119 HR 3920 IH: Lawless Cities Accountability Act of 2025 U.S. House of Representatives 2025-06-11 text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.

I119th CONGRESS1st SessionH. R. 3920IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVESJune 11, 2025Ms. Mace (for herself, Mr. Gill of Texas, and Mr. Wied) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, 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 concernedA BILLTo provide that Federal funds may not be made available to lawless jurisdictions, and for other purposes.

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Short title

This Act may be cited as the Lawless Cities Accountability Act of 2025.

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No Federal funds for lawless jurisdictions

(a)

In general

No Federal funds may be made available to a jurisdiction that the Attorney General determines is a lawless jurisdiction. (b)

Attorney general determinations

Not later than 30 days after the date of enactment of this Act, and not less than quarterly thereafter, the Attorney General shall make determinations on which jurisdictions are lawless jurisdictions, and shall make such determinations, and an explanation of each determination, publicly available. (c)

Reinstatement of Federal funds

A jurisdiction that the Attorney General determines is a lawless jurisdiction may begin receiving Federal funds on the later of— (1)180 days after the date on which the Attorney General first determines that the jurisdiction is lawless; or (2)the date on which the Attorney General determines that the jurisdiction is no longer a lawless jurisdiction.

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Definition

In this Act, the term lawless jurisdiction means a State or political subdivision of a State that— (1)forbids a law enforcement agency from intervening to restore order amid widespread or sustained violence or destruction; (2)has withdrawn law enforcement protection from a geographical area or structure that law enforcement officers are lawfully entitled to access, but have been officially prevented from accessing or permitted to access only in exceptional circumstances, except when law enforcement officers are briefly withheld as a tactical decision intended to resolve safely and expeditiously a specific and ongoing unlawful incident posing an imminent threat to the safety of individuals or law enforcement officers; (3)disempowers or defunds law enforcement agencies; or (4)refuses to accept an offer of law enforcement assistance from the Federal Government amid widespread or sustained violence or destruction in the jurisdiction, during which the jurisdiction has been unable to restore order.