Presidential Pardon Transparency Act of 2021

Bill: 117-s-318
Sponsor: full_name: Sen. Merkley, Jeff [D-OR]
Introduced: 2021-02-12
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Criminal procedure and sentencing

Government ethics and transparency, public corruption

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Latest action: action_date: 2021-02-12
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.

Summaries:
action_date: 2021-02-12
action_desc: Introduced in Senate
text: <p><b>Presidential Pardon Transparency Act of 2021</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: II 117th CONGRESS 1st Session S. 318 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES February 12, 2021 Mr. Merkley (for himself, Mr. Wyden , Ms. Hirono , and Mr. Blumenthal ) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 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 2021 . 2. Publication of pardons Not later than 3 days after the date on which the President grants any reprieve or pardon for an offense 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.