Ending Crime and Disorder on America's Streets

This EO directs the Attorney General, in consultation with the Secretary of Health and Human Services, to seek reversal of judicial precedents and termination of consent decrees that impede civil commitment of individuals with mental illness, and directs the Attorney General and the Secretaries of Health and Human Services, Housing and Urban Development, and Transportation to assess whether discretionary grant priority may be given to states and municipalities that enforce prohibitions on open illicit drug use, urban camping, loitering, and squatting. It further directs agencies to end support for "housing first" policies, condition homelessness assistance on substance abuse or mental health treatment for participants with such conditions, and review and pursue civil or criminal enforcement against, and freeze assistance to, funding recipients that operate drug injection sites or permit illicit drug use on their property.

• Department of Justice (DOJ) / Attorney General
• Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)
• Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD)
• Department of Transportation (DOT)
• Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA)

Immediate.

Immediately: DOJ, HHS, HUD, and DOT must assess their discretionary grant programs to prioritize applicants meeting public safety and enforcement criteria. Immediately: DOJ must ensure individuals arrested for federal crimes are evaluated under 18 U.S.C. § 4248 for civil commitment as sexually dangerous persons. Immediately: DOJ must assess and deploy Emergency Federal Law Enforcement Assistance funds to support encampment removals. Immediately: DOJ must assess whether federal resources can prevent the release of mentally ill detainees due to insufficient forensic bed capacity. Immediately: DOJ must enhance in-custody housing release plan requirements at DOJ-run or funded facilities. As appropriate: DOJ must seek reversal of precedents and termination of consent decrees that limit civil commitment efforts. As appropriate: DOJ and HHS must assist states and municipalities with technical guidance and support for civil commitment and treatment programs. As appropriate: HHS must redirect SAMHSA grants to exclude harm-reduction and safe consumption models. As appropriate: HHS must provide technical assistance to outpatient treatment programs tied to civil commitment. As appropriate: HHS must ensure funding for Federally Qualified Health Centers and Certified Community Behavioral Health Clinics reduces homelessness. As appropriate: DOJ must prioritize funding for drug courts and mental health courts. As appropriate: HHS and HUD must raise performance standards and competitiveness among homelessness and transitional housing grant recipients. As appropriate: HUD must require treatment participation as a condition of receiving housing assistance. As appropriate: DOJ must review legality of grantees operating safe consumption sites and bring enforcement actions. As appropriate: HUD must freeze assistance to recipients violating program terms related to illegal drug use. As appropriate: HUD must revise regulations to permit women-and-children-only housing and exclude sex offenders from being housed with unrelated children. As appropriate: HUD, in consultation with DOJ and HHS, must permit or require grantees to collect and share health data with law enforcement and public health entities.

No known legal challenges.