A bill to require the Secretary of Transportation to withhold certain amounts from State and local governments that defund or otherwise reduce funding for certain law enforcement entities without a clear budgetary reason, and for other purposes.
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Latest Action · June 15, 2020
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
Promoting Public Safety and Supporting Law Enforcement Act of 2020
This bill 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.
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