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HR 3321 118th 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 2023

Introduced: May 15, 2023 Introduced by: Fitzpatrick, Brian K. Republican · Pennsylvania See on congress.gov
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May 16, 2023
Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management.
May 15, 2023
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 15, 2023
Introduced in House
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Defund Cities that Defund the Police Act of 2023

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 (1) abolish or disband the police with no intention of reconstituting the police department; or (2) significantly reduce the police department's budget without reallocating a portion of those funds to any other community policing program, provided that the jurisdiction did not face a significant decrease in revenues in the previous fiscal year.

Further, a state or local government that abolishes or defunds a police department must return certain Community Development Block Grant funds it has already received.

What's happening now May 16, 2023

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

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 Committees of jurisdiction 3
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All 1 Democratic 1
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Golden, Jared F.
Maine · May 15, 2023
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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 3321: Defund Cities that Defund the Police Act of 2023. 118th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/118-HR-3321/
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"H.R. 3321: Defund Cities that Defund the Police Act of 2023." 118th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/118-HR-3321/.
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H.R. 3321, 118th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/118-HR-3321/.
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