Sec. 2. Findings
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Congress finds the following: Violent offenders released on unsecured or cashless bail pose a significant risk to public safety. Federal funds should not subsidize policies that release repeat violent offenders without meaningful judicial review. The Supreme Court has upheld preventive detention as constitutional (United States v. Salerno, 481 U.S. 739 (1987)). Conditioning Federal grants on minimum public safety standards is a valid exercise of Congress’s spending power.
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- 481 U.S. 739