,i  #aaith ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #cibj  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,june #aa1 #bjbe,ms4 
,mace 7for herself1 ,mr4 ,gill of       
,texas1 and ,mr4 ,wied7 introduced the  
following bill2 which was referred to   
the ,committee on the ,judiciary1 and in
 addition to the ,committee on          
,oversight and ,government ,reform1 for 
a period to be subsequently determined  
by the ,speaker1 in each case for       
consideration of such provisions as fall
 within the jurisdiction of the         
committee concerned  ,a ,,bill  ,to     
provide that ,federal funds may not be  
made available to lawless jurisdictions1
 and for other purposes4  #a4 ,short    
title ,this ,act may be cited as the    
,lawless ,cities ,accountability ,act of
 #bjbe4  #b4 ,no ,federal funds for     
lawless jurisdictions  7a7 ,in general  
,no ,federal funds may be made available
 to a jurisdiction that the ,attorney   
,general determines is a lawless        
jurisdiction4  7b7 ,attorney general    

determinations ,not later than #cj days 
after the date of enactment of this     
,act1 and not less than quarterly       
thereafter1 the ,attorney ,general shall
 make determinations on which           
jurisdictions are lawless jurisdictions1
 and shall make such determinations1 and
 an explanation of each determination1  
publicly available4  7c7 ,reinstatement 
of ,federal funds ,a jurisdiction that  
the ,attorney ,general determines is a  
lawless jurisdiction may begin receiving
 ,federal funds on the later of--  7#a7 
#ahj days after the date on which the   
,attorney ,general first determines that
 the jurisdiction is lawless2 or  7#b7  
the date on which the ,attorney ,general
 determines that the jurisdiction is no 
longer a lawless jurisdiction4  #c4     
,definition ,in this ,act1 the term     
lawless jurisdiction means a ,state or  
political subdivision of a ,state that--
 7#a7 forbids a law enforcement agency  
from intervening to restore order amid  
widespread or sustained violence or     

destruction2  7#b7 has withdrawn law    
enforcement protection from a           
geographical area or structure that law 
enforcement officers are lawfully       
entitled to access1 but have been       
officially prevented from accessing or  
permitted to access only in exceptional 
circumstances1 except when law          
enforcement officers are briefly        
withheld as a tactical decision intended
 to resolve safely and expeditiously a  
specific and ongoing unlawful incident  
posing an imminent threat to the safety 
of individuals or law enforcement       
officers2  7#c7 disempowers or defunds  
law enforcement agencies2 or  7#d7      
refuses to accept an offer of law       
enforcement assistance from the ,federal
 ,government amid widespread or         
sustained violence or destruction in the
 jurisdiction1 during which the         
jurisdiction has been unable to restore 
order4