[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 6954 Introduced in House (IH)]

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119th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 6954

To direct the Director of the Congressional Research Service to prepare 
a report extent of recidivism by individuals pardoned by the President 
     under Presidential Proclamation 10887, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            January 6, 2026

  Mrs. Torres of California (for herself, Ms. Friedman, Ms. Kelly of 
 Illinois, and Mrs. Fletcher) introduced the following bill; which was 
               referred to the Committee on the Judiciary

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                                 A BILL


 
To direct the Director of the Congressional Research Service to prepare 
a report extent of recidivism by individuals pardoned by the President 
     under Presidential Proclamation 10887, and for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``January 6th Truth and Transparency 
Act''.

SEC. 2. REPORT ON RECIDIVISM BY 1/6 INSURRECTIONISTS.

    (a) Report.--Not later than 60 days after the date of enactment of 
this Act, and every 180 days thereafter, the Director of the 
Congressional Research Service shall submit to the appropriate 
congressional committees and make publicly available on the website of 
the Library of Congress, a report on the extent of recidivism by 
individuals pardoned by the President under Presidential Proclamation 
10887 entitled ``Granting Pardons and Commutation of Sentences for 
Certain Offenses Relating to the Events at or Near the United States 
Capitol on January 6, 2021'' (January 20, 2025).
    (b) Contents.--The report under subsection (a) shall contain--
            (1) a list of each individual who was pardoned by, had 
        their sentence commuted by, or with respect to whom a pending 
        indictment was dismissed pursuant to the Presidential 
        Proclamation referred to in subsection (a);
            (2) a list of each individual described in paragraph (1) 
        who has been arrested for, charged with, or convicted of a 
        criminal offense under Federal, State, or local law, during the 
        period beginning on January 20, 2025, and ending on the date of 
        the report, including a description of each such criminal 
        offense;
            (3) a list of each individual described in paragraph (1) 
        who has been involved in an encounter with Federal, State, or 
        local law enforcement, that involved the use of force by a law 
        enforcement officer against the individual; and
            (4) any other information the Director of the Congressional 
        Research Service determines appropriate.
    (c) Appropriate Congressional Committees.--In this section, the 
term ``appropriate congressional committees'' means
            (1) the Committee on House Administration of the House of 
        Representatives;
            (2) the Committee on Rules and Administration of the 
        Senate; and
            (3) the Committees on Appropriations of the House of 
        Representatives and of the Senate.
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