[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 8205 Introduced in House (IH)]

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118th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 8205

  To amend the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to 
  provide that Byrne grant funds may be used for public safety report 
                    systems, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              May 1, 2024

Mr. Fitzgerald (for himself, Mr. Nehls, Mr. Steil, Mr. Tiffany, and Mr. 
Higgins of Louisiana) introduced the following bill; which was referred 
                   to the Committee on the Judiciary

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                                 A BILL


 
  To amend the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to 
  provide that Byrne grant funds may be used for public safety report 
                    systems, 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 ``Keeping Violent Offenders Off Our 
Streets Act''.

SEC. 2. USE OF BYRNE GRANT FUNDING FOR PUBLIC SAFETY REPORT SYSTEMS.

    Section 501 of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 
1968 (34 U.S.C. 10152) is amended--
            (1) in subsection (a)(1), by adding at the end the 
        following:
                    ``(J) A public safety report system described in 
                subsection (i).''; and
            (2) by adding at the end the following:
    ``(i) Public Safety Report System Described.--A public safety 
report system described in this subsection shall include the following:
            ``(1) In general.--The public safety report system shall be 
        developed and maintained by the State or Tribal Court 
        Administration, shall provide judges and prosecutors in the 
        jurisdiction, at no cost, a public safety report for each 
        defendant charged with an offense described in subparagraph 
        (A), and shall contain the following:
                    ``(A) The criteria for setting bail for an 
                individual charged with--
                            ``(i) murder, manslaughter (except 
                        involuntary manslaughter), or attempted murder;
                            ``(ii) rape, attempted rape, or any other 
                        felony sexual abuse offense or attempt to 
                        commit such an offense;
                            ``(iii) any felony assault offense;
                            ``(iv) kidnapping;
                            ``(v) robbery;
                            ``(vi) a felony offense involving resisting 
                        or obstructing an officer;
                            ``(vii) carjacking;
                            ``(viii) unlawful possession of a firearm 
                        in the commission of a felony; or
                            ``(ix) any other violent felony.
                    ``(B) Identifying information regarding each 
                defendant charged with an offense described in 
                subparagraph (A), the case filed against the defendant, 
                and the offense with which the defendant is charged.
                    ``(C) Information on the eligibility of each such 
                defendant for a personal bond.
                    ``(D) Information regarding the applicability of 
                any required or discretionary bond conditions for each 
                such defendant.
                    ``(E) A summary of the criminal history of the 
                defendant, including information regarding any--
                            ``(i) previous misdemeanor or felony 
                        conviction;
                            ``(ii) pending charges;
                            ``(iii) previous sentence imposing a term 
                        of imprisonment;
                            ``(iv) previous conviction or pending 
                        charges for any offense described in 
                        subparagraph (A); and
                            ``(v) previous failure of the defendant to 
                        appear in court following release on bail.
            ``(2) Use of system.--The public safety report system shall 
        be used by the jurisdiction as follows:
                    ``(A) In the case of a State or Tribal court in 
                that jurisdiction that is considering the release on 
                bail of a defendant charged with an offense described 
                in subparagraph (A) of paragraph (1)--
                            ``(i) the prosecutor shall use the public 
                        safety report system developed under section 3 
                        to prepare a public safety report with respect 
                        to the defendant;
                            ``(ii) the prosecutor shall provide the 
                        public safety report prepared under clause (i) 
                        to the State or Tribal court as soon as 
                        practicable, but not later than 48 hours after 
                        the defendant's arrest; and
                            ``(iii) the court shall consider the public 
                        safety report before setting bail; and
                    ``(B) To submit each public safety report prepared 
                under subparagraph (A)(i) to the National Crime 
                Information Center.''.

SEC. 3. FRAUD IN CONNECTION WITH POSTING BAIL.

    Section 1033(f)(1)(A) of title 18, United States Code, is amended 
by inserting before the comma the following: ``(including the posting 
of monetary bail, criminal bail bonds, and Federal immigration bail 
bonds)''.
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