[Congressional Bills 117th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 318 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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117th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                 S. 318

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


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                   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

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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 2021''.

SEC. 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.
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