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Code · BILL · 118th Congress · H.R. 27 (Introduced in House) — To amend the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act to direct district attorney and prosecutors offices to report... · Sec. 2

Sec. 2. District attorney reporting requirements for Byrne grants

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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— by redesignating subsections
(g)and
(h)as subsections
(h)and (i), respectively; and by inserting after subsection
(f)the following: 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: The total number of cases referred to the office for prosecution of a covered offense. The number of cases such office declined to prosecute involving a covered offense. For cases involving a covered offense that resulted in a plea agreement reached with the defendant— the total number of such cases; the number of such cases by each initial charge; and the number of such cases by each charge of conviction. The number of cases involving covered offenses initiated against a defendant— previously arrested for a covered offense arising out of separate conduct; previously convicted for a covered offense arising out of separate conduct; with an open case involving a covered offense arising out of separate conduct; serving a term of probation for a conviction for a covered offense arising out of separate conduct; and released on parole for a conviction for a covered offense arising out of separate conduct. The number of defendants charged with a covered offense— who were released on their own recognizance; who were eligible for bail; and for whom the prosecutor requested bail. 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. 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. In this subsection, the term covered offense means any of the following: Murder or non-negligent manslaughter. Forcible rape. Robbery. Aggravated assault. Burglary. Larceny. Motor vehicle theft. Arson. Any offense involving the illegal use of a firearm. Any offense involving the illegal possession of a firearm. .
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