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4	4	STSESSION H. R. 350
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	JANUARY13, 2025
10	10	Ms. M
11	11	ALLIOTAKIS(for herself, Mr. WEBERof Texas, Ms. VANDUYNE, Mr.
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13	13	LLZEY, Mr. JOYCEof Pennsylvania, Mr. ISSA, and Mr. LOUDERMILK)
14	14	introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the
15	15	Judiciary
16	16	A BILL
17	17	To amend the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets
18	18	Act to direct district attorney and prosecutors offices
19	19	to report to the Attorney General, and for other pur-
20	20	poses.
21	21	Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1
22	22	tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2
23	23	SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3
24	24	This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Prosecutors Need to 4
25	25	Prosecute Act’’. 5
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29	29	SEC. 2. DISTRICT ATTORNEY REPORTING REQUIREMENTS 1
30	30	FOR BYRNE GRANTS. 2
31	31	Section 501 of subpart 1 of part E of title I of the 3
32	32	Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (34 4
33	33	U.S.C. 10151) is amended— 5
34	34	(1) by redesignating subsections (g) and (h) as 6
35	35	subsections (h) and (i), respectively; and 7
36	36	(2) by inserting after subsection (f) the fol-8
37	37	lowing: 9
38	38	‘‘(g) D
39	39	ISTRICTATTORNEYREPORTINGREQUIRE-10
40	40	MENTS.— 11
41	41	‘‘(1) I
42	42	N GENERAL.—On an annual basis, each 12
43	43	chief executive of a district attorney or prosecutor’s 13
44	44	office that serves a jurisdiction of 380,000 or more 14
45	45	persons, which jurisdiction receives funds under this 15
46	46	part, shall submit to the Attorney General a report 16
47	47	that contains, for the previous fiscal year, the fol-17
48	48	lowing: 18
49	49	‘‘(A) The total number of cases referred to 19
50	50	the office for prosecution of a covered offense. 20
51	51	‘‘(B) The number of cases such office de-21
52	52	clined to prosecute involving a covered offense. 22
53	53	‘‘(C) For cases involving a covered offense 23
54	54	that resulted in a plea agreement reached with 24
55	55	the defendant— 25
56	56	‘‘(i) the total number of such cases; 26
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60	60	‘‘(ii) the number of such cases by each 1
61	61	initial charge; and 2
62	62	‘‘(iii) the number of such cases by 3
63	63	each charge of conviction. 4
64	64	‘‘(D) The number of cases involving cov-5
65	65	ered offenses initiated against a defendant— 6
66	66	‘‘(i) previously arrested for a covered 7
67	67	offense arising out of separate conduct; 8
68	68	‘‘(ii) previously convicted for a covered 9
69	69	offense arising out of separate conduct; 10
70	70	‘‘(iii) with an open case involving a 11
71	71	covered offense arising out of separate con-12
72	72	duct; 13
73	73	‘‘(iv) serving a term of probation for 14
74	74	a conviction for a covered offense arising 15
75	75	out of separate conduct; and 16
76	76	‘‘(v) released on parole for a convic-17
77	77	tion for a covered offense arising out of 18
78	78	separate conduct. 19
79	79	‘‘(E) The number of defendants charged 20
80	80	with a covered offense— 21
81	81	‘‘(i) who were released on their own 22
82	82	recognizance; 23
83	83	‘‘(ii) who were eligible for bail; and 24
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87	87	‘‘(iii) for whom the prosecutor re-1
88	88	quested bail. 2
89	89	‘‘(2) U
90	90	NIFORM STANDARDS .—The Attorney 3
91	91	General shall define uniform standards for the re-4
92	92	porting of the information required under this sub-5
93	93	section, including the form such reports shall take 6
94	94	and the process by which such reports shall be 7
95	95	shared with the Attorney General. 8
96	96	‘‘(3) S
97	97	UBMISSION TO JUDICIARY COMMIT -9
98	98	TEES.—The Attorney General shall submit the infor-10
99	99	mation received under this subsection to the Com-11
100	100	mittee on the Judiciary of the Senate and the Com-12
101	101	mittee on the Judiciary of the House of Representa-13
102	102	tives and shall publish such information on a pub-14
103	103	licly viewable website. 15
104	104	‘‘(4) C
105	105	OVERED OFFENSE DEFINED .—In this 16
106	106	subsection, the term ‘covered offense’ means any of 17
107	107	the following: 18
108	108	‘‘(A) Murder or non-negligent man-19
109	109	slaughter. 20
110	110	‘‘(B) Forcible rape. 21
111	111	‘‘(C) Robbery. 22
112	112	‘‘(D) Aggravated assault. 23
113	113	‘‘(E) Burglary. 24
114	114	‘‘(F) Larceny. 25
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118	118	‘‘(G) Motor vehicle theft. 1
119	119	‘‘(H) Arson. 2
120	120	‘‘(I) Any offense involving the illegal use of 3
121	121	a firearm. 4
122	122	‘‘(J) Any offense involving the illegal pos-5
123	123	session of a firearm.’’. 6
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