119-hr350

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 350 Introduced in House

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119th CONGRESS
 1st Session
 H. R. 350

 To amend the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act to direct 
 district attorney and prosecutors offices to report to the Attorney 
 General, and for other purposes.

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 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

 January 13, 2025

 Ms. Malliotakis (for herself, Mr. Weber of Texas, Ms. Van Duyne, Mr. 
 Ellzey, Mr. Joyce of Pennsylvania, Mr. Issa, and Mr. Loudermilk) 
 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 to direct 
 district attorney and prosecutors offices to report to the Attorney 
 General, 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 ``Prosecutors Need to Prosecute Act''.

SEC. 2. DISTRICT ATTORNEY REPORTING REQUIREMENTS FOR BYRNE GRANTS.

 

Section 501 of subpart 1 of part E of title I of the Omnibus Crime 
Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (34 U.S.C. 10151) is amended--

    (1) by redesignating subsections

    (g) and

    (h) as subsections

    (h) and
            (i) , respectively; and

    (2) by inserting after subsection

    (f) the following:
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    (g) District Attorney Reporting Requirements.--
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    (1) In general.--On an annual basis, each chief executive 
 of a district attorney or prosecutor's office that serves a 
 jurisdiction of 380,000 or more persons, which jurisdiction 
 receives funds under this part, shall submit to the Attorney 
 General a report that contains, for the previous fiscal year, 
 the following:
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        (A) The total number of cases referred to the 
 office for prosecution of a covered offense.
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        (B) The number of cases such office declined to 
 prosecute involving a covered offense.
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            (C) For cases involving a covered offense that 
 resulted in a plea agreement reached with the 
 defendant--
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            (i) the total number of such cases;
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            (ii) the number of such cases by each 
 initial charge; and
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            (iii) the number of such cases by each 
 charge of conviction.
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            (D) The number of cases involving covered 
 offenses initiated against a defendant--
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            (i) previously arrested for a covered 
 offense arising out of separate conduct;
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            (ii) previously convicted for a covered 
 offense arising out of separate conduct;
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            (iii) with an open case involving a 
 covered offense arising out of separate 
 conduct;
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            (iv) serving a term of probation for a 
 conviction for a covered offense arising out of 
 separate conduct; and
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            (v) released on parole for a conviction 
 for a covered offense arising out of separate 
 conduct.
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        (E) The number of defendants charged with a 
 covered offense--
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            (i) who were released on their own 
 recognizance;
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            (ii) who were eligible for bail; and
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            (iii) for whom the prosecutor requested 
 bail.
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    (2) Uniform standards.--The Attorney General shall define 
 uniform standards for the reporting of the information required 
 under this subsection, including the form such reports shall 
 take and the process by which such reports shall be shared with 
 the Attorney General.
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    (3) Submission to judiciary committees.--The Attorney 
 General shall submit the information received under this 
 subsection to the Committee on the Judiciary of the Senate and 
 the Committee on the Judiciary of the House of Representatives 
 and shall publish such information on a publicly viewable 
 website.
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    (4) Covered offense defined.--In this subsection, the 
 term `covered offense' means any of the following:
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        (A) Murder or non-negligent manslaughter.
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        (B) Forcible rape.
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            (C) Robbery.
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            (D) Aggravated assault.
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        (E) Burglary.
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        (F) Larceny.
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        (G) Motor vehicle theft.
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        (H) Arson.
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            (I) Any offense involving the illegal use of a 
 firearm.
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        (J) Any offense involving the illegal possession 
 of a firearm.''.
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