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HR 3098 117th 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 2021

Introduced: February 22, 2022 Introduced by: Fitzpatrick, Brian K. Republican · Pennsylvania See on congress.gov
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May 12, 2021
Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management.
May 11, 2021
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.
May 11, 2021
Introduced in House
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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.

What's happening now May 12, 2021

Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management.

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 Committees of jurisdiction 3
 Cosponsors 15
All 15 Democratic 1 Republican 10
McKinley, David
· Feb 22, 2022
 R
Valadao, David G.
California · May 25, 2021
 R
Rutherford, John H.
Florida · May 17, 2021
 R
Fischbach, Michelle
Minnesota · May 14, 2021
 R
Hern, Kevin
Oklahoma · May 14, 2021
 R
Garbarino, Andrew R.
New York · May 13, 2021
Gibbs, Bob
· May 13, 2021
 R
Miller-Meeks, Mariannette
Iowa · May 13, 2021
Stewart, Chris
· May 13, 2021
 R
Calvert, Ken
California · May 12, 2021
 R
Carter, Earl L. "Buddy"
Georgia · May 12, 2021
 R
Diaz-Balart, Mario
Florida · May 12, 2021
 D
Golden, Jared F.
Maine · May 11, 2021
Lamb, Conor
· May 11, 2021
 R
Stauber, Pete
Minnesota · May 11, 2021
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 3098: Defund Cities that Defund the Police Act of 2021. 117th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/117-HR-3098/
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"H.R. 3098: Defund Cities that Defund the Police Act of 2021." 117th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/117-HR-3098/.
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H.R. 3098, 117th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/117-HR-3098/.
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