justice, science and related agencies for the fiscal year ending september 30, 2020, and for other purposes. The speaker pro tempore the question is on ordering the previous question. Members will record their votes by electronic device. This is a 15minute vote. [captioning made possible by the national captioning institute, inc. , in cooperation with the United States house of representatives. Any use of the closedcaptioned coverage of the house proceedings for political or commercial purposes is expressly prohibited by the u. S. House of representatives. ] the sp
We have so much ability to go on line. We have just seen the newest thing that facebook came out with yesterday, and check back and find things about everybody. Im also struck with somebody will tell me, come up with some outlandish thing. I know its true, i read it on the internet. Its an advantage to be able to have yourself, one of the advantages of being able to pick it up and call up any information you want, but not to the extent you give up your own privacy. I worry that people can track who you called and how. That what sites youre reading and why. These are ill give you an example. Nobody questions the fact that if a Police Agency wants to go into your home, open your files, papers, read through them, they are going to have to have a search warrant. I question the willingness to have a different view when they can do it from 100 miles away with a key stroke. It is going to be a fight, but i think people are realizing they dont have to give up their ability to use the internet
Prevent transfers of equipment inappropriate for local policing, such as military weapons, long-range acoustic devices, grenade launchers, weaponized drones, armored military vehicles, and grenades or similar explosives.
Require that recipients certify that they can account for all military weapons and equipment. In 2012, the weapons portion of the 1033 program was temporarily suspended after DOD found that a local sheriff gifted out army-surplus Humvees and other supplies. This bill would prohibit re-gifting and require recipients to account for all DOD weapons and equipment.
The bill adds requirements to enforce tracking mechanisms that keep up with and control transfers of the equipment, implements policies ensuring that police agencies can’t surplus the equipment for resale, and defines drones more clearly.