HR 350
Prosecutors Need to Prosecute Act
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Bill overview
The Prosecutors Need to Prosecute Act requires certain state and local prosecutors to report data to the Attorney General. Specifically, prosecutors in jurisdictions with 380,000 or more residents who receive Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant funding must submit annual reports detailing case referrals, declinations, plea agreements, and charges against defendants, including those previously arrested, convicted, or released on bail. This data will be shared with Congress and made publicly available.
Key provisions
- Prosecutors in jurisdictions with 380,000+ residents receiving Byrne grants must report annually.
- Reports must include data on case referrals, declinations, and plea agreements.
- Data on defendants previously arrested, convicted, or released on bail is required.
- The Attorney General will establish uniform reporting standards.
- The Attorney General will publish the data on a public website.
- The Act defines ‘covered offense’ to include specific violent and firearm-related crimes.
- Subsections are redesignated for clarity.
- The report must include the number of cases by initial charge and charge of conviction.
Who is affected
- State and local prosecutors
- Jurisdictions with 380,000 or more residents
- Federal grant recipients (Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant program)
- Defense attorneys
- Judiciaries
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119th CONGRESS — 1st Session
H. R. 350
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
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.
This Act may be cited as the Prosecutors Need to Prosecute Act
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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:
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;
The number of defendants charged with a covered offense—
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 possession of a firearm.