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115TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 1724 

To amend title V of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act 

of 1968 to prohibit Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grants 

from being made available to a State or unit of local government that 

has a contract with a person that charges a fee to pay-only probationers, 

and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

MARCH 24, 2017 

Mr. TAKANO (for himself, Mr. ELLISON, Mr. MCGOVERN, Ms. SCHAKOWSKY, 

Ms. MOORE, Ms. NORTON, Mr. COHEN, Mr. GRIJALVA, and Mr. NADLER) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee 

on the Judiciary 

A BILL 

To amend title V of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe 

Streets Act of 1968 to prohibit Edward Byrne Memorial 

Justice Assistance Grants from being made available to 

a State or unit of local government that has a contract 

with a person that charges a fee to pay-only probationers, 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 ‘‘End of Debtors Prison 

5 Act of 2017’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. CONTRACTS WITH PROBATION COMPANIES. 

2 (a) LIMITATION ON BYRNE JUSTICE ASSISTANCE

3 GRANTS.— 

4 (1) IN GENERAL.—Section 501 of the Omnibus 

5 Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (42 

6 U.S.C. 3750) is amended by adding at the end the 

7 following: 

8 ‘‘(h) PROHIBITED RECIPIENTS OF FUNDS.— 

9 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—No Federal funds may be 

10 made available under this subpart, including through 

11 subawards, to any State or unit of local government 

12 that has a contract with a person who— 

13 ‘‘(A) under such contract, collects fees and 

14 fines imposed by a State or local court on a 

15 pay-only probationer; and 

16 ‘‘(B) collects from such probationer a fee 

17 that is imposed with respect to such collection. 

18 ‘‘(2) PAY-ONLY PROBATIONER DEFINED.—The 

19 term ‘pay-only probationer’ means an individual who 

20 is placed on probation due to the failure of the indi21 vidual to pay any part of a fine or fee imposed by 

22 a State or local court.’’. 

23 (2) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made 

24 by subsection (a) shall apply with respect to grants 

25 made in or after the fiscal year which begins after 

26 the date of the enactment of this Act. 


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1 (b) REPORTING REQUIREMENT.— 

2 (1) IN GENERAL.—Section 522(a) of the Omni3 bus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (42 

4 U.S.C. 3766b(a)) is amended— 

5 (A) in paragraph (4), by striking ‘‘and’’ at 

6 the end; 

7 (B) by redesignating paragraph (5) as 

8 paragraph (6); and 

9 (C) by inserting after paragraph (4) the 

10 following: 

11 ‘‘(5) for the State and each unit of local govern12 ment in the State for such year, a list of the persons 

13 with which such State or unit of local government 

14 had a contract under which the person assisted in 

15 administering a probation ordered by a State or 

16 local court during such year and, for each such per17 son— 

18 ‘‘(A) the amount payable by the State or 

19 unit of local government to such person for 

20 such assistance during such year; and 

21 ‘‘(B) whether the person collected a fee 

22 from a pay-only probationer (as such term is 

23 defined in section 501(h)(2)) with respect to 

24 such assistance; and’’. 


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1 (2) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made 

2 by paragraph (1) shall apply with respect to reports 

3 submitted for years beginning after the date of the 

4 enactment of this Act. 

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