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.

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [S. 3945 Introduced in Senate (IS)] <DOC> 119th CONGRESS 2d Session S. 3945 To ensure that Federal laws that enable Federal, State, and local law enforcement agencies to access firearms apply equally to Tribal law enforcement agencies. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES February 26, 2026 Mr. Mullin (for himself, Mr. Daines, Mr. Hoeven, and Mr. Grassley) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance _______________________________________________________________________ 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)