Defund Cities that Defund the Police Act of 2020

To prohibit a jurisdiction that defunds the police from receiving grants under certain Economic Development Assistance Programs and the Community Development Block Grant Program. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Defund Cities that Defund the Police Act of 2020 2. Defunding jurisdiction defined For purposes of this Act, the term defunding jurisdiction (1) abolishes or disbands the police department with no intention of reconstituting the jurisdiction’s police department; or (2) significantly reduces the police department’s budget without reallocating a portion of that money to any other community policing program, provided that the jurisdiction did not face a significant decrease in revenues in the previous fiscal year. 3. Defunding jurisdictions ineligible for certain Federal funds (a) Economic development administration grants (1) Grants for public works and economic development Section 201(b) of the Public Works and Economic Development Act of 1965 ( 42 U.S.C. 3141(b) (A) in paragraph (2), by striking and (B) in paragraph (3), by striking the period at the end and inserting ; and (C) by adding at the end the following: (4) the area in which the project is to be carried out is not a defunding jurisdiction (as defined in section 2 of the Defund Cities that Defund the Police Act of 2020). . (2) Grants for planning and administrative expenses Section 203(a) of the Public Works and Economic Development Act of 1965 ( 42 U.S.C. 3143(a) A defunding jurisdiction (as defined in section 2 of the Defund Cities that Defund the Police Act of 2020) may not be deemed an eligible recipient under this subsection. (3) Supplementary grants Section 205(a) of the Public Works and Economic Development Act of 1965 ( 42 U.S.C. 3145(a) (A) in paragraph (2), by striking and (B) in paragraph (3), by striking the period at the end and inserting ; and (C) by adding at the end the following: (4) will be carried out in an area that does not contain a defunding jurisdiction (as defined in section 2 of the Defund Cities that Defund the Police Act of 2020). . (4) Grants for training, research, and technical assistance Section 207 of the Public Works and Economic Development Act of 1965 ( 42 U.S.C. 3147 (c) Ineligibility of defunding jurisdictions Grant funds under this section may not be used to provide assistance to a defunding jurisdiction (as defined in section 2 of the Defund Cities that Defund the Police Act of 2020). . (b) Community development block grants Title I of the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974 ( 42 U.S.C. 5301 (1) in section 102(a) ( 42 U.S.C. 5302(a) (25) The term defunding jurisdiction ; and (2) in section 104 ( 42 U.S.C. 5304 (A) subsection (b)— (i) in paragraph (5), by striking and (ii) by redesignating paragraph (6) as paragraph (7); and (iii) by inserting after paragraph (5) the following: (6) the grantee is not a defunding injection jurisdiction and will not become a defunding jurisdiction during the period for which the grantee receives a grant under this title; and ; and (B) by adding at the end the following: (n) Protection of individuals against crime (1) In general No funds made available to carry out this title may be obligated or expended for any State or unit of general local government that is a defunding jurisdiction. (2) Returned amounts (A) State If a State is a defunding jurisdiction during the period for which it receives amounts under this title, the Secretary— (i) shall direct the State to immediately return to the Secretary any such amounts that the State received for that period; and (ii) shall reallocate amounts returned under clause (i) for grants under this title to other States that are not defunding jurisdictions. (B) Unit of general local government If a unit of general local government is a defunding jurisdiction during the period for which it receives amounts under this title, any such amounts that the unit of general local government received for that period— (i) in the case of a unit of general local government that is not in a nonentitlement area, shall be returned to the Secretary for grants under this title to States and other units of general local government that are not defunding jurisdictions; and (ii) in the case of a unit of general local government that is in a nonentitlement area, shall be returned to the Governor of the State for grants under this title to other units of general local government in the State that are not defunding jurisdictions. (C) Reallocation rules In reallocating amounts under subparagraphs (A) and (B), the Secretary shall— (i) apply the relevant allocation formula under subsection (b) or (d) of section 106, with all defunding jurisdictions excluded; and (ii) shall not be subject to the rules for reallocation under section 106(c). .

Summary: Defund Cities that Defund the Police Act of 2020 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 abolish or disband the police or significantly reduce the police department's budget without reallocating a portion of those funds to any other community policing program. Further, a state or local government that abolishes or defunds a police department must return any Community Development Block Grant funds it has already received.