Title: Bill’s Promise Act
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement

Summary:
Bill's Promise Act
This bill requires the Government Accountability Office to study and report on how individuals on federal pretrial release are monitored.

[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3657 Introduced in House (IH)]

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116th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 3657

 To require the Comptroller General of the United States to study how 
certain individuals who are granted pretrial release are monitored, and 
                          for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              July 9, 2019

Mr. Katko (for himself, Mr. Johnson of Georgia, Mrs. Roby, Mr. Swalwell 
      of California, Mr. Cline, Mr. Thompson of Mississippi, Mr. 
 Sensenbrenner, and Ms. Dean) introduced the following bill; which was 
               referred to the Committee on the Judiciary

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                                 A BILL


 
 To require the Comptroller General of the United States to study how 
certain individuals who are granted pretrial release are monitored, and 
                          for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Bill's Promise Act''.

SEC. 2. GAO STUDY.

    (a) Study Required.--The Comptroller General of the United States 
shall conduct a study on how individuals charged with Federal crimes 
and granted pretrial release are monitored. The study shall--
            (1) provide a review of policies related to how United 
        States probation and pretrial services officers monitor 
        individuals on pretrial release;
            (2) compare the policies of the Administrative Office of 
        the United States Courts with respect to the monitoring of 
        individuals on pretrial release to the policies of States and 
        localities with respect to the monitoring of individuals on 
        pretrial release;
            (3) provide data on the number and type of offenses 
        committed by individuals on Federal pretrial release over the 
        past 10 years;
            (4) describe how United States probation and pretrial 
        services officers respond when an electronic monitoring device 
        indicates that individuals are not complying with the 
        conditions of their pretrial release;
            (5) describe how United States probation and pretrial 
        services officers respond when there are indications that an 
        electronic monitoring device has been tampered with;
            (6) describe what measures the Administrative Office of the 
        United States Courts takes to ensure that probation and 
        pretrial services offices are adhering to and correctly 
        implementing policies related to the supervision of individuals 
        on pretrial release;
            (7) examine the capacity in which the United States 
        Probation and Pretrial Services System enlists the assistance 
        of State and local law enforcement agencies in monitoring 
        individuals on pretrial release and responding to indications 
        an individual is not complying with the terms of the 
        individual's pretrial release; and
            (8) examine resource and capacity issues currently 
        impacting officer retention and the administration of pretrial 
        and probation services.
    (b) Report to Congress.--Not later than 1 year after the date of 
enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General of the United States 
shall submit to the Committee on the Judiciary of the Senate and the 
Committee on the Judiciary of the House of Representatives a report 
summarizing the results of the study required under subsection (a), 
together with any recommendations for legislative or regulatory action 
that would improve the administration of pretrial release services.
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