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To direct the Attorney General to identify and publish a list of anarchist jurisdictions, and for other purposes.
Summary
This bill directs the Attorney General, in consultation with the Secretaries of Homeland Security and the Director of OMB, to identify and publish a list of "anarchist jurisdictions"—states or local governments that have failed to take reasonable steps to prevent violence and property destruction. The Attorney General must publish the initial list within 14 days and update it at least every 180 days, considering factors such as whether a jurisdiction has policies preventing law enforcement intervention, has restricted law enforcement access to certain areas, has defunded police, or has refused federal law enforcement assistance. The bill directs the Office of Management and Budget to issue guidance within 30 days instructing federal agencies to restrict or disfavor these jurisdictions' eligibility for federal grants where agencies have discretionary authority to do so.
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Sponsor (1)
- Sen. Sheehy, Tim [R-MT] (R-MT)
Actions (2)
- Jul 21, 2025 Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. · senate
- Jul 21, 2025 Introduced in Senate
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Full text
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
July 21, 2025
Mr. Sheehy introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary
A BILL
To direct the Attorney General to identify and publish a list of anarchist jurisdictions, and for other 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 “Stop Anarchists From Endangering Cities Act” or the “SAFE Cities Act”.
SEC. 2. DEFINITION OF ANARCHIST JURISDICTION.
In this Act, the term “anarchist jurisdiction” means a State or unit of local government that has refused to take reasonable steps to stop acts of violence and destruction of property in the jurisdiction of that State or unit of local government.
SEC. 3. IDENTIFICATION OF ANARCHIST JURISDICTIONS.
(a) Publication.—
(1) Initial publication.—Not later than 14 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Attorney General, in consultation with the Secretary of Homeland Security and the Director of the Office of Management and Budget, shall publish on the website of the Department of Justice a list identifying each anarchist jurisdiction.
(2) Updates.—The Attorney General, in consultation with the Secretary of Homeland Security and the Director of the Office of Management and Budget, shall update the list published under paragraph (1) not less frequently than once every 180 days after the date of initial publication.
(b) Considerations.—In identifying whether a State or unit of local government is an anarchist jurisdiction, the Attorney General, in consultation with the Secretary of Homeland Security and the Director of the Office of Management and Budget, shall consider, as appropriate, whether a jurisdiction—
(1) 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;
(2) has prevented a law enforcement agency from policing a geographical area or structure that law enforcement officers are otherwise lawfully entitled to police, except in the case of a tactical decision to temporarily withhold law enforcement officers that is intended to resolve safely and expeditiously a specific and ongoing unlawful incident posing an imminent threat to the safety of individuals or law enforcement officers;
(3) has disempowered or defunded a law enforcement agency; or
(4) unreasonably refuses to accept offers of law enforcement assistance from the Federal Government.
(c) Guidance.—Not later than 30 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Director of the Office of Management and Budget shall issue guidance to the head of each Federal agency on restricting eligibility of, or otherwise disfavoring, to the maximum extent permitted by law, anarchist jurisdictions in the receipt of Federal grants that the Federal agency has sufficient lawful discretion to restrict or otherwise disfavor anarchist jurisdictions from receiving. <all>
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