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115TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 2152 

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. 

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 

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 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 ‘‘Citizens’ Right to 

5 Know Act of 2017’’. 

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1 SEC. 2. REPORTING REQUIREMENT FOR DEPARTMENT OF 

2 JUSTICE GRANT RECIPIENTS USING FUNDS 

3 FOR PRETRIAL SERVICES PROGRAMS. 

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

5 State or unit of local government receives funds under any 

6 grant program operated by the Department of Justice, in7 cluding the Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance 

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

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

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

11 such program for a pretrial services program, the State 

12 or unit of local government shall submit to the Attorney 

13 General a report which contains the following: 

14 (1) The name of each defendant participating 

15 in a pretrial release program administered by the 

16 pretrial services program, and whether, as applica17 ble, each occasion on which such defendant failed to 

18 make an appearance. 

19 (2) Information relating to the previous arrest 

20 record of each defendant participating in the pretrial 

21 services program. 

22 (b) PUBLICATION REQUIREMENT.—Subject to any 

23 applicable confidentiality requirements, the Attorney Gen24 eral shall, on an annual basis, make publicly available the 

25 information received under subsection (a). 

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

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

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

4 fiscal year, reduce the amount that the State or local gov5 ernment would otherwise receive under each grant pro6 gram described in subsection (a) in the following fiscal 

7 year by 100 percent. 

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

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

10 shall be reallocated under each such grant program to 

11 States and units of local government that comply with the 

12 requirement under subsection (a). 

13 (e) DEFINITION.—The term ‘‘failed to make an ap14 pearance’’ means an action whereby any defendant has 

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

16 participating in a pretrial release program for which funds 

17 received under a grant program referred to in subsection 

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

19 (1) does not appear for any court date regard20 ing such charge; 

21 (2) does not appear for any one appointment 

22 with the pretrial services program; or 

23 (3) does not appear for any post-release appear24 ance the court may require. 

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