115 HR 2152 RH: Citizens’ Right to Know Act of 2018 U.S. House of Representatives 2017-04-26 text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.

IB Union Calendar No. 507 115th CONGRESS2d Session H. R. 2152 [Report No. 115–659] IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES April 26, 2017 Mr. Poe of Texas (for himself and Mr. Walberg) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary April 27, 2018Additional sponsors: Mr. Huizenga, Mr. Smith of Texas, Mr. Meadows, Mr. Biggs, Mr. Bridenstine, Mr. Budd, Mr. Zeldin, Mr. Palmer, Mr. Higgins of Louisiana, Mr. Franks of Arizona, Mr. Labrador, Mr. Bilirakis, Mr. Gaetz, Mr. Westerman, Mr. King of Iowa, Mr. Marino, Mr. Rutherford, Mr. Gohmert, Mr. Ratcliffe, Mr. Farenthold, Mr. Buck, Mr. Smucker, Mr. Chabot, Mrs. Handel, Mrs. Roby, Mr. Collins of Georgia, Mr. Harper, Mr. Jordan, Mr. Johnson of Louisiana, and Mr. Sessions April 27, 2018 Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on April 26, 2017 A BILL To require States and units of local government receiving funds under grant programs operated by the Department of Justice, which use such funds for pretrial services programs, to submit to the Attorney General a report relating to such program, and for other purposes.

1.

Short title

This Act may be cited as the Citizens’ Right to Know Act of 2018.

2.

Reporting requirement for Department of Justice grant recipients using funds for pretrial services programs

(a)

In general

For each fiscal year in which a State or unit of local government receives funds under any grant program operated by the Department of Justice, including the Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance grant program under subpart I of part E of title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 3750 et seq.), and which uses funds received under such program for a pretrial services program, the State or unit of local government shall submit to the Attorney General a report which contains the following: (1)The name of each defendant participating in a pretrial release program administered by the pretrial services program, and whether, as applicable, each occasion on which such defendant failed to make an appearance. (2)Information relating to any prior convictions of each defendant participating in the pretrial services program. (3)The amount of money allocated for the pretrial services program. (b)

Publication requirement

Subject to any applicable confidentiality requirements, the Attorney General shall, on an annual basis, make publicly available the information received under subsection (a). (c)

Reduction in funding

The Attorney General shall, for State or unit of local government which fails to comply with the requirement under subsection (a) for a fiscal year, reduce the amount that the State or local government would otherwise receive under each grant program described in subsection (a) in the following fiscal year by 100 percent. (d)

Reallocation

Amounts not allocated to a State or unit of local government under subsection (c) shall be reallocated under each such grant program to States and units of local government that comply with the requirement under subsection (a). (e)

Definition

The term failed to make an appearance means an action whereby any defendant has been charged with an offense before a court and who is participating in a pretrial release program for which funds received under a grant program referred to in subsection (a) are used as a condition of pretrial release— (1)does not appear for any court date regarding such charge; (2)does not appear for any one appointment with the pretrial services program; or (3)does not appear for any post-release appearance the court may require.

April 27, 2018 Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed