Sec. 2. Findings and purpose
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Congress finds the following: Opportunistic rioters and violent extremists are destroying public and private property with impunity. Local and Federal law enforcement officers are on the front lines every night attempting to prevent the mass destruction of property. Law enforcement officers are doing their jobs by arresting those who are found to be committing the violence and destruction. In certain jurisdictions, however, local and State prosecutors are turning a blind eye to the destruction and violence.
These actions do a disservice to the law enforcement officers faithfully carrying out their responsibility to uphold the rule of law. The Office of Justice Programs of the Department of Justice provided approximately $5,000,000,000 in grants and funding to State and local governments in fiscal year 2020. District attorney and State attorney general offices that have abused the use of prosecutorial discretion and fail to protect private and public property or fail to confront and address violent riots and looting should not receive Federal support.
The purpose of this Act is to provide authority for the Attorney General to withhold Federal grant amounts and other funding provided to State and local prosecutors, district attorneys, and State attorney general offices if such prosecutors or offices fail to faithfully uphold the rule of law by failing to properly prosecute criminal acts committed during riots and protests.