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119TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 6982 
To amend the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to 
provide for reporting requirements for certain grantees for grants to 
combat violence against women. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JANUARY 8, 2026 
Ms. MACE (for herself and Mr. FINE) 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 for reporting requirements for 
certain grantees for grants to combat violence against 
women. 
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 ‘‘Preventing Prosecutors 
from Protecting Predators Act of 2026’’. 
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SEC. 2. GRANTS TO COMBAT VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN 
REPORTING REQUIREMENTS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Part T of title I of the Omnibus 
Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (34 U.S.C. 
10441 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘SEC. 2019. PROSECUTORIAL DATA REPORTING. 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—On an annual basis, each chief 
prosecuting officer of a covered office that serves a juris-
diction of 100,000 or more persons, if that jurisdiction 
receives funds under this part, shall submit to the Attor-
ney General a report that contains, for the previous fiscal 
year, the following: 
‘‘(1) The total number of cases referred to the 
office for prosecution of a covered offense. 
‘‘(2) The number of cases involving a covered 
offense such office declined to prosecute and the rea-
soning for why the office declined to prosecute the 
covered offense. 
‘‘(3) The number of cases involving a covered 
offense initiated against a defendant— 
‘‘(A) previously arrested for an offense 
arising out of separate conduct; 
‘‘(B) previously convicted for an offense 
arising out of separate conduct; 
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‘‘(C) with a pending case involving an of-
fense arising out of separate conduct; 
‘‘(D) serving a term of probation for a con-
viction for an offense arising out of separate 
conduct; 
‘‘(E) currently on parole for a conviction 
for an offense arising out of separate conduct; 
and 
‘‘(F) currently or previously enrolled on 
the National Sex Offender Registry. 
‘‘(4) The number of defendants charged with a 
covered offense— 
‘‘(A) released on their own recognizance; 
‘‘(B) who were eligible for bail; 
‘‘(C) for whom the prosecutor requested 
bail and— 
‘‘(i) the type of bail requested; 
‘‘(ii) the amount of bail requested; 
and 
‘‘(iii) whether additional non-monetary 
conditions were requested; 
‘‘(D) for whom the court granted bail 
and— 
‘‘(i) the type of bail imposed; 
‘‘(ii) the amount of bail imposed; 
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‘‘(iii) whether additional non-monetary 
conditions were requested or imposed; and 
‘‘(iv) outcomes after release on bail, 
including failure to appear or rearrest for 
an offense arising out of separate conduct; 
and 
‘‘(E) held in pretrial detention. 
‘‘(5) The number of defendants charged with a 
covered offense— 
‘‘(A) convicted of the covered offense as 
the result of a trial; 
‘‘(B) convicted of an offense as the result 
of a plea agreement; 
‘‘(C) found not guilty of the covered of-
fense as the result of a trial; 
‘‘(D) whose cases ended in a mistrial; 
‘‘(E) whose charges were dismissed and 
the reasoning for each dismissal; and 
‘‘(F) whose charges were adjudicated by a 
diversion 
agreement, 
deferred 
prosecution 
agreement, or any substantively similar proce-
dure and the reasoning for each agreement. 
‘‘(6) For cases involving a covered offense that 
resulted in a plea agreement reached with the de-
fendant— 
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‘‘(A) the number of such cases by each ini-
tial charge referred for prosecution; 
‘‘(B) the number of such cases by each 
charge that a defendant was convicted of as 
part of a plea-deal; 
‘‘(C) the number of such cases involving a 
defendant previously arrested for an offense 
arising out of separate conduct; 
‘‘(D) the number of such cases involving a 
defendant previously convicted for an offense 
arising out of separate conduct; 
‘‘(E) the number of such cases involving a 
defendant serving a term of probation for a 
conviction for an offense arising out of separate 
conduct; 
‘‘(F) the number of such cases involving a 
defendant released on parole for a conviction 
for an offense arising out of separate conduct; 
and 
‘‘(G) the number of such cases involving a 
defendant currently or previously enrolled on 
the National Sex Offender Registry. 
