HR 7632
116th Congress
House
Housing and Community Development
Economic development
Housing and community development funding
Intergovernmental relations
Law enforcement administration and funding
Regional and metropolitan planning
Research administration and funding
State and local finance
State and local government operations
Defund Cities that Defund the Police Act of 2020
Introduced: July 16, 2020
Introduced by:
Fitzpatrick, Brian K.
Republican
· Pennsylvania
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Introduced
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Became law
Jul 17, 2020
Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management.
Jul 16, 2020
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.
Jul 16, 2020
Introduced in House
Plain-English 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.
What's happening now
Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management.