SEC. 2. DEFUNDING JURISDICTION DEFINED. 
For purposes of this Act, the term ‘‘defunding juris-
diction’’ means a State or political subdivision of a State 
that— 
(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 de-
crease in revenues in the previous fiscal year. 
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: 
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‘‘(4) the area in which the project is to be car-
ried out is not a defunding jurisdiction (as defined 
in section 2 of the Defund Cities that Defund the 
Police Act of 2021).’’. 
(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 2021) 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)) 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 jurisdiction (as defined in sec-
tion 2 of the Defund Cities that Defund the Police 
Act of 2021).’’. 
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(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: 
‘‘(c) INELIGIBILITY
OF
DEFUNDING
JURISDIC-
TIONS.—Grant funds under this section may not be used 
to provide assistance to a defunding jurisdiction (as de-
fined in section 2 of the Defund Cities that Defund the 
Police Act of 2021).’’. 
(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 jurisdiction’ has the 
meaning given such term in section 2 of the Defund 
Cities that Defund the Police Act of 2021.’’; 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 
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(iii) by inserting after paragraph (5) 
the following: 
‘‘(6) the grantee is not a defunding injection ju-
risdiction and will not become a defunding jurisdic-
tion 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 ju-
risdiction 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 other States that are not defunding ju-
risdictions. 
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‘‘(B) UNIT OF GENERAL LOCAL GOVERN-
MENT.—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 gov-
ernment received for that period— 
‘‘(i) in the case of a unit of general 
local government that is not in a non-
entitlement area, shall be returned to the 
Secretary for grants under this title to 
States and other units of general local gov-
ernment that are not defunding jurisdic-
tions; and 
‘‘(ii) in the case of a unit of general 
local government that is in a nonentitle-
ment area, shall be returned to the Gov-
ernor of the State for grants under this 
title to other units of general local govern-
ment in the State that are not defunding 
jurisdictions. 
‘‘(C) REALLOCATION
RULES.—In reallo-
cating amounts under subparagraphs (A) and 
(B), the Secretary shall— 
‘‘(i) apply the relevant allocation for-
mula under subsection (b) or (d) of section 
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106, with all defunding jurisdictions ex-
cluded; and 
‘‘(ii) shall not be subject to the rules 
for reallocation under section 106(c).’’. 
Æ 
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