I 
117TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 8930 
To establish certain conditions on receipt of Byrne grant funding related 
to minimum bail standards and public safety reporting, and for other 
purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
SEPTEMBER 21, 2022 
Mr. FITZGERALD (for himself, Mr. TIFFANY, Mr. NEHLS, and Mr. ROUZER) 
introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the 
Judiciary 
A BILL 
To establish certain conditions on receipt of Byrne grant 
funding related to minimum bail standards and public 
safety reporting, 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’’. 
SEC. 2. MINIMUM BAIL STANDARDS CONDITION FOR RE-
CEIPT OF BYRNE GRANT FUNDING. 
Beginning in the first fiscal year that begins after 
the date that is 3 years after the date of enactment of 
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this Act, the Attorney General shall reduce by 75 percent 
the amount that a State or unit of local government would 
otherwise receive under the Byrne grant program under 
subpart 1 of part E of title I of the Omnibus Crime Con-
trol and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (34 U.S.C. 10151 et 
seq.), in the case of a State or unit of local government 
that does not have in effect a policy that requires the con-
sideration of the pretrial release factors described in sec-
tion 3142(g) of title 18, United States Code, at minimum, 
to determine whether there are conditions of release that 
will reasonably assure the appearance of a person as re-
quired and the safety of any other person and the commu-
nity. 
SEC. 3. PUBLIC SAFETY REPORT SYSTEM CONDITION FOR 
RECEIPT OF BYRNE GRANT FUNDING. 
Beginning in the first fiscal year that begins after 
the date that is 3 years after the date of enactment of 
this Act, the Attorney General shall reduce by 75 percent 
the amount that a State or Indian Tribe would otherwise 
receive under the Byrne grant program under subpart 1 
of part E of title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and 
Safe Streets Act of 1968 (34 U.S.C. 10151 et seq.), in 
the case of State or Indian Tribe that does not have in 
effect a public safety report system developed and main-
tained by the State or Tribal Court Administration, which 
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system shall provide judges and prosecutors in the juris-
diction, at no cost, a public safety report for each defend-
ant charged with an offense described in paragraph (1), 
which contains the following: 
(1) The criteria for setting bail for an indi-
vidual charged with— 
(A) murder, manslaughter (except involun-
tary manslaughter), or attempted murder; 
(B) rape, attempted rape, or any other fel-
ony sexual abuse offense or attempt to commit 
such an offense; 
(C) any felony assault offense; 
(D) kidnapping; 
(E) robbery; 
(F) a felony offense involving resisting or 
obstructing an officer; 
(G) carjacking; 
(H) unlawful possession of a firearm in the 
commission of a felony; or 
(I) any other violent felony. 
(2) Identifying information regarding each de-
fendant charged with an offense described in para-
graph (1), the case filed against the defendant, and 
the offense with which the defendant is charged. 
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(3) Information on the eligibility of each such 
defendant for a personal bond. 
(4) Information regarding the applicability of 
any required or discretionary bond conditions for 
each such defendant. 
(5) A summary of the criminal history of the 
defendant, including information regarding any— 
(A) previous misdemeanor or felony convic-
tion; 
(B) pending charges; 
(C) previous sentence imposing a term of 
imprisonment; 
(D) previous conviction or pending charges 
for any offense described in paragraph (1); and 
(E) previous failure of the defendant to ap-
pear in court following release on bail. 
SEC. 4. PUBLIC SAFETY REPORT USE AND SUBMISSION 
CONDITION FOR RECEIPT OF BYRNE GRANT 
FUNDING. 
Beginning in the first fiscal year that begins after 
the date that is 3 years after the date of enactment of 
this Act, the Attorney General shall reduce by 75 percent 
the amount that State or Indian Tribe would a State or 
Indian Tribe otherwise receive under the Byrne grant pro-
gram under subpart 1 of part E of title I of the Omnibus 
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Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (34 U.S.C. 
10151 et seq.), in the case of State or Indian Tribe that 
does not— 
(1) have in effect a law or policy providing that 
in the case of a State or Tribal court in that juris-
diction that is considering the release on bail of a 
defendant charged with an offense described in para-
graph (1) of section 3— 
(A) the prosecutor shall use the public 
safety report system developed under section 3 
to prepare a public safety report with respect to 
the defendant; 
(B) the prosecutor shall provide the public 
safety report prepared under subparagraph (A) 
to the State or Tribal court as soon as prac-
ticable, but not later than 48 hours after the 
defendant’s arrest; and 
(C) the court shall consider the public safe-
ty report before setting bail; and 
(2) submit each public safety report prepared 
under paragraph (1)(A) to the National Crime In-
formation Center. 
SEC. 5. 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: 
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‘‘(including the posting of monetary bail, criminal bail 
bonds, and Federal immigration bail bonds)’’. 
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