[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 4462 Introduced in Senate (IS)]
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119th CONGRESS
2d Session
S. 4462
To establish a publicly accessible database of individuals with
convictions for violent crimes, and for other purposes.
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IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
April 30, 2026
Mr. Graham introduced the following bill; which was read twice and
referred to the Committee on the Judiciary
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A BILL
To establish a publicly accessible database of individuals with
convictions for violent crimes, 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; TABLE OF CONTENTS.
(a) Short Title.--This Act may be cited as ``Logan's Law''.
(b) Table of Contents.--The table of contents for this Act is as
follows:
Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents.
TITLE I--VIOLENT CRIMINAL OFFENDER DATABASE
Sec. 101. Definitions.
Sec. 102. Database.
Sec. 103. State participation in database.
TITLE II--FEDERAL EFFORTS TO INCREASE DATA SHARING AMONG STATES
Sec. 201. Report and recommendations on information sharing.
TITLE I--VIOLENT CRIMINAL OFFENDER DATABASE
SEC. 101. DEFINITIONS.
In this title:
(1) Byrne jag grant program.--The term ``Byrne JAG grant
program'' means the grant program established under subpart 1
of part E of title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe
Streets Act of 1968 (34 U.S.C. 10151 et seq.).
(2) Database.--The term ``Database'' means the database
established under section 102(a).
(3) Qualifying conviction.--The term ``qualifying
conviction''--
(A) means any conviction for an offense that--
(i) is punishable by imprisonment for a
term exceeding 180 days, regardless of the
sentence actually imposed; and
(ii)(I) has as an element the use,
attempted use, or threatened use of physical
force against the person or property of
another; or
(II) by its nature, involves a substantial
risk that physical force against the person or
property of another may be used in the course
of committing the offense; and
(B) does not include any conviction--
(i) that has been expunged, vacated, set
aside, or otherwise rendered legally
inoperative under Federal or State law; or
(ii) if the person who committed the
offense of conviction has been pardoned for the
offense pursuant to a full and unconditional
pardon.
(4) State.--The term ``State'' means a State of the United
States, the District of Columbia, any commonwealth, territory,
or possession of the United States, and a tribal organization.
(5) Tribal organization.--The term ``tribal organization''
has the meaning given the term in section 4 of the Indian Self-
Determination and Education Assistance Act (25 U.S.C. 5304).
SEC. 102. DATABASE.
(a) Establishment.--Not later than 180 days after the date of
enactment of this Act, the Attorney General shall establish a publicly
accessible database of all individuals with qualifying convictions, to
be known as the ``Violent Criminal Offender Database''.
(b) Requirements.--The Attorney General shall ensure that--
(1) the Database includes both Federal and State records of
qualifying convictions;
(2) to the extent practicable, the Database utilizes
records collected by the Federal Bureau of Investigation;
(3) the Database is available free of charge to the public;
(4) the Database is searchable by--
(A) name;
(B) address;
(C) date of birth;
(D) sex;
(E) race;
(F) nationality;
(G) citizenship status;
(H) type of conviction;
(I) current and historical probation status related
to a qualifying conviction, including information on
any probation revocation or violation;
(J) jurisdiction of each qualifying conviction;
(K) the maximum fine and term of imprisonment
authorized, and the actual fine and term of
imprisonment imposed, for each qualifying conviction;
(L) whether each qualifying conviction was the
result of a plea agreement or a trial;
(M) the sentencing judge for each qualifying
conviction;
(N) the prosecuting office for each qualifying
conviction; and
(O) any other searchable category the Attorney
General determines appropriate to ensure the safety of
the public; and
(5) the public is informed of the availability of the
Database.
(c) Updates.--
(1) In general.--Not less frequently than quarterly, the
Attorney General shall update the Database.
(2) Removal of persons with legally inoperative
convictions.--Upon determining that a conviction for which a
person has been listed in the Database no longer constitutes a
qualifying conviction by reason of section 101(3)(B), the
Attorney General shall remove the person from the Database with
respect to that conviction.
SEC. 103. STATE PARTICIPATION IN DATABASE.
(a) Submission of Data.--Not later than 180 days after the date of
enactment of this Act, and on an ongoing basis thereafter, each State
that receives amounts under the Byrne JAG grant program shall submit to
the Attorney General all data regarding qualifying convictions entered
by a court of the State or a political subdivision of the State
necessary for the Attorney General to comply with section 102.
(b) Byrne JAG Grant Penalty for Noncompliance.--The Attorney
General--
(1) shall not distribute amounts under the Bryne JAG grant
program to a State that is not in compliance with subsection
(a); and
(2) in the case of amounts under the Byrne JAG grant
program that the Attorney General would have distributed to a
State but for the prohibition under paragraph (1) of this
subsection, may, at the discretion of the Attorney General, and
without regard to the requirements and limitations under
section 505 of title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe
Streets Act of 1968 (34 U.S.C. 10156), distribute those amounts
directly to units of local government in the State, which shall
be in addition to the grants required to be made directly to
units of local government under subsection (d) of such section
505.
TITLE II--FEDERAL EFFORTS TO INCREASE DATA SHARING AMONG STATES
SEC. 201. REPORT AND RECOMMENDATIONS ON INFORMATION SHARING.
Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of this Act,
the Attorney General shall submit to the Committee on the Judiciary of
the Senate and the Committee on the Judiciary of the House of
Representatives a report that includes the following:
(1) A description of the current process and procedure for
sharing criminal records, including fingerprint, warrant, and
criminal history data--
(A) between the States; and
(B) between the States and the Federal Government.
(2) The identification of any procedural or process burdens
that can or could result in criminal records not being shared
between prosecutorial offices or departments, to the extent
that such burdens result in harm to the public.
(3) Recommendations for both the Department of Justice and
Congress to ensure that criminal records are shared between
relevant prosecutorial offices and law enforcement agencies of
States and between such offices and agencies of States and the
Federal Government such that the public is protected from
criminal offenders.
(4) Any other matters, issues, laws, compacts, or
regulations that the Attorney General identifies as detrimental
to the goal of ensuring that--
(A) the records of criminal offenders are shared
with prosecutors nationwide; and
(B) repeat criminal offenders are not given
inappropriately light sentences due to their records
not being shared as described in subparagraph (A).
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