Us Congress 2023-2024 Regular Session

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2	2	118THCONGRESS
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4	4	STSESSION H. R. 27
5	5	To amend the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act to direct district
6	6	attorney and prosecutors offices to report to the Attorney General, and
7	7	for other purposes.
8	8	IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
9	9	JANUARY9, 2023
10	10	Ms. M
11	11	ALLIOTAKIS(for herself, Mr. RESCHENTHALER, Ms. STEFANIK, Ms.
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13	13	ANDUYNE, Mr. NEWHOUSE, Mr. JOHNSONof Louisiana, Mr. FITZ-
14	14	GERALD, Mr. TIFFANY, Mr. CRENSHAW, Mr. ISSA, Mr. STAUBER, Mr.
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16	16	ALVERT, Mrs. LESKO, Mr. JOYCEof Pennsylvania, Mrs. SPARTZ, Mr.
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18	18	EBSTERof Florida, Mrs. CAMMACK, Mr. MCCLINTOCK, Mrs. GREENE
19	19	of Georgia, and Mr. M
20	20	OYLAN) introduced the following bill; which was
21	21	referred to the Committee on the Judiciary
22	22	A BILL
23	23	To amend the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets
24	24	Act to direct district attorney and prosecutors offices
25	25	to report to the Attorney General, and for other pur-
26	26	poses.
27	27	Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1
28	28	tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2
29	29	SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3
30	30	This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Prosecutors Need to 4
31	31	Prosecute Act’’. 5
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35	35	SEC. 2. DISTRICT ATTORNEY REPORTING REQUIREMENTS 1
36	36	FOR BYRNE GRANTS. 2
37	37	Section 501 of subpart 1 of part E of title I of the 3
38	38	Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (34 4
39	39	U.S.C. 10151) is amended— 5
40	40	(1) by redesignating subsections (g) and (h) as 6
41	41	subsections (h) and (i), respectively; and 7
42	42	(2) by inserting after subsection (f) the fol-8
43	43	lowing: 9
44	44	‘‘(g) D
45	45	ISTRICTATTORNEYREPORTINGREQUIRE-10
46	46	MENTS.— 11
47	47	‘‘(1) I
48	48	N GENERAL.—On an annual basis, each 12
49	49	chief executive of a district attorney or prosecutor’s 13
50	50	office that serves a jurisdiction of 380,000 or more 14
51	51	persons, which jurisdiction receives funds under this 15
52	52	part, shall submit to the Attorney General a report 16
53	53	that contains, for the previous fiscal year, the fol-17
54	54	lowing: 18
55	55	‘‘(A) The total number of cases referred to 19
56	56	the office for prosecution of a covered offense. 20
57	57	‘‘(B) The number of cases such office de-21
58	58	clined to prosecute involving a covered offense. 22
59	59	‘‘(C) For cases involving a covered offense 23
60	60	that resulted in a plea agreement reached with 24
61	61	the defendant— 25
62	62	‘‘(i) the total number of such cases; 26
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66	66	‘‘(ii) the number of such cases by each 1
67	67	initial charge; and 2
68	68	‘‘(iii) the number of such cases by 3
69	69	each charge of conviction. 4
70	70	‘‘(D) The number of cases involving cov-5
71	71	ered offenses initiated against a defendant— 6
72	72	‘‘(i) previously arrested for a covered 7
73	73	offense arising out of separate conduct; 8
74	74	‘‘(ii) previously convicted for a covered 9
75	75	offense arising out of separate conduct; 10
76	76	‘‘(iii) with an open case involving a 11
77	77	covered offense arising out of separate con-12
78	78	duct; 13
79	79	‘‘(iv) serving a term of probation for 14
80	80	a conviction for a covered offense arising 15
81	81	out of separate conduct; and 16
82	82	‘‘(v) released on parole for a convic-17
83	83	tion for a covered offense arising out of 18
84	84	separate conduct. 19
85	85	‘‘(E) The number of defendants charged 20
86	86	with a covered offense— 21
87	87	‘‘(i) who were released on their own 22
88	88	recognizance; 23
89	89	‘‘(ii) who were eligible for bail; and 24
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93	93	‘‘(iii) for whom the prosecutor re-1
94	94	quested bail. 2
95	95	‘‘(2) U
96	96	NIFORM STANDARDS .—The Attorney 3
97	97	General shall define uniform standards for the re-4
98	98	porting of the information required under this sub-5
99	99	section, including the form such reports shall take 6
100	100	and the process by which such reports shall be 7
101	101	shared with the Attorney General. 8
102	102	‘‘(3) S
103	103	UBMISSION TO JUDICIARY COMMIT -9
104	104	TEES.—The Attorney General shall submit the infor-10
105	105	mation received under this subsection to the Com-11
106	106	mittee on the Judiciary of the Senate and the Com-12
107	107	mittee on the Judiciary of the House of Representa-13
108	108	tives and shall publish such information on a pub-14
109	109	licly viewable website. 15
110	110	‘‘(4) C
111	111	OVERED OFFENSE DEFINED .—In this 16
112	112	subsection, the term ‘covered offense’ means any of 17
113	113	the following: 18
114	114	‘‘(A) Murder or non-negligent man-19
115	115	slaughter. 20
116	116	‘‘(B) Forcible rape. 21
117	117	‘‘(C) Robbery. 22
118	118	‘‘(D) Aggravated assault. 23
119	119	‘‘(E) Burglary. 24
120	120	‘‘(F) Larceny. 25
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124	124	‘‘(G) Motor vehicle theft. 1
125	125	‘‘(H) Arson. 2
126	126	‘‘(I) Any offense involving the illegal use of 3
127	127	a firearm. 4
128	128	‘‘(J) Any offense involving the illegal pos-5
129	129	session of a firearm.’’. 6
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