[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 3919 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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118th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 3919

  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.


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                   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

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                                 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.

    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 ``Keep Violent Criminals Off Our 
Streets Act''.

SEC. 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).''.
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