Firearms Owners Against Crime
Institute for Legal, Legislative and Educational Action
Institute for Legal, Legislative and Educational Action
Punishing state and local governments that defund police putting both the public and their law enforcement officer at greater risk to crime.
Title: Promoting Public Safety and Supporting Law Enforcement Act of 2020
Subject: Transportation and public works: Law enforcement administration and funding: Law enforcement officers: State and local finance: State and local government operations: Transportation programs funding: Transportation safety and security
Description: Directs the Department of Transportation (DOT) to withhold 5% of highway safety program and national priority safety program funding from states and local governments that defund or otherwise reduce funding for a law enforcement entity without a clear budgetary reason. A state or local government may submit documentation or other evidence to DOT for review to determine if the defunding of, or other reduction in funding for, a law enforcement entity was carried out for a clear budgetary reason.
Session: 116th Congress
Last Action: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
Last Action Date: June 15, 2020
Link: https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/senate-bill/3960/all-info
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1 sponsors: Kelly Loeffler (R)
| Chamber | Date | Action |
| Senate | Jun 15 2020 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. |
| Type | Date | Federal Link | Text |
| Introduced | Jul 8 2020 | federal bill text | bill text |
| Title | Description | Date | State Link | Text | Adopted |
| There are no amendments to this bill at this time | |||||
Chamber: S
Committee Name: Commerce, Science, And Transportation
There have not been any votes on this bill