Ending Crime and Disorder on America’s Streets Act

Establish, implement, or enforce Federal and State prohibitions on illicit drug use in public places.

Establish, implement, or enforce Federal and State prohibitions on urban camping and loitering.

Establish, implement, or enforce Federal and State prohibitions on urban squatting.

Enforce, and where necessary, adopt standards that address unhoused individuals, through assisted outpatient treatment or by moving such individuals into treatment centers or other appropriate facilities through the use of civil commitment or other available means.

Substantially implement and comply with the registration and notification requirements of the Sex Offender Registration and Notification Act (34 U.S.C. 20901 et seq.), particularly with respect to sex offenders who are required to register and who have no fixed address, including by adequately mapping and checking the location of unhoused individuals who are sex offenders.

ensure that unhoused individuals arrested for Federal crimes are evaluated, consistent with section 4248 of title 18, United States Code, to determine whether they are sexually dangerous persons and if appropriate, certified accordingly for civil commitment;

take all necessary steps to ensure the availability of funds under the Emergency Federal Law Enforcement Assistance Program under the Justice Assistance Act of 1984 (34 U.S.C. 50101 et seq.) to support, consistent with the requirements under such Program, encampment removal efforts in areas for which public safety is at risk and State and local resources are inadequate;

assess Federal resources to determine whether they may be directed toward ensuring, to the extent permitted by law, that detainees with serious mental illness are not released into the public because of a lack of forensic bed capacity at appropriate local, State, and Federal jails or hospitals; and

enhance requirements that prisons and residential reentry centers that are under the authority of the Attorney General or receive funding from the Attorney General require in-custody housing release plans and, to the maximum extent practicable, require individuals to comply.

ensure that discretionary grants issued by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration for substance use disorder prevention, treatment, and recovery fund evidence-based programs and do not fund programs that fail to achieve adequate outcomes, including efforts termed as harm reduction or safe consumption efforts;

provide technical assistance to assisted outpatient treatment programs for unhoused individuals with serious mental illness or addiction administered by the Secretary during and after the initiation of any civil commitment process under section 4246 of title 18, United States Code, that are focused on assisting such individuals in finding private housing and support networks; and

ensure that Federal funds for Federally qualified health centers (as defined in section 1861(aa) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1395x(aa))) and certified community behavioral health clinics (as described in section 223 of the Protecting Access to Medicare Act of 2014 (42 U.S.C. 1396a note; Public Law 113–93)) reduce, rather than promote, homelessness by supporting, to the maximum extent permitted by law, comprehensive services for unhoused individuals with serious mental illness and substance use disorder, including crisis intervention services.

ending support for “housing first” policies that deprioritize accountability and fail to promote treatment, recovery, and self-sufficiency;

increasing competition among grantees through broadening the applicant pool; and

holding grantees to higher standards of effectiveness in reducing homelessness and increasing public safety.

the Attorney General shall review whether such recipients are in violation of Federal law, including 21 U.S.C. 856, and bring civil or criminal actions in appropriate cases; and

the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, in coordination with the Attorney General, shall review whether such recipients are in violation of the terms of the programs pursuant to which they receive Federal housing and homelessness assistance and freeze their assistance as the Secretary deems appropriate.

allow or require the recipients of Federal funding for homelessness assistance to collect health-related information that the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development identifies as necessary for the effective and efficient operation of the funding program from all persons to whom such assistance is provided; and

require those funding recipients to share such data with law enforcement authorities in circumstances permitted by law and to use the collected health data to provide appropriate medical care to individuals with mental health diagnoses or to connect individuals to public health resources.

poses risks to themselves or the public or are living on the streets; and

cannot care for themselves or be sheltered in an appropriate facility for a period of 3 consecutive months or longer.