S. 4085: Ending Taxpayer Funding of Anarchy Act

116th Congress · introduced 2020-06-25 · Government Operations and Politics · Latest: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

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Where it came from: introduced 2020-06-25 · official record
Who proposed it: Sen. Ernst, Joni [R-IA] · what a sponsor is
What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
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What does this mean?

Official title

Ending Taxpayer Funding of Anarchy Act

Plain summary

Ending Taxpayer Funding of Anarchy Act This bill prohibits, for FY2021 and each fiscal year thereafter, a state or political subdivision of a state (state) that is an anarchist jurisdiction at any time during a fiscal year from receiving federal financial assistance from an executive agency during that fiscal year. Anarchist jurisdiction is defined as a state that has a statute, ordinance, policy, or practice in effect that, despite ongoing danger to individuals or property, allows any entity or official to purposefully (1) abdicate the reserved powers of the state to be performed by non-governmental actors in a manner that is detrimental to the health, safety, and welfare of its citizens; and (2) refuse to provide police, fire, or emergency medical services to one or more individuals in the state as a consequence of such abdication. If a state that is ineligible to receive such assistance during a fiscal year receives federal financial assistance, the agency shall direct the state to immediately return it and reallocate such assistance to states that are not anarchist jurisdictions.

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Official text

Ending Taxpayer Funding of Anarchy Act

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in Senate)

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Sen. Ernst, Joni [R-IA] · 10 cosponsors

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Tom Cotton (R-AR), Mitch McConnell (R-KY), Marsha Blackburn (R-TN), Steve Daines (R-MT), Thom Tillis (R-NC), Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-MS), Kevin Cramer (R-ND)

Sponsor's campaign money: Sen. Ernst, Joni [R-IA] reported raising $2.0 million (2025–2026). Details. Shown for context only; it does not mean any donor supported this bill.

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Fiscal year: The 12-month period a government uses for its budget. The federal fiscal year runs from October 1 to September 30 and is named for the calendar year in which it ends. Most states use July 1 to June 30.
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Sources

Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in Senate)
Congress.gov
Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-116s4085.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/116/s>

Record fed-us-cong116-s4085 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong116 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong116