118th Congress · HOUSE BILLBILL

H.R. 3321Defund Cities that Defund the Police Act of 2023

To prohibit a jurisdiction that defunds the police from receiving grants under certain Economic Development Assistance Programs and the Community Development Block Grant Program.

Housing and community development
Introduced May 15, 2023
Last action May 16, 2023
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May 16, 2023
Financial Services · T&I
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SummaryCRS Summary

This bill prohibits state or local governments that abolish or defund police departments from receiving certain Economic Development Administration grants or Community Development Block Grant funds. Specifically, the bill applies to state or local governments that (1) abolish or disband the police with no intention of reconstituting the police department; or (2) significantly reduce the police department's budget without reallocating a portion of those funds to any other community policing program, provided that the jurisdiction did not face a significant decrease in revenues in the previous fiscal year. Further, a state or local government that abolishes or defunds a police department mus...

Provisions · 3 sectionsIntroduced in House
Timeline · 4 actions
May 16, 2023
Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management.
May 15, 2023
Introduced in House
May 15, 2023
Referred to the Committee on Financial Services, and in addition to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
May 15, 2023
Referred to the Committee on Financial Services, and in addition to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.