Congress gets power to block military deployments inside the U.S.
H.R. 10697 — No Troops in Our Streets Act of 2026 · Filed by Patrick Ryan (D-NY) · 5 cosponsors · Introduced Oct 1, 2026 · Referred to committee
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What it does
The bill lets Congress vote to stop military deployments on U.S. soil. It also lets Congress stop National Guard activations the same way. The bill gives 900 million dollars to state and local police. The money pays for grants and community violence prevention. The money cannot pay for federal law enforcement to be sent to states or cities.
Who it affects
State and local police departments get money for grants and violence prevention. Congress gains a faster way to block military deployments on U.S. soil.
One thing to notice
The bill only blocks future military deployments, not ones already happening.
From the analysis of the bill text, linked under Primary records below.
Where it stands
5 cosponsors: 5 Democrats.
- Oct 1, 2026 — Introduced · Congress.gov: “Introduced in House”
- Oct 1, 2026 — Referred to House Committee on the Budget and House Committee on Appropriations · Congress.gov: “Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on Armed Services, Rules…”
Dates and quoted wording are Congress.gov's action record; the timeline shows status changes, not every procedural step.
Words to know
- National Guard — Military troops that each state controls and can call up for emergencies.
- federal law enforcement — Police and agents who work for the federal government, not for states or cities.
- community violence prevention — Programs that stop violence before it starts in neighborhoods and communities.
How this was measured
Analysis — Quorum's AI read the bill text published by Congress.gov (11,962 characters) on Oct 6, 2026. Section numbers in the findings refer to that text, linked below; transparency and hidden-provision scores are compared against the median of 16,222 analysed bills.
Status and sponsors — Congress.gov's bill record — actions, committee referrals and cosponsors — loaded nightly. The timeline shows status changes, not every procedural action.
As of — page rendered 2026-10-20.
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