Defund Cities that Defund the Police Act of 2020
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What it doesSummary introduced in house (Jul 16, 2020)
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 just happenedJul 17, 2020
Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management.
Who’s behind it
- Introduced in HouseJul 16, 2020
- Jul 17, 2020Committee
Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management.
Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management Subcommittee - Jul 16, 2020IntroReferralH11100
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.
Transportation and Infrastructure Committee - Jul 16, 2020IntroReferralH11100
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.
Financial Services Committee - Jul 16, 2020IntroReferralIntro-H
Introduced in House
- Jul 16, 2020IntroReferral1000
Introduced in House