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[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 2366 Introduced in Senate (IS)]
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119th CONGRESS
1st Session
S. 2366
To direct the Attorney General to identify and publish a list of
anarchist jurisdictions, and for other purposes.
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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
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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.
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