I 
119TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 4387 
To establish within the Department of Health and Human Services a Division 
on Community Safety, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JULY 15, 2025 
Ms. LEE of Pennsylvania (for herself, Ms. PRESSLEY, Ms. SCHAKOWSKY, Mr. 
MCGARVEY, and Ms. JAYAPAL) introduced the following bill; which was 
referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Com-
mittees on Energy and Commerce, Education and Workforce, Transpor-
tation and Infrastructure, and Financial Services, for a period to be sub-
sequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of 
such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned 
A BILL 
To establish within the Department of Health and Human 
Services a Division on Community Safety, and for other 
purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; PURPOSES. 
(a) SHORT TITLE.—This Act may be cited as the 
‘‘People’s Response Act’’. 
(b) PURPOSE.—It is the purpose of this Act to— 
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(1) catalyze, coordinate, and disseminate re-
search on approaches to community safety that re-
duce criminal legal contact while expanding oppor-
tunity, including a particular focus on groups that 
have been disproportionately harmed by the criminal 
legal system; 
(2) support State governments, local govern-
ments, and community-based organizations in imple-
menting qualified approaches to community safety; 
(3) mobilize and coordinate Federal resources 
to advance qualified approaches to community safe-
ty; 
(4) expand resources to holistically support sur-
vivors of mass incarceration, police violence, rape 
and other forms of sexual assault, harm resulting 
from detention or deportation, and other forms of vi-
olence and abuse; and 
(5) expand resources to holistically support 
marginalized communities, including Black commu-
nities, Latine/x communities, Indigenous commu-
nities, communities of color, poor and working class 
communities, and LGBTQIA+ communities, to im-
plement qualified approaches to community safety, 
with an emphasis on culturally and linguistically ap-
propriate approaches. 
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SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS. 
In this Act: 
(1) COMMUNITY-BASED
ORGANIZATION.—The 
term ‘‘community-based organization’’ means a pub-
lic or private nonprofit organization of demonstrated 
effectiveness that— 
(A) is representative of a community or 
significant segments of a community; and 
(B) provides educational or related services 
to individuals in the community. 
(2) COMMUNITY HEALTH WORKER.—The term 
‘‘community health worker’’ means a frontline public 
health worker who— 
(A) is a trusted member of, or has a close 
understanding of, the community served, ena-
bling the worker to serve as a link between 
health and social services and the community, 
so as to facilitate access to services and improve 
the quality and cultural competence of service 
delivery; and 
(B) builds individual and community ca-
pacity by increasing health knowledge and self- 
sufficiency through a range of activities such as 
outreach, community education, counseling (as 
allowed under State licensing requirements), so-
cial support, and advocacy. 
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(3) COMMUNITY
LAND
TRUST.—The term 
‘‘community land trust’’ means a community-based 
organization that is designed to ensure community 
stewardship of land and— 
(A) is not sponsored by a for-profit organi-
zation; 
(B) has a membership open to any adult 
who resides in the particular geographic area in 
which the organization operates; and 
(C) provides low-cost land and housing 
while maintaining community control over 
neighborhood resources, including by acquiring 
land that will be held in perpetuity so as to pro-
vide permanently affordable homeownership to 
those who might not otherwise be able to afford 
a home. 
(4) FIRST
RESPONDER.—The term ‘‘first re-
sponder’’ means an individual with relevant experi-
ence who responds to crises in a way that meets the 
definition of qualified approaches to community safe-
ty. 
(5) QUALIFIED
APPROACH
TO
COMMUNITY 
SAFETY.—The term ‘‘qualified approach to commu-
nity safety’’ means evidence-informed, nonpunitive 
approaches to prevent, address, and respond to vio-
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