‘‘(7) For cases involving a covered offense that 
resulted in a conviction of the defendant at trial— 
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‘‘(A) the number of such cases by each ini-
tial charge referred for prosecution; 
‘‘(B) the number of such cases involving a 
defendant previously arrested for an offense 
arising out of separate conduct; 
‘‘(C) the number of such cases involving a 
defendant previously convicted for an offense 
arising out of separate conduct; 
‘‘(D) the number of such cases involving a 
defendant serving a term of probation for a 
conviction for an offense arising out of separate 
conduct; 
‘‘(E) the number of such cases involving a 
defendant released on parole for a conviction 
for an offense arising out of separate conduct; 
‘‘(F) the number of such cases involving a 
defendant currently or previously enrolled on 
the National Sex Offender Registry; 
‘‘(G) the prosecutor’s sentencing rec-
ommendation and justification; and 
‘‘(H) the actual sentence imposed. 
‘‘(b) UNIFORM STANDARDS.—The Attorney General 
shall define uniform standards for the reporting of the in-
formation required under this subsection, including the 
form such reports shall take and the process by which such 
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reports shall be shared with the Attorney General. The 
Attorney General shall require each covered office to re-
port information segregated by covered offense and orga-
nized in distinct sections reflecting prosecutions, bail con-
ditions, plea agreements, and sentencing outcomes for 
each such offense. 
‘‘(c) SUBMISSION TO JUDICIARY COMMITTEES.—The 
Attorney General shall submit the information received 
under this subsection to the Committee on the Judiciary 
of the Senate and the Committee on the Judiciary of the 
House of Representatives and shall publish such informa-
tion on a publicly viewable website. 
‘‘(d) COVERED OFFENSE DEFINED.—In this sub-
section, the term ‘covered offense’ means any of the fol-
lowing, and includes any attempt or conspiracy to commit 
any of the following: 
‘‘(1) Rape. 
‘‘(2) Sexual assault. 
‘‘(3) Domestic violence. 
‘‘(4) Domestic abuse or spousal abuse. 
‘‘(5) Production, possession, sale, or distribu-
tion of child sex abuse materials or child pornog-
raphy. 
‘‘(6) Child abuse and neglect. 
‘‘(7) Sexual abuse or aggravated sexual abuse. 
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‘‘(8) Child sexual abuse. 
‘‘(9) Forcible sodomy. 
‘‘(10) Murder or manslaughter committed be-
fore, during, or after a sex offense. 
‘‘(11) Incest. 
‘‘(12) Burglary with intent to commit a sex of-
fense. 
‘‘(13) Voyeurism or video voyeurism. 
‘‘(14) Solicitation of a minor to engage in sex-
ual conduct. 
‘‘(15) Solicitation of a minor to engage in or 
practice prostitution. 
‘‘(16) Endangering the welfare of a child. 
‘‘(17) Sexual exploitation of a minor. 
‘‘(18) Nonconsensual distribution of intimate 
images. 
‘‘(19) Sex trafficking. 
‘‘(e) COVERED OFFICE DEFINED.—In this section, 
the term ‘covered office’ means any of the following: 
‘‘(1) The attorney general’s office or sub-
stantively similar office of a State, Territory, or trib-
al jurisdiction. 
‘‘(2) The office of a subdivision of a State, ter-
ritory, or Tribal jurisdiction responsible for prosecu-
tion, including a district attorney’s office, state’s at-
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torney office, county attorney’s office, city attorney’s 
office or solicitor’s office. 
‘‘(f) PENALTIES FOR NONCOMPLIANCE.—Beginning 
in the first fiscal year after the effective date of this sec-
tion, the following shall apply: 
‘‘(1) If the chief executive of a covered office re-
quired to submit a report under this section fails to 
submit the required report, the Attorney General 
shall withhold not less than 25 percent and not more 
than 50 percent of funds otherwise allocable to that 
office under this part for the following fiscal year. 
‘‘(2) If the Attorney General determines that a 
covered office has declined to prosecute more than 
one-half of the total number of cases referred to it 
for prosecution of a covered offense during the pre-
ceding fiscal year, the Attorney General may— 
‘‘(A) require that office to submit a correc-
tive action plan addressing prosecutorial prac-
tices and criteria for case declinations; 
‘‘(B) condition continued grants under this 
part on implementation of the corrective plan; 
and 
‘‘(C) in cases of repeated noncompliance or 
failure to implement such a plan, reduce or sus-
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pend future grant eligibility for that office for 
a period not to exceed two fiscal years.’’. 
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