Grand Jury Transparency Act

Bill: 114-hr-3028
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Jeffries, Hakeem S. [D-NY-8]
Introduced: 2015-07-10
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation

Evidence and witnesses

Freedom of information

Law enforcement administration and funding
Latest action: action_date: 2015-07-29
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.

Summaries:
action_date: 2015-07-10
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><b style="">Grand Jury Transparency Act</b></p> <p>This bill amends the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to permit the Department of Justice to give preferential treatment to applications for public safety and community policing grants from jurisdictions that have a law or ordinance to make grand jury transcripts and other records publicly available. </p>

tv_txt: I 114th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 3028 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES July 10, 2015 Mr. Jeffries (for himself, Mrs. Lawrence , Ms. Jackson Lee , Ms. Bass , Mr. Meeks , and Ms. Judy Chu of California ) 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 that the Attorney General may give preferential consideration for grants under part Q of title I of that Act to applications from jurisdictions which have in place laws or ordinances to make available to the public grand jury transcripts and other records considered by grand juries, and for other purposes.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Grand Jury Transparency Act . 2. Preferential treatment for COPS grants for States with sunshine laws Section 1701(c) of title I the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 ( 42 U.S.C. 3796dd(c) ) is amended by inserting before the period at the end the following: , or to applications from a jurisdiction, or an entity located in a jurisdiction, which has in place a law or ordinance to make available to the public grand jury transcripts and other records considered by grand juries .