Keep Violent Criminals Off Our Streets Act

Bill: 118-s-3919
Sponsor: full_name: Sen. Blackburn, Marsha [R-TN]
Introduced: 2024-03-12
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Latest action: action_date: 2024-03-12
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.

Summaries:

tv_txt: II 118th CONGRESS 2d Session S. 3919 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES March 12, 2024 Mrs. Blackburn (for herself and Mr. Cramer ) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary A BILL To render State or local governments with certain bail and pretrial detention policies ineligible to receive funds under the Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant Program.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Keep Violent Criminals Off Our Streets Act . 2. Prohibition on grants for certain entities Section 502 of title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 ( 34 U.S.C. 10153 ) is amended by adding at the end the following: (c) Ineligibility For the first fiscal year beginning after the date of enactment of the Keep Violent Criminals Off Our Streets Act for which a State or unit of local government requests a grant under this subpart (or requests a renewal or extension of such a grant), and each fiscal year thereafter, if the State or unit of local government has in effect a policy or law that prohibits the use of cash bail for all offenders or that does not employ pretrial detention practices for every violent offender, including every violent juvenile offender, the State of unit of local government may not be awarded a grant under this subpart (or a renewal or extension of such a grant). .