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115TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 2152 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

MAY 10, 2018 

Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary 

AN ACT 

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


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1 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

2 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Citizens’ Right to 

3 Know Act of 2018’’. 

4 SEC. 2. REPORTING REQUIREMENT FOR DEPARTMENT OF 

5 JUSTICE GRANT RECIPIENTS USING FUNDS 

6 FOR PRETRIAL SERVICES PROGRAMS. 

7 (a) IN GENERAL.—For each fiscal year in which a 

8 State or unit of local government receives funds under any 

9 grant program operated by the Department of Justice, in10 cluding the Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance 

11 grant program under subpart I of part E of title I of the 

12 Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (42 

13 U.S.C. 3750 et seq.), and which uses funds received under 

14 such program for a pretrial services program, the State 

15 or unit of local government shall submit to the Attorney 

16 General a report which contains the following: 

17 (1) The name of each defendant participating 

18 in a pretrial release program administered by the 

19 pretrial services program, and whether, as applica20 ble, each occasion on which such defendant failed to 

21 make an appearance. 

22 (2) Information relating to any prior convic23 tions of each defendant participating in the pretrial 

24 services program. 

25 (3) The amount of money allocated for the pre26 trial services program. 


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1 (b) PUBLICATION REQUIREMENT.—Subject to any 

2 applicable confidentiality requirements, the Attorney Gen3 eral shall, on an annual basis, make publicly available the 

4 information received under subsection (a). 

5 (c) REDUCTION IN FUNDING.—The Attorney General 

6 shall, for State or unit of local government which fails to 

7 comply with the requirement under subsection (a) for a 

8 fiscal year, reduce the amount that the State or local gov9 ernment would otherwise receive under each grant pro10 gram described in subsection (a) in the following fiscal 

11 year by 100 percent. 

12 (d) REALLOCATION.—Amounts not allocated to a 

13 State or unit of local government under subsection (c) 

14 shall be reallocated under each such grant program to 

15 States and units of local government that comply with the 

16 requirement under subsection (a). 

17 (e) DEFINITION.—The term ‘‘failed to make an ap18 pearance’’ means an action whereby any defendant has 

19 been charged with an offense before a court and who is 

20 participating in a pretrial release program for which funds 

21 received under a grant program referred to in subsection 

22 (a) are used as a condition of pretrial release— 

23 (1) does not appear for any court date regard24 ing such charge; 


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1 (2) does not appear for any one appointment 

2 with the pretrial services program; or 

3 (3) does not appear for any post-release appear4 ance the court may require. 

Passed the House of Representatives May 9, 2018. 

Attest: KAREN L. HAAS, 

Clerk. 


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