{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://dustyjohnson.house.gov/media/press-releases/johnson-introduces-bill-strengthen-tribal-law-enforcement-access-firearms", "Johnson Introduces Bill to Strengthen Tribal Law Enforcement Access to Firearms", "2023-05-11", "2023", "2023-05", "Republican", "House", "SD", "Dusty Johnson", "J000301", "dustyjohnson.house.gov", "dustyjohnson", "https://dustyjohnson.house.gov/media/press-releases", "scraper", "Washington, D.C. \u2013 Today, U.S. Representative Dusty Johnson (R-S.D.) introduced the Tribal Police Department Parity Act to eliminate burdensome regulations and streamline Tribal police department access to duty weapons. Under current law, the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (ATF) places an undue burden on Indian Tribal police departments while exempting state and local entities from the same bureaucracy. U.S. Senator Markwayne Mullin (R-OK) introduced companion legislation in the Senate, ahead of National Police Week.\n\n\u201cTribal governments with slim resources have to jump through more hoops to properly supply appropriate duty weapons to their law enforcement,\u201d said Johnson. \u201cThis bill reduces unnecessary regulatory burdens for tribal law enforcement agencies.\u201d\n\n\u201cTribal police departments work tirelessly to protect and serve our communities in Oklahoma and around the nation,\u201d said Senator Mullin. \u201cHowever, under current law, the ATF treats non-cross-deputized Tribal law enforcement as \u2018second class\u2019 agencies, no different than civilians. Tribal police departments should receive equal treatment under the law without being subject to transfer fees, banned interstate transfers, and other excessive red tape. It\u2019s my honor to introduce the Tribal Police Department Parity Act to push back against unfair regulatory restrictions and support Tribal law enforcement.\u201d\n\nBackground:", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-07T23:55:44Z"]], "columns": ["url", "title", "date", "year", "month", "party", "chamber", "state", "member_name", "bioguide_id", "domain", "scraper", "source", "date_source", "text", "has_text", "collected_at", "updated_at"], "primary_keys": ["url"], "primary_key_values": ["https://dustyjohnson.house.gov/media/press-releases/johnson-introduces-bill-strengthen-tribal-law-enforcement-access-firearms"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 0.8927090093493462, "source": "dwillis/congress-press", "source_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press", "license": "MIT", "license_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press/blob/main/LICENSE"}