I don't subscribe and there was no paywall from this link. Here is approx. the 1st half in case that changes. My highlighting to emphasize who is involved with the bill, it's not your usual bipartisan peeps:

Negotiators reach compromise on military equipment, no-knock warrants and chokeholds; differences remain on prosecution and liability of individual police officers. Photo caption: An armored vehicle was used by police during protests in Brooklyn Center, Minn., last month following the fatal shooting of Daunte Wright by a police officer.

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By Sadie Gurman and Eliza Collins Updated May 7, 2021 11:43 pm ET

WASHINGTON—Democratic and Republican staff in Congress are drafting language for possible police-overhaul legislation that would limit the transfer of some military equipment to local departments, ban police use of chokeholds except in life-threatening situations and set federal standards for so-called no-knock warrants, according to people familiar with the talks.

Final language on those measures that would be incorporated in a compromise bill between lawmakers from both sides hasn’t yet been set. And central issues concerning the prosecution and liability of individual police officers remain to be resolved, the people said.

But they pointed to the new areas of agreement as a sign of momentum on an issue that both parties have expressed interest in addressing in the wake of George Floyd’s killing in Minneapolis police custody and other incidents that sparked nationwide protests and bipartisan calls for federal changes to police practices. President Biden has called on Congress to pass legislation in the coming weeks, ahead of the one-year anniversary of Mr. Floyd’s death on May 25.

The congressional effort is being led by Sen. Tim Scott (R., S.C.), who sponsored a GOP bill, and Rep. Karen Bass (D., Calif.), who sponsored a Democratic bill, as well as Sen. Cory Booker (D., N.J.). They, along with Sens Lindsey Graham (R., S.C.) and Dick Durbin (D., Ill.) and Reps. Josh Gottheimer (D., N.J.), Brian Fitzpatrick (R., Pa.) and Pete Stauber (R., Minn.), are seeking to find compromise legislation that can pass both chambers.

The language now being discussed would prohibit the Defense Department from transferring to local police agencies equipment including firearms, bayonets, grenade launchers and some armored vehicles, one of the people involved in the negotiations said. Police departments around the country have had access to surplus military equipment, the use of which has drawn criticism from civil rights groups who say the presence of heavily armed police officers exacerbates tensions during demonstrations.

It would also require officers who use no-knock warrants—which permit them to enter premises without notification to any inhabitants—to avoid destroying property in the process. It also would set a national ban on officers using chokeholds except as a last resort when their lives are in danger [....]

an admission here that a minority of "progressive" activists were the outliers here:

[....] Legacy civil rights leaders such as the Rev. Al Sharpton are supporting the current talks as a path to an agreement with "real teeth" to hold officers accountable. But newer progressive groups that led the public protests, which pushed lawmakers to the negotiating table, want to do more than a House-passed bill they lambaste as continuing a failed strategy. But the political reality of Democrats' narrow majorities means that they'll have to water down even the House-passed policing bill in order to get the necessary Senate Republican buy-in.

It all adds up to a punishing test for congressional Democrats, who are looking for concrete legislative wins but also can't alienate progressive groups if they want to hold on to the House and the Senate in 2022. And they're trying to stay hopeful.

“We are close,” Rep. Karen Bass (D-Calif.), the lead sponsor of House Democrats’ policing bill, said this week at a panel hosted by Brave New Films. Yet Bass noted in the next breath that the urgency of last year's massive protests against Floyd's murder has faded somewhat: "There are not hundreds of thousands of people out on the streets right now. So we need the pressure.” [....]

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