No Federal Funds for Political Prosecutions Act

I 118TH CONGRESS 1ST SESSION H. R. 2582 To prohibit the use of forfeited funds made available to certain State or local law enforcement agencies pursuant to equitable sharing for certain purposes. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES APRIL 13, 2023 Mr. BIGGS introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Com- merce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdic- tion of the committee concerned 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 Representa- 1 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘No Federal Funds for 4 Political Prosecutions Act’’. 5 VerDate Sep 11 2014 23:40 Apr 14, 2023 Jkt 039200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H2582.IH H2582 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS 2 •HR 2582 IH SEC. 2. LIMITATION ON USE OF FORFEITED FUNDS MADE 1 AVAILABLE PURSUANT TO EQUITABLE SHAR- 2 ING. 3 (a) IN GENERAL.—No funds or property received 4 pursuant to section 511(e) of the Controlled Substances 5 Act (21 U.S.C. 811(e)), section 981 of title 18, United 6 States Code, or section 524 of title 28, United States 7 Code, by a State or local law enforcement agency with the 8 authority to prosecute a criminal case may be used to in- 9 vestigate or prosecute the President or Vice President, a 10 former President or Vice President, or a candidate for the 11 office of President. 12 (b) CERTIFICATION.—A State or local law enforce- 13 ment agency referred to in subsection (a) shall certify to 14 the Attorney General that the law enforcement agency will 15 comply with subsection (a). 16 (c) DISQUALIFICATION.—In the case of a State or 17 local law enforcement agency that the Attorney General 18 determines has failed to comply with this section, the At- 19 torney General may not transfer, under section 511(e) of 20 the Controlled Substances Act (21 U.S.C. 811(e)), section 21 981 of title 18, United States Code, or section 524 of title 22 28, United States Code, any property seized by the Attor- 23 ney General and forfeited to the United States, or any 24 of the proceeds from the sale of such property to such 25 State or local law enforcement agency. 26 VerDate Sep 11 2014 23:40 Apr 14, 2023 Jkt 039200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H2582.IH H2582 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS 3 •HR 2582 IH (d) DEFINITION.—In this section, the term ‘‘can- 1 didate’’ has the meaning given such term in section 301 2 of the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 (52 U.S.C. 3 30101). 4 Æ VerDate Sep 11 2014 23:40 Apr 14, 2023 Jkt 039200 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6301 E:\BILLS\H2582.IH H2582 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS