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118TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 6999 

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

require reports about the prosecution of certain offenses for recipients 

of Byrne grants, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

JANUARY 16, 2024 

Mr. MEUSER 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 require reports about the prosecution 

of certain offenses for recipients of Byrne grants, 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 ‘‘Holding Prosecutors 

5 Accountable Act’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. DISTRICT ATTORNEY REPORTING REQUIREMENTS 

2 FOR BYRNE GRANTS. 

3 Section 501 of subpart 1 of part E of title I of the 

4 Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (34 

5 U.S.C. 10152) is amended by adding at the end the fol6 lowing: 

7 ‘‘(i) DISTRICT ATTORNEY REPORTING REQUIRE8 MENTS.— 

9 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—On an annual basis, each 

10 chief executive of a district attorney or prosecutor’s 

11 office that serves a jurisdiction of 380,000 or more 

12 persons, which jurisdiction receives funds under this 

13 part, shall submit to the Attorney General a report 

14 that contains, for the previous fiscal year, the fol15 lowing: 

16 ‘‘(A) The total number of cases referred to 

17 the office for prosecution of a covered offense. 

18 ‘‘(B) The number of cases such office de19 clined to prosecute involving a covered offense 

20 and the reasoning for why office declined to 

21 prosecute covered offense. 

22 ‘‘(C) For cases involving a covered offense 

23 that resulted in a plea agreement reached with 

24 the defendant— 

25 ‘‘(i) the total number of such cases; 


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1 ‘‘(ii) the number of such cases by each 

2 initial charge; and 

3 ‘‘(iii) the number of such cases by 

4 each charge of conviction. 

5 ‘‘(D) The number of cases involving cov6 ered offenses initiated against a defendant— 

7 ‘‘(i) previously arrested for a covered 

8 offense arising out of separate conduct; 

9 ‘‘(ii) previously convicted for a covered 

10 offense arising out of separate conduct; 

11 ‘‘(iii) with an open case involving a 

12 covered offense arising out of separate con13 duct; 

14 ‘‘(iv) serving a term of probation for 

15 a conviction for a covered offense arising 

16 out of separate conduct; and 

17 ‘‘(v) released on parole for a convic18 tion for a covered offense arising out of 

19 separate conduct. 

20 ‘‘(E) The number of defendants charged 

21 with a covered offense— 

22 ‘‘(i) who were released on their own 

23 recognizance; 

24 ‘‘(ii) who were eligible for bail; and 


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1 ‘‘(iii) for whom the prosecutor re2 quested bail. 

3 ‘‘(2) UNIFORM STANDARDS.—The Attorney 

4 General shall define uniform standards for the re5 porting of the information required under this sub6 section, including the form such reports shall take 

7 and the process by which such reports shall be 

8 shared with the Attorney General. 

9 ‘‘(3) SUBMISSION TO JUDICIARY COMMIT10 TEES.—The Attorney General shall submit the infor11 mation received under this subsection to the Com12 mittee on the Judiciary of the Senate and the Com13 mittee on the Judiciary of the House of Representa14 tives and shall publish such information on a pub15 licly viewable website. 

16 ‘‘(4) COVERED OFFENSE DEFINED.—In this 

17 subsection, the term ‘covered offense’ means any of 

18 the following: 

19 ‘‘(A) Murder or non-negligent man20 slaughter. 

21 ‘‘(B) Forcible rape. 

22 ‘‘(C) Robbery. 

23 ‘‘(D) Aggravated assault. 

24 ‘‘(E) Burglary. 

25 ‘‘(F) Larceny. 


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1 ‘‘(G) Motor vehicle theft. 

2 ‘‘(H) Arson. 

3 ‘‘(I) Any offense involving the illegal use of 

4 a firearm. 

5 ‘‘(J) Any offense involving the illegal pos6 session of a firearm. 

7 ‘‘(5) REDUCTION IN FUNDING.—For any fiscal 

8 year beginning on or after the date of enactment of 

9 this Act, a State or unit of local government shall 

10 be ineligible for a grant under this part if— 

11 ‘‘(A) the chief executive of a district attor12 ney or prosecutor’s office of that jurisdiction 

13 who was required to submit a report under this 

14 subsection, failed to submit the report required 

15 under this subsection; or 

16 ‘‘(B) the chief executive of a district attor17 ney or prosecutor’s office of that jurisdiction 

declined to prosecute 2 18 ⁄3 or more of the total 

19 number of cases referred to the office for pros20 ecution of a covered offense for the previous fis21 cal year.’’. 

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