[Congressional Bills 114th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 3541 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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114th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 3541

 To require States and units of local government receiving funds under 
  grant programs operated by the Department of Justice that use such 
funds for pretrial services programs to submit to the Attorney General 
      a report relating to such programs, and for other purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                            December 9, 2016

   Mr. Hatch introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
               referred to the Committee on the Judiciary

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                                 A BILL


 
 To require States and units of local government receiving funds under 
  grant programs operated by the Department of Justice that use such 
funds for pretrial services programs to submit to the Attorney General 
      a report relating to such programs, 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 ``Citizens' Right to Know Act of 
2016''.

SEC. 2. REPORTING REQUIREMENT FOR DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE GRANT 
              RECIPIENTS USING FUNDS FOR PRETRIAL SERVICES PROGRAMS.

    (a) In General.--For each fiscal year in which a State or unit of 
local government receives funds under any grant program operated by the 
Department of Justice, including the Edward Byrne Memorial Justice 
Assistance grant program under subpart I of part E of title I of the 
Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 3750 et 
seq.), and in which the State or unit of local government uses funds 
received under such program for a pretrial services program, the State 
or unit of local government shall submit to the Attorney General a 
report which contains the following:
            (1) The name of each defendant participating in a pretrial 
        release program administered by the pretrial services program, 
        and whether, as applicable, the defendant appeared for trial 
        and any post-release required court appearance.
            (2) Information relating to the previous arrest record of 
        each defendant participating in the pretrial services program.
            (3) Information relating to any previous failure by each 
        defendant participating in a pretrial release program 
        administered by the pretrial services program to appear for 
        trial or any post-release required court appearance.
            (4) The amount of Federal funds the pretrial services 
        program received during the previous fiscal year.
    (b) Publication Requirement.--Subject to any applicable 
confidentiality requirements, the Attorney General shall, on an annual 
basis, make publicly available the information received under 
subsection (a).
    (c) Reduction in Funding.--If a State or unit of local government 
fails to comply with the requirement under subsection (a) for a fiscal 
year, the Attorney General shall reduce the amount that the State or 
unit of local government would otherwise receive under each grant 
program described in subsection (a) in the following fiscal year--
            (1) by 10 percent, if the failure to comply with the 
        requirement was the first such failure; or
            (2) by 20 percent, if the failure to comply with the 
        requirement was the second or subsequent such failure.
    (d) Reallocation.--Amounts not allocated to a State or unit of 
local government under subsection (c) shall be reallocated under each 
such grant program to States and units of local government that comply 
with the requirement under subsection (a).
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