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Defund Cities that Defund the Police Act of 2021

Introduced: May 11, 2021 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
 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

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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