[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2582 Introduced in House (IH)]

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118th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2582

To prohibit the use of forfeited funds made available to certain State 
  or local law enforcement agencies pursuant to equitable sharing for 
                           certain purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             April 13, 2023

  Mr. Biggs introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Energy 
    and Commerce, 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

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                                 A BILL


 
To prohibit the use of forfeited funds made available to certain State 
  or local law enforcement agencies pursuant to equitable sharing for 
                           certain purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``No Federal Funds for Political 
Prosecutions Act''.

SEC. 2. LIMITATION ON USE OF FORFEITED FUNDS MADE AVAILABLE PURSUANT TO 
              EQUITABLE SHARING.

    (a) In General.--No funds or property received pursuant to section 
511(e) of the Controlled Substances Act (21 U.S.C. 811(e)), section 981 
of title 18, United States Code, or section 524 of title 28, United 
States Code, by a State or local law enforcement agency with the 
authority to prosecute a criminal case may be used to investigate or 
prosecute the President or Vice President, a former President or Vice 
President, or a candidate for the office of President.
    (b) Certification.--A State or local law enforcement agency 
referred to in subsection (a) shall certify to the Attorney General 
that the law enforcement agency will comply with subsection (a).
    (c) Disqualification.--In the case of a State or local law 
enforcement agency that the Attorney General determines has failed to 
comply with this section, the Attorney General may not transfer, under 
section 511(e) of the Controlled Substances Act (21 U.S.C. 811(e)), 
section 981 of title 18, United States Code, or section 524 of title 
28, United States Code, any property seized by the Attorney General and 
forfeited to the United States, or any of the proceeds from the sale of 
such property to such State or local law enforcement agency.
    (d) Definition.--In this section, the term ``candidate'' has the 
meaning given such term in section 301 of the Federal Election Campaign 
Act of 1971 (52 U.S.C. 30101).
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