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Requires the Attorney General, working with the Secretary of Homeland Security and the Director of the Office of Management and Budget, to publish and keep updated a list of “anarchist jurisdictions” on the Department of Justice website. The Attorney General must consider four specified factors when making designations, the law defines the term “anarchist jurisdiction,” and the OMB Director must issue guidance to Federal agencies about limiting grant eligibility for jurisdictions on the list.
The Attorney General must publish a list identifying each anarchist jurisdiction on the Department of Justice website.
The publication required above must occur not later than 14 days after the date of enactment of this Act.
The Attorney General must update the published list at least every 180 days after the initial publication.
When preparing and updating the list, the Attorney General must consult with the Secretary of Homeland Security and the Director of the Office of Management and Budget.
Consideration 1: Whether the jurisdiction has a policy or practice that prevents or restricts a law enforcement agency from intervening to restore order amid widespread or sustained violence or destruction.
Who is affected and how:
State governments and local governments: Most directly affected. A designation could lead federal agencies to limit or condition grant awards, change eligibility rules, or increase oversight for jurisdictions placed on the list. That could reduce or alter federal funding streams and program participation for affected jurisdictions.
Federal agencies and grant programs: Agencies must follow OMB guidance when determining eligibility for grants to designated jurisdictions; agencies may need to change internal grant procedures, compliance checks, and recordkeeping.
Local communities, residents, and service recipients: People living in designated jurisdictions could experience reduced access to federally funded services or projects if agencies limit grants or impose additional conditions. Nonprofits and local service providers that rely on federal grants could also be affected.
State and local administrators and legal offices: May face new administrative burdens to contest, respond to, or mitigate a designation; potential for legal challenges and intergovernmental disputes over criteria and application.
Overall effect: The provision creates an administrative mechanism to identify jurisdictions deemed to meet statutory criteria and then to steer federal grant eligibility accordingly. That can change the flow or conditions of federal funding to those jurisdictions and create legal and political friction between levels of government. The section does not itself appropriate funds or specify particular grant programs to be cut, but it directs OMB to issue binding guidance for agencies to follow.
Last progress June 10, 2025 (8 months ago)
Introduced on June 10, 2025 by Tony Wied
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.