(1) by redesignating subsections (c) through (n) 
as subsections (d) through (o); 
(2) by adding after subsection (b), the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(c) PRETRIAL PUBLIC SAFETY CONDITION.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—To receive a grant under 
this section, an eligible public transportation agency 
shall submit to the Secretary a certification that the 
State in which the public transportation agency op-
erates— 
‘‘(A) has in effect a law or policy that pro-
hibits pretrial release on personal recognizance 
or upon execution of an unsecured appearance 
bond of a covered defendant, unless a court 
first holds a dangerousness hearing and makes 
a written finding on the record that conditions 
of such pretrial release imposed by the court 
will reasonably assure the appearance of such 
defendant before the court and the safety of 
any other person and the community; and 
‘‘(B) has a system to collect and publish, 
not less than annually— 
‘‘(i) data on determinations by judges 
in that jurisdiction to release defendants 
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charged with covered violent offenses pend-
ing trial; 
‘‘(ii) data on rearrests for covered vio-
lent offenses of such defendants; and 
‘‘(iii) data on the failure of such de-
fendants to appear, disaggregated by the 
type of pretrial release on which they were 
released pending trial. 
‘‘(2) WAIVER.—The Secretary may temporarily 
waive the requirements described in paragraph (1) 
upon a determination that a temporary waiver is 
necessary to address an acute site-specific security 
threat.’’; and 
(3) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(p) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
‘‘(1) COVERED
DEFENDANT.—The term ‘cov-
ered defendant’ means an individual who is— 
‘‘(A) charged with a covered violent of-
fense; 
‘‘(B) charged with any offense, in the case 
of an individual who has been convicted of a 
covered violent offense arising out of a separate 
course of conduct; or 
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‘‘(C) charged with any offense while on 
probation, parole, or supervised release for a 
covered violent offense. 
‘‘(2) COVERED VIOLENT OFFENSE.—The term 
‘covered violent offense’ means an offense that has 
as an element the use, attempted use, or threatened 
use of physical force against the person or property 
of another. 
‘‘(3) DANGEROUSNESS
HEARING.—The term 
‘dangerousness hearing’ means a hearing consistent 
with subsection (e), (f), and (g) of section 3142 of 
title 18, United States Code.’’. 
(d) GENERAL PROVISIONS.— 
(1) SEVERABILITY.—If any provision of this 
Act, an amendment made by this Act, or the appli-
cation thereof, is held invalid, the remainder of the 
Act or amendment and its application shall not be 
affected. 
(2) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made 
by this Act shall apply to applications for grants 
submitted in the first fiscal year beginning 18 
months after the date of enactment of this Act. 
(3) RULES.—Not later than 180 days after the 
date of enactment of this Act the Attorney General 
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shall issue such rules as may be necessary to carry 
out the amendments made by subsection (a)(1). 
Æ 
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