Presidential Pardon Transparency Act of 2019

Bill: 116-hr-1348
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Krishnamoorthi, Raja [D-IL-8]
Introduced: 2019-02-25
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Criminal procedure and sentencing

Government ethics and transparency, public corruption

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Presidents and presidential powers, Vice Presidents
Latest action: action_date: 2019-03-25
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties.

Summaries:
action_date: 2019-02-25
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><b>Presidential Pardon Transparency Act of 2019</b></p> <p>This bill requires certain information about presidential pardons and reprieves to be made public.</p> <p>Specifically, the President must publish the issue date, recipient, and full text of each pardon or reprieve granted.</p>

tv_txt: I 116th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 1348 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES February 25, 2019 Mr. Krishnamoorthi (for himself, Ms. Velázquez , Mr. Ruppersberger , Mr. Crist , Ms. Speier , Mr. Garamendi , Mr. Price of North Carolina , Mr. Nadler , Ms. DelBene , Mr. Welch , Ms. McCollum , Mr. Brendan F. Boyle of Pennsylvania , Mr. Soto , Mr. Blumenauer , Mr. Moulton , Mr. Ted Lieu of California , Ms. Schakowsky , Mr. Espaillat , and Mr. Hastings ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary A BILL To require the publication of the name of any person pardoned by the President, and for other purposes.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Presidential Pardon Transparency Act of 2019 . 2. Publication of pardons Not later than 3 days after the date on which the President grants any reprieve or pardon for an offence against the United States, the Attorney General shall publish in the Federal Register and on the official website of the President the following: (1) The name of the person. (2) The date on which the reprieve or pardon was issued. (3) The full text of the reprieve or pardon.