What does Preamble of Ending Crime and Disorder on America’s Streets Act do?

This bill, formally titled 'To end crime and disorder on the streets of the United States by restoring civil commitment, addressing vagrancy and homelessness through institutional treatment, and redirecting Federal resources, and for other purposes,' aims to address crime and disorder. The bill proposes restoring civil commitment. It seeks to address vagrancy and homelessness through institutional treatment. The bill intends to redirect Federal resources.

What does SHORT TITLE. of Ending Crime and Disorder on America’s Streets Act do?

This bill is formally titled the ``Ending Crime and Disorder on America's Streets Act''.

What does PURPOSE. of Ending Crime and Disorder on America’s Streets Act do?

This Act aims to protect public safety. It intends to restore civil commitment procedures. The Act seeks to combat vagrancy. It proposes redirecting federal resources to address homelessness. This includes utilizing institutional treatment in hospitals or asylums for individuals deemed unable to care for themselves or adjudged insane.

What does RESTORING CIVIL COMMITMENT. of Ending Crime and Disorder on America’s Streets Act do?

This section directs the Attorney General, in consultation with the Secretary of Health and Human Services, to seek the reversal of judicial precedents and termination of consent decrees that hinder the civil commitment of unhoused individuals. The Attorney General is also tasked with providing assistance to State and local governments for the identification, adoption, and implementation of flexible civil commitment and treatment standards for unhoused individuals. Assistance to state and local governments may be provided through technical guidance, grants, or other legally available means.

What does FIGHTING VAGRANCY ON AMERICA'S STREETS. of Ending Crime and Disorder on America’s Streets Act do?

This section directs the Attorney General, Secretary of Health and Human Services, Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, and Secretary of Transportation to assess discretionary grant programs. Priority for grants may be given to states and municipalities that enforce prohibitions on illicit drug use, urban camping, loitering, and urban squatting in public places. Grantees are encouraged to address unhoused individuals through assisted outpatient treatment or civil commitment to treatment facilities. The Attorney General must ensure evaluation of unhoused individuals arrested for federal crimes to determine sexual dangerousness. The Attorney General is tasked with ensuring funds are available for encampment removal efforts when public safety is at risk and local resources are insufficient. The Attorney General will assess federal resources to address the release of detainees with serious mental illness due to a lack of forensic bed capacity. Prisons and reentry centers are required to develop housing release plans and encourage compliance.

What does REDIRECTING FEDERAL RESOURCES TOWARD EFFECTIVE METHODS OF of Ending Crime and Disorder on America’s Streets Act do?

This section directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to ensure discretionary grants from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration fund evidence-based programs and do not fund programs that fail to achieve adequate outcomes, specifically excluding 'harm reduction or safe consumption efforts'. The Secretary must provide technical assistance to assisted outpatient treatment programs for unhoused individuals with serious mental illness or addiction, focusing on housing and support networks. Federal funds for Federally qualified health centers and certified community behavioral health clinics should reduce homelessness by supporting comprehensive services for unhoused individuals with serious mental illness and substance use disorder. The Secretary of Health and Human Services is required to coordinate with the Attorney General and other agencies to support the transfer of eligible persons to mental hospitals or asylums, including those returning from foreign countries.

What does INCREASING ACCOUNTABILITY AND SAFETY IN AMERICA'S HOMELESSNESS of Ending Crime and Disorder on America’s Streets Act do?

This section directs the Secretaries of Health and Human Services and Housing and Urban Development to increase accountability in homelessness programs, including grant administration. It calls for ending support for 'housing first' policies deemed to deprioritize accountability and hinder treatment, recovery, and self-sufficiency. The section aims to increase competition among grantees and hold them to higher standards for reducing homelessness and improving public safety. The Secretary of Housing and Urban Development is directed to potentially require recipients of housing and homelessness assistance to mandate substance abuse treatment or mental health services for participants with related illnesses. Regarding safe consumption sites, the Attorney General will review potential Federal law violations, and HUD may freeze assistance to recipients operating such sites. Federally funded programs are potentially allowed to exclusively house women and children, and sex offenders receiving homelessness assistance should not be housed with unrelated children. The Secretary of Housing and Urban Development may allow or require recipients of Federal funding for homelessness assistance to collect health-related information and share it with law enforcement or use it to provide medical care. The collection and sharing of health data is subject to legal limitations.

What does DEFINITIONS. of Ending Crime and Disorder on America’s Streets Act do?

This section defines key terms used within the Act. “Step-down treatment” is defined as a phased approach to transition unhoused individuals from intensive care to community-based services. An “unhoused individual” is defined as someone posing risks or living on the streets who cannot care for themselves or be sheltered for three months or longer. “Urban camping” refers to temporary outdoor shelters used as a primary living accommodation for over 24 hours on public or private property. “Urban squatting” is defined as the unauthorized occupation of vacant or abandoned buildings or land.

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Ending Crime and Disorder on America’s Streets Act

Last updated: 11/20/2025 · Introduced: 11/20/2025

Author: Tim Burchett (R-TN)

TL;DR (AI)

The bill aims to restore civil commitment procedures for unhoused individuals deemed unable to care for themselves or experiencing severe mental illness.
It prioritizes grant funding to states and municipalities that enforce prohibitions on activities like illicit drug use and urban camping in public spaces.
The bill redirects federal resources away from 'harm reduction' and 'housing first' programs, emphasizing evidence-based treatments and accountability in homelessness assistance.
It directs federal agencies to increase accountability within homelessness programs, potentially requiring substance abuse treatment or mental health services for participants.
The bill mandates evaluations of unhoused individuals arrested for federal crimes to determine sexual dangerousness and allows for the exclusion of sex offenders from housing with unrelated children in federally funded programs.

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