Sec. 3. Defunding jurisdictions ineligible for certain Federal funds

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Section 201(b) of the Public Works and Economic Development Act of 1965 ( 42 U.S.C. 3141(b) ) is amended— in paragraph (2), by striking and at the end; in paragraph (3), by striking the period at the end and inserting ; and ; and by adding at the end the following: the area in which the project is to be carried out is not a defunding jurisdiction (as defined in section 2 of the Defund Cities that Defund the Police Act of 2023 ). . Section 203(a) of the Public Works and Economic Development Act of 1965 ( 42 U.S.C. 3143(a) ) is amended by adding at the end the following:

A defunding jurisdiction (as defined in section 2 of the . Defund Cities that Defund the Police Act of 2023 ) may not be deemed an eligible recipient under this subsection. Section 205(a) of the Public Works and Economic Development Act of 1965 ( 42 U.S.C. 3145(a) ) is amended— in paragraph (2), by striking and at the end; in paragraph (3), by striking the period at the end and inserting ; and ; and by adding at the end the following: will be carried out in an area that does not contain a defunding jurisdiction (as defined in section 2 of the Defund Cities that Defund the Police Act of 2023 ). .

Section 207 of the Public Works and Economic Development Act of 1965 ( 42 U.S.C. 3147 ) is amended by adding at the end the following: Grant funds under this section may not be used to provide assistance to a defunding jurisdiction (as defined in section 2 of the Defund Cities that Defund the Police Act of 2023 ). . Title I of the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974 ( 42 U.S.C. 5301 et seq. ) is amended— in section 102(a) ( 42 U.S.C. 5302(a) ), by adding at the end the following:

The term defunding jurisdiction has the meaning given such term in section 2 of the Defund Cities that Defund the Police Act of 2023 . ; and in section 104 ( 42 U.S.C. 5304 )— subsection (b)— in paragraph (5), by striking and at the end; by redesignating paragraph

(6)as paragraph (7); and by inserting after paragraph

(5)the following: the grantee is not a defunding injection jurisdiction and will not become a defunding jurisdiction during the period for which the grantee receives a grant under this title; and ; and by adding at the end the following: No funds made available to carry out this title may be obligated or expended for any State or unit of general local government that is a defunding jurisdiction. If a State is a defunding jurisdiction during the period for which it receives amounts under this title, the Secretary— shall direct the State to immediately return to the Secretary any such amounts that the State received for that period; and shall reallocate amounts returned under clause

(i)for grants under this title to other States that are not defunding jurisdictions. If a unit of general local government is a defunding jurisdiction during the period for which it receives amounts under this title, any such amounts that the unit of general local government received for that period— in the case of a unit of general local government that is not in a nonentitlement area, shall be returned to the Secretary for grants under this title to States and other units of general local government that are not defunding jurisdictions; and in the case of a unit of general local government that is in a nonentitlement area, shall be returned to the Governor of the State for grants under this title to other units of general local government in the State that are not defunding jurisdictions. In reallocating amounts under subparagraphs

(A)and (B), the Secretary shall— apply the relevant allocation formula under subsection

(b)or

(d)of section 106, with all defunding jurisdictions excluded; and shall not be subject to the rules for reallocation under section 106(c). .

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