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Union Calendar No. 507 
115TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 2152 
[Report No. 115–659] 
To require States and units of local government receiving funds under grant 
programs operated by the Department of Justice, which use such funds 
for pretrial services programs, to submit to the Attorney General a 
report relating to such program, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
APRIL 26, 2017 
Mr. POE of Texas (for himself and Mr. WALBERG) introduced the following 
bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary 
APRIL 27, 2018 
Additional sponsors: Mr. HUIZENGA, Mr. SMITH of Texas, Mr. MEADOWS, Mr. 
BIGGS, Mr. BRIDENSTINE, Mr. BUDD, Mr. ZELDIN, Mr. PALMER, Mr. 
HIGGINS of Louisiana, Mr. FRANKS of Arizona, Mr. LABRADOR, Mr. 
BILIRAKIS, Mr. GAETZ, Mr. WESTERMAN, Mr. KING of Iowa, Mr. 
MARINO, Mr. RUTHERFORD, Mr. GOHMERT, Mr. RATCLIFFE, Mr. 
FARENTHOLD, Mr. BUCK, Mr. SMUCKER, Mr. CHABOT, Mrs. HANDEL, 
Mrs. ROBY, Mr. COLLINS of Georgia, Mr. HARPER, Mr. JORDAN, Mr. 
JOHNSON of Louisiana, and Mr. SESSIONS 
APRIL 27, 2018 
Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole 
House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed 
[Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic] 
[For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on April 26, 2017] 
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A BILL 
To require States and units of local government receiving 
funds under grant programs operated by the Department 
of Justice, which use such funds for pretrial services 
programs, to submit to the Attorney General a report 
relating to such program, and for other purposes. 
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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 ‘‘Citizens’ Right to Know 
Act of 2018’’. 
SEC. 2. REPORTING REQUIREMENT FOR DEPARTMENT OF 
JUSTICE GRANT RECIPIENTS USING FUNDS 
FOR PRETRIAL SERVICES PROGRAMS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—For each fiscal year in which a 
State or unit of local government receives funds under any 
grant program operated by the Department of Justice, in-
cluding the Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance 
grant program under subpart I of part E of title I of the 
Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (42 
U.S.C. 3750 et seq.), and which uses funds received under 
such program for a pretrial services program, the State or 
unit of local government shall submit to the Attorney Gen-
eral a report which contains the following: 
(1) The name of each defendant participating in 
a pretrial release program administered by the pre-
trial services program, and whether, as applicable, 
each occasion on which such defendant failed to make 
an appearance. 
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(2) Information relating to any prior convictions 
of each defendant participating in the pretrial serv-
ices program. 
(3) The amount of money allocated for the pre-
trial services program. 
(b) PUBLICATION REQUIREMENT.—Subject to any ap-
plicable confidentiality requirements, the Attorney General 
shall, on an annual basis, make publicly available the infor-
mation received under subsection (a). 
(c) REDUCTION IN FUNDING.—The Attorney General 
shall, for State or unit of local government which fails to 
comply with the requirement under subsection (a) for a fis-
cal year, reduce the amount that the State or local govern-
ment would otherwise receive under each grant program de-
scribed in subsection (a) in the following fiscal year by 100 
percent. 
(d) REALLOCATION.—Amounts not allocated to a State 
or unit of local government under subsection (c) shall be 
reallocated under each such grant program to States and 
units of local government that comply with the requirement 
under subsection (a). 
(e) DEFINITION.—The term ‘‘failed to make an ap-
pearance’’ means an action whereby any defendant has been 
charged with an offense before a court and who is partici-
pating in a pretrial release program for which funds re-
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ceived under a grant program referred to in subsection (a) 
are used as a condition of pretrial release— 
(1) does not appear for any court date regarding 
such charge; 
(2) does not appear for any one appointment 
with the pretrial services program; or 
(3) does not appear for any post-release appear-
ance the court may require. 
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