119th Congress
H.R. 3920
Lawless Cities Accountability Act of 2025
- Introduced
- In committee
- Passed House
- Passed Senate
- To President
- Became law
- Sponsor
- Nancy Mace(R-SC)
- Introduced
- Jun 11, 2025
- Policy area
- Crime and Law Enforcement
- Committees
- House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform; House Committee on the Judiciary
- Official text
- Introduced in House · Congress.gov page
Cosponsors (4)
Original cosponsors (2)
- Brandon Gill (R-TX)
- Tony Wied (R-WI)
Added later (2)
- Mike Collins (R-GA) · Jun 13, 2025
- W. Gregory Steube (R-FL) · Jun 17, 2025
Summary
Summary by the Congressional Research Service· describes the “Introduced in House” version
Lawless Cities Accountability Act of 2025
This bill prohibits federal funding for a jurisdiction that is a lawless jurisdiction.
The term lawless jurisdiction means a state or political subdivision of a state that does one of the following:
• forbids law enforcement from intervening to restore order during widespread violence or destruction,
• withdraws law enforcement protection from an area or structure that law enforcement officers are lawfully entitled to access,
• disempowers or defunds law enforcement agencies, or
• refuses to accept law enforcement assistance from the federal government amid widespread violence or destruction.
Roll-call votes
No recorded votes on this bill.
Actions
- Jun 11, 2025 · House
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 concerned. - Jun 11, 2025
Introduced in House