I 
119TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 3439 
To prohibit a jurisdiction that defunds the police from receiving grants under 
certain Economic Development Assistance Programs and the Community 
Development Block Grant Program. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MAY 15, 2025 
Mr. FITZPATRICK (for himself and Mr. GOLDEN of Maine) introduced the fol-
lowing bill; which was 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 
A BILL 
To prohibit a jurisdiction that defunds the police from receiv-
ing grants under certain Economic Development Assist-
ance Programs and the Community Development Block 
Grant Program. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Defund Cities that 
Defund the Police Act of 2025’’. 
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SEC. 2. DEFUNDING JURISDICTION DEFINED. 
In this Act: 
(1) DEFUNDING STATE.—The term ‘‘defunding 
State’’ means a State that— 
(A) abolishes or disbands a State law en-
forcement agency with no intention of reconsti-
tuting the State law enforcement agency; or 
(B) significantly reduces a State law en-
forcement agency’s budget, provided that the 
State did not face a significant decrease in rev-
enues in the previous fiscal year. 
(2) 
DEFUNDING
LOCALITY.—The 
term 
‘‘defunding locality’’ means a political subdivision of 
a State (other than a rural police department) 
that— 
(A) is in an urbanized area, as defined by 
the United States Census Bureau; and 
(B)(i) abolishes or disbands the police de-
partment with no intention of reconstituting the 
jurisdiction’s police department; or 
(ii) significantly reduces the police depart-
ment’s budget, provided that the jurisdiction 
did not face a significant decrease in revenues 
in the previous fiscal year. 
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SEC. 3. DEFUNDING JURISDICTIONS INELIGIBLE FOR CER-
TAIN FEDERAL FUNDS. 
(a) ECONOMIC
DEVELOPMENT
ADMINISTRATION 
GRANTS.— 
(1) GRANTS
FOR
PUBLIC
WORKS
AND
ECO-
NOMIC DEVELOPMENT.—Section 201(b) of the Pub-
lic Works and Economic Development Act of 1965 
(42 U.S.C. 3141(b)) is amended— 
(A) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘and’’ at 
the end; 
(B) in paragraph (3), by striking the pe-
riod at the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 
(C) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(4) the area in which the project is to be car-
ried out is not a defunding State or defunding local-
ity (as defined in section 2 of the Defund Cities that 
Defund the Police Act of 2025).’’. 
(2) GRANTS FOR PLANNING AND ADMINISTRA-
TIVE
EXPENSES.—Section 203(a) of the Public 
Works and Economic Development Act of 1965 (42 
U.S.C. 3143(a)) is amended by adding at the end 
the following: ‘‘A defunding jurisdiction (as defined 
in section 2 of the Defund Cities that Defund the 
Police Act of 2025) may not be deemed an eligible 
recipient under this subsection.’’. 
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(3) SUPPLEMENTARY GRANTS.—Section 205(a) 
of the Public Works and Economic Development Act 
of 1965 (42 U.S.C. 3145(a)) is amended— 
(A) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘and’’ at 
the end; 
(B) in paragraph (3), by striking the pe-
riod at the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 
(C) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(4) will be carried out in an area that does not 
contain a defunding State or defunding locality (as 
defined in section 2 of the Defund Cities that 
Defund the Police Act of 2025).’’. 
(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) is amended by adding at the end the 
following: 
‘‘(d) INELIGIBILITY
OF DEFUNDING STATES
OR 
DEFUNDING LOCALITIES.—Grant funds under this sec-
tion may not be used to provide assistance to a defunding 
State or defunding locality (as defined in section 2 of the 
Defund Cities that Defund the Police Act of 2025). If a 
State is a defunding State during the period for which 
it receives amounts under this section, the Secretary shall 
direct the State to immediately return to the Secretary 
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any such amounts that the State received for that period, 
and shall reallocate amounts returned for grants under 
this section to localities within the same State that are 
not defunding localities.’’. 
(b) COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANTS.— 
Title I of the Housing and Community Development Act 
of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 5301 et seq.) is amended— 
(1) in section 102(a) (42 U.S.C. 5302(a)), by 
adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(25) The term ‘defunding State or locality’ 
has the meaning given such term in section 2 of the 
Defund Cities that Defund the Police Act of 2025.’’; 
and 
(2) in section 104 (42 U.S.C. 5304)— 
(A) subsection (b)— 
(i) in paragraph (5), by striking 
‘‘and’’ at the end; 
(ii) by redesignating paragraph (6) as 
paragraph (7); and 
(iii) by inserting after paragraph (5) 
the following: 
‘‘(6) the grantee is not a defunding State or lo-
cality and will not become a defunding State or lo-
cality during the period for which the grantee re-
ceives a grant under this title; and’’; and 
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(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 State or locality. 
‘‘(2) RETURNED AMOUNTS.— 
‘‘(A) STATE.—If a State is a defunding 
State during the period for which it receives 
amounts under this title, the Secretary— 
‘‘(i) shall direct the State to imme-
diately 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 localities within the same State that are 
not defunding localities. 
‘‘(B) UNIT OF GENERAL LOCAL GOVERN-
MENT.—If a unit of general local government is 
a defunding locality during the period for which 
it receives amounts under this title, any such 
amounts that the unit of general local govern-
ment received for that period— 
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