[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1348 Introduced in House (IH)]

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116th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1348

 To require the publication of the name of any person pardoned by the 
                   President, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           February 25, 2019

Mr. Krishnamoorthi (for himself, Ms. Velazquez, 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

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                                 A BILL


 
 To require the publication of the name of any person pardoned by the 
                   President, 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 ``Presidential Pardon Transparency Act 
of 2019''.

SEC. 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.
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