Bill Details
HR.118 - 119th Congress
Status
Latest action
2025-01-03 - Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Introduced Date
2025-01-03
Policy Area
Crime and Law Enforcement
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Sponsors
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This bill would stop certain state and local law enforcement agencies from using federal forfeited money or property, received through “equitable sharing,” to investigate or prosecute the President, Vice President, former Presidents or Vice Presidents, or anyone running for President. It also would require those agencies to promise in writing that they will follow this rule. If the Attorney General finds that an agency did not comply, that agency could lose access to future federal forfeited property or sale proceeds shared by the federal government.
- The rule applies only to state or local law enforcement agencies that have the power to prosecute criminal cases.
- The affected federal funds or property are those shared with local agencies after seizures or forfeitures under certain federal laws.
- Agencies would have to certify to the Attorney General that they will not use these shared funds for the banned investigations or prosecutions.
- If an agency breaks the rule, the Attorney General could block it from receiving future shared forfeited property or money.
Official Summaries
No Federal Funds for Political Prosecutions Act
This bill specifies that no funds or property received through equitable sharing by a state or local law enforcement agency with the authority to prosecute a criminal case may be used to investigate or prosecute a current or former President or Vice President, or a candidate for the office of President.
Current Full Text
[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 118 Introduced in House (IH)]
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119th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 118
To prohibit the use of forfeited funds made available to certain State
or local law enforcement agencies pursuant to equitable sharing for
certain purposes.
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
January 3, 2025
Mr. Biggs of Arizona introduced the following bill; which was referred
to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on
Energy and Commerce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the
Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall
within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned
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A BILL
To prohibit the use of forfeited funds made available to certain State
or local law enforcement agencies pursuant to equitable sharing for
certain 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 ``No Federal Funds for Political
Prosecutions Act''.
SEC. 2. LIMITATION ON USE OF FORFEITED FUNDS MADE AVAILABLE PURSUANT TO
EQUITABLE SHARING.
(a) In General.--No funds or property received pursuant to section
511(e) of the Controlled Substances Act (21 U.S.C. 811(e)), section 981
of title 18, United States Code, or section 524 of title 28, United
States Code, by a State or local law enforcement agency with the
authority to prosecute a criminal case may be used to investigate or
prosecute the President or Vice President, a former President or Vice
President, or a candidate for the office of President.
(b) Certification.--A State or local law enforcement agency
referred to in subsection (a) shall certify to the Attorney General
that the law enforcement agency will comply with subsection (a).
(c) Disqualification.--In the case of a State or local law
enforcement agency that the Attorney General determines has failed to
comply with this section, the Attorney General may not transfer, under
section 511(e) of the Controlled Substances Act (21 U.S.C. 811(e)),
section 981 of title 18, United States Code, or section 524 of title
28, United States Code, any property seized by the Attorney General and
forfeited to the United States, or any of the proceeds from the sale of
such property to such State or local law enforcement agency.
(d) Definition.--In this section, the term ``candidate'' has the
meaning given such term in section 301 of the Federal Election Campaign
Act of 1971 (52 U.S.C. 30101).
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