3.0.0 2961 2023-03-08T20:12:35Z 2023-03-08T20:12:35Z Senate S 2021-10-07 117 sscm00 Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2021-10-07T16:58:03Z BLUE Act 117 4893 HR 2021-08-02 Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit. Identical bill CRS 2021-10-07 sscm00 Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. IntroReferral 2021-10-07 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress C001075 Sen. Cassidy, Bill [R-LA] Bill Cassidy R LA N Transportation and Public Works Transportation and Public Works 00 2021-10-07 Introduced in Senate 2022-08-11T18:40:02Z Blocking Lawlessness from Undermining Enforcement Act or the BLUE Act

This bill generally prohibits the use of Highway Safety Program or National Priority Safety Program funds for traffic control or enforcement by a state or locality that defunds the police (i.e., reduces its police budget and reallocates the funds to other government agencies).

However, states and localities may use such funds for traffic control and enforcement if (1) reducing the police budget is part of an overall budget reduction, or (2) the police chief decides to reallocate a portion of the police budget for mental health programs. Additionally, a state or locality may request an exemption from the prohibition.

]]> BLUE Act Official Title as Introduced A bill to prohibit a State or local government from using highway safety program funds for traffic control or traffic enforcement if such State or local government defunds the police, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Display Title BLUE Act Short Title(s) as Introduced BLUE Act Introduced in Senate IS Short Title(s) as Introduced Blocking Lawlessness from Undermining Enforcement Act Introduced in Senate IS Introduced in Senate 2021-10-07T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-117s2961is/xml/BILLS-117s2961is.xml 2021-10-07 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. 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. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.