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118TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 8205 

To amend the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to 

provide that Byrne grant funds may be used for public safety report 

systems, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

MAY 1, 2024 

Mr. FITZGERALD (for himself, Mr. NEHLS, Mr. STEIL, Mr. TIFFANY, and Mr. 

HIGGINS of Louisiana) introduced the following bill; which was referred 

to the Committee on the Judiciary 

A BILL 

To amend the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets 

Act of 1968 to provide that Byrne grant funds may 

be used for public safety report systems, and for other 

purposes. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Keeping Violent Of5 fenders Off Our Streets Act’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. USE OF BYRNE GRANT FUNDING FOR PUBLIC SAFE2 TY REPORT SYSTEMS. 

3 Section 501 of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe 

4 Streets Act of 1968 (34 U.S.C. 10152) is amended— 

5 (1) in subsection (a)(1), by adding at the end 

6 the following: 

7 ‘‘(J) A public safety report system de8 scribed in subsection (i).’’; and 

9 (2) by adding at the end the following: 

10 ‘‘(i) PUBLIC SAFETY REPORT SYSTEM DE11 SCRIBED.—A public safety report system described in this 

12 subsection shall include the following: 

13 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The public safety report 

14 system shall be developed and maintained by the 

15 State or Tribal Court Administration, shall provide 

16 judges and prosecutors in the jurisdiction, at no 

17 cost, a public safety report for each defendant 

18 charged with an offense described in subparagraph 

19 (A), and shall contain the following: 

20 ‘‘(A) The criteria for setting bail for an in21 dividual charged with— 

22 ‘‘(i) murder, manslaughter (except in23 voluntary manslaughter), or attempted 

24 murder; 


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1 ‘‘(ii) rape, attempted rape, or any 

2 other felony sexual abuse offense or at3 tempt to commit such an offense; 

4 ‘‘(iii) any felony assault offense; 

5 ‘‘(iv) kidnapping; 

6 ‘‘(v) robbery; 

7 ‘‘(vi) a felony offense involving resist8 ing or obstructing an officer; 

9 ‘‘(vii) carjacking; 

10 ‘‘(viii) unlawful possession of a fire11 arm in the commission of a felony; or 

12 ‘‘(ix) any other violent felony. 

13 ‘‘(B) Identifying information regarding 

14 each defendant charged with an offense de15 scribed in subparagraph (A), the case filed 

16 against the defendant, and the offense with 

17 which the defendant is charged. 

18 ‘‘(C) Information on the eligibility of each 

19 such defendant for a personal bond. 

20 ‘‘(D) Information regarding the applica21 bility of any required or discretionary bond con22 ditions for each such defendant. 

23 ‘‘(E) A summary of the criminal history of 

24 the defendant, including information regarding 

25 any— 


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1 ‘‘(i) previous misdemeanor or felony 

2 conviction; 

3 ‘‘(ii) pending charges; 

4 ‘‘(iii) previous sentence imposing a 

5 term of imprisonment; 

6 ‘‘(iv) previous conviction or pending 

7 charges for any offense described in sub8 paragraph (A); and 

9 ‘‘(v) previous failure of the defendant 

10 to appear in court following release on bail. 

11 ‘‘(2) USE OF SYSTEM.—The public safety re12 port system shall be used by the jurisdiction as fol13 lows: 

14 ‘‘(A) In the case of a State or Tribal court 

15 in that jurisdiction that is considering the re16 lease on bail of a defendant charged with an of17 fense described in subparagraph (A) of para18 graph (1)— 

19 ‘‘(i) the prosecutor shall use the pub20 lic safety report system developed under 

21 section 3 to prepare a public safety report 

22 with respect to the defendant; 

23 ‘‘(ii) the prosecutor shall provide the 

24 public safety report prepared under clause 

25 (i) to the State or Tribal court as soon as 


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1 practicable, but not later than 48 hours 

2 after the defendant’s arrest; and 

3 ‘‘(iii) the court shall consider the pub4 lic safety report before setting bail; and 

5 ‘‘(B) To submit each public safety report 

6 prepared under subparagraph (A)(i) to the Na7 tional Crime Information Center.’’. 

8 SEC. 3. FRAUD IN CONNECTION WITH POSTING BAIL. 

9 Section 1033(f)(1)(A) of title 18, United States Code, 

10 is amended by inserting before the comma the following: 

11 ‘‘(including the posting of monetary bail, criminal bail 

12 bonds, and Federal immigration bail bonds)’’. 

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