Defund Cities that Defund the Police Act of 2021
Bill: H.R.3098 | Sponsor: Rep. Fitzpatrick, Brian K. (R-PA)
Policy area: Housing and Community Development

Summary:
Defund Cities that Defund the Police Act of 2021
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.

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

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives 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 2021''.

SEC. 2. DEFUNDING JURISDICTION DEFINED.

    For purposes of this Act, the term ``defunding jurisdiction'' 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 decrease in revenues in the previous 
        fiscal year.

SEC. 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)) is amended--
                    (A) in paragraph (2), by striking ``and'' at the 
                end;
                    (B) in paragraph (3), by striking the period 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 carried 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 administrative 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 period 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 section 2 of the Defund 
        Cities that Defund the Police Act of 2021).''.
            (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 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 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
                            (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).''.
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