I 
114TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 4364 
To amend title V of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act 
of 1968 to prohibit Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grants 
from being made available to a State or unit of local government that 
has a contract with a person that charges a fee to pay-only probationers, 
and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JANUARY 11, 2016 
Mr. TAKANO (for himself, Mr. CONYERS, Mr. ELLISON, Ms. JACKSON LEE, 
Mr. JOHNSON of Georgia, and Ms. LEE) introduced the following bill; 
which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary 
A BILL 
To amend title V of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe 
Streets Act of 1968 to prohibit Edward Byrne Memorial 
Justice Assistance Grants from being made available to 
a State or unit of local government that has a contract 
with a person that charges a fee to pay-only proba-
tioners, 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 ‘‘End of Debtor’s Prison 
Act of 2016’’. 
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SEC. 2. CONTRACTS WITH PROBATION COMPANIES. 
(a) LIMITATION
ON BYRNE JUSTICE ASSISTANCE 
GRANTS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Section 501 of the Omnibus 
Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (42 
U.S.C. 3750) is amended by adding at the end the 
following: 
‘‘(h) PROHIBITED RECIPIENTS OF FUNDS.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—No Federal funds may be 
made available under this subpart, including through 
subawards, to any State or unit of local government 
that has a contract with a person who— 
‘‘(A) under such contract, collects fees and 
fines imposed by a State or local court on a 
pay-only probationer; and 
‘‘(B) collects from such probationer a fee 
that is imposed with respect to such collection. 
‘‘(2) PAY-ONLY PROBATIONER DEFINED.—The 
term ‘pay-only probationer’ means an individual who 
is placed on probation due to the failure of the indi-
vidual to pay any part of a fine or fee imposed by 
a State or local court.’’. 
(2) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made 
by subsection (a) shall apply with respect to grants 
made in or after the fiscal year which begins after 
the date of the enactment of this Act. 
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(b) REPORTING REQUIREMENT.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Section 522(a) of the Omni-
bus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (42 
U.S.C. 3766b(a)) is amended— 
(A) in paragraph (4), by striking ‘‘and’’ at 
the end; 
(B) by redesignating paragraph (5) as 
paragraph (6); and 
(C) by inserting after paragraph (4) the 
following: 
‘‘(5) for the State and each unit of local govern-
ment in the State for such year, a list of the persons 
with which such State or unit of local government 
had a contract under which the person assisted in 
administering a probation ordered by a State or 
local court during such year and, for each such per-
son— 
‘‘(A) the amount payable by the State or 
unit of local government to such person for 
such assistance during such year; and 
‘‘(B) whether the person collected a fee 
from a pay-only probationer (as such term is 
defined in section 501(h)(2)) with respect to 
such assistance; and’’. 
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(2) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made 
by paragraph (1) shall apply with respect to reports 
submitted for years beginning after the date of the 
enactment of this Act. 
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