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Political Violence Prevention and Community Protection Act

Status: HopperSession: September 2026 Senate SessionIssue: Political Violence

Summary

This bill creates a DOJ grant program to help state, local, and tribal law enforcement prevent politically motivated threats and targeted violence through training, coordination, security planning, and digital evidence tools. It also requires civil-rights, privacy, reporting, and de-escalation safeguards, with annual reports to Congress on results and compliance.

Full text

To strengthen public safety and civil liberties, this Act establishes within the Department of Justice a bipartisan grant and coordination program to assist state, local, and tribal law enforcement in preventing and responding to politically motivated threats and targeted violence through threat assessment training, interagency information-sharing, election and public meeting security planning, digital evidence capacity, and community-based prevention partnerships; requires participating agencies to adopt clear civil-rights and privacy safeguards, public reporting standards, and de-escalation and bias-awareness training; and authorizes the Attorney General to award competitive grants, issue best-practices guidance, and submit annual reports to Congress on program performance, civil-liberties compliance, and measurable impacts on public trust and safety.

Sponsor

Edward WeberDemocratic Party

Cosponsors

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