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114TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. 3541 

To require States and units of local government receiving funds under grant 

programs operated by the Department of Justice that use such funds 

for pretrial services programs to submit to the Attorney General a 

report relating to such programs, and for other purposes. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

DECEMBER 9, 2016 

Mr. HATCH introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 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 that use such funds for pretrial services programs to submit to the Attorney General a report relating to such programs, 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 2016’’. 


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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 in which the State or unit of 

11 local government uses funds received under such program 

12 for a pretrial services program, the State or unit of local 

13 government shall submit to the Attorney General a report 

14 which contains the following: 

15 (1) The name of each defendant participating 

16 in a pretrial release program administered by the 

17 pretrial services program, and whether, as applica18 ble, the defendant appeared for trial and any post19 release required court appearance. 

20 (2) Information relating to the previous arrest 

21 record of each defendant participating in the pretrial 

22 services program. 

23 (3) Information relating to any previous failure 

24 by each defendant participating in a pretrial release 

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1 gram to appear for trial or any post-release required 

2 court appearance. 

3 (4) The amount of Federal funds the pretrial 

4 services program received during the previous fiscal 

5 year. 

6 (b) PUBLICATION REQUIREMENT.—Subject to any 

7 applicable confidentiality requirements, the Attorney Gen8 eral shall, on an annual basis, make publicly available the 

9 information received under subsection (a). 

10 (c) REDUCTION IN FUNDING.—If a State or unit of 

11 local government fails to comply with the requirement 

12 under subsection (a) for a fiscal year, the Attorney Gen13 eral shall reduce the amount that the State or unit of local 

14 government would otherwise receive under each grant pro15 gram described in subsection (a) in the following fiscal 

16 year— 

17 (1) by 10 percent, if the failure to comply with 

18 the requirement was the first such failure; or 

19 (2) by 20 percent, if the failure to comply with 

20 the requirement was the second or subsequent such 

21 failure. 

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

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

24 shall be reallocated under each such grant program to 


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1 States and units of local government that comply with the 

2 requirement under subsection (a). 

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