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118TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 8205 
To amend the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to 
provide that Byrne grant funds may be used for public safety report 
systems, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MAY 1, 2024 
Mr. FITZGERALD (for himself, Mr. NEHLS, Mr. STEIL, Mr. TIFFANY, and Mr. 
HIGGINS of Louisiana) 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 provide that Byrne grant funds may 
be used for public safety report systems, and for other 
purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Keeping Violent Of-
fenders Off Our Streets Act’’. 
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SEC. 2. USE OF BYRNE GRANT FUNDING FOR PUBLIC SAFE-
TY REPORT SYSTEMS. 
Section 501 of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe 
Streets Act of 1968 (34 U.S.C. 10152) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (a)(1), by adding at the end 
the following: 
‘‘(J) A public safety report system de-
scribed in subsection (i).’’; and 
(2) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(i) 
PUBLIC
SAFETY
REPORT
SYSTEM
DE-
SCRIBED.—A public safety report system described in this 
subsection shall include the following: 
‘‘(1) IN
GENERAL.—The public safety report 
system shall be developed and maintained by the 
State or Tribal Court Administration, shall provide 
judges and prosecutors in the jurisdiction, at no 
cost, a public safety report for each defendant 
charged with an offense described in subparagraph 
(A), and shall contain the following: 
‘‘(A) The criteria for setting bail for an in-
dividual charged with— 
‘‘(i) murder, manslaughter (except in-
voluntary manslaughter), or attempted 
murder; 
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‘‘(ii) rape, attempted rape, or any 
other felony sexual abuse offense or at-
tempt to commit such an offense; 
‘‘(iii) any felony assault offense; 
‘‘(iv) kidnapping; 
‘‘(v) robbery; 
‘‘(vi) a felony offense involving resist-
ing or obstructing an officer; 
‘‘(vii) carjacking; 
‘‘(viii) unlawful possession of a fire-
arm in the commission of a felony; or 
‘‘(ix) any other violent felony. 
‘‘(B) Identifying information regarding 
each defendant charged with an offense de-
scribed in subparagraph (A), the case filed 
against the defendant, and the offense with 
which the defendant is charged. 
‘‘(C) Information on the eligibility of each 
such defendant for a personal bond. 
‘‘(D) Information regarding the applica-
bility of any required or discretionary bond con-
ditions for each such defendant. 
‘‘(E) A summary of the criminal history of 
the defendant, including information regarding 
any— 
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‘‘(i) previous misdemeanor or felony 
conviction; 
‘‘(ii) pending charges; 
‘‘(iii) previous sentence imposing a 
term of imprisonment; 
‘‘(iv) previous conviction or pending 
charges for any offense described in sub-
paragraph (A); and 
‘‘(v) previous failure of the defendant 
to appear in court following release on bail. 
‘‘(2) USE OF SYSTEM.—The public safety re-
port system shall be used by the jurisdiction as fol-
lows: 
‘‘(A) In the case of a State or Tribal court 
in that jurisdiction that is considering the re-
lease on bail of a defendant charged with an of-
fense described in subparagraph (A) of para-
graph (1)— 
‘‘(i) the prosecutor shall use the pub-
lic safety report system developed under 
section 3 to prepare a public safety report 
with respect to the defendant; 
‘‘(ii) the prosecutor shall provide the 
public safety report prepared under clause 
(i) to the State or Tribal court as soon as 
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practicable, but not later than 48 hours 
after the defendant’s arrest; and 
‘‘(iii) the court shall consider the pub-
lic safety report before setting bail; and 
‘‘(B) To submit each public safety report 
prepared under subparagraph (A)(i) to the Na-
tional Crime Information Center.’’. 
SEC. 3. FRAUD IN CONNECTION WITH POSTING BAIL. 
Section 1033(f)(1)(A) of title 18, United States Code, 
is amended by inserting before the comma the following: 
‘‘(including the posting of monetary bail, criminal bail 
bonds, and Federal immigration bail bonds)’’. 
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