,,ii  #aadth ,,congress  #b;d ,session  
,s4 #ceda  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,december #i1  
#bjaf,mr4 ,hatch introduced the         
following bill2 which was read twice and
 referred to the ,committee on the      
,judiciary  ,a ,,bill  ,to require      
,states and units of local government   
receiving funds under grant programs    
operated by the ,department of ,justice 
that use such funds for pretrial        
services programs to submit to the      
,attorney ,general a report relating to 
such programs1 and for other purposes4  
#a4 ,short title ,this ,act may be cited
 as the ,citizens' ,right to ,know ,act 
of #bjaf4  #b4 ,reporting requirement   
for ,department of ,justice grant       
recipients using funds for pretrial     
services programs  7a7 ,in general ,for 
each fiscal year in which a ,state or   
unit of local government receives funds 
under any grant program operated by the 
,department of ,justice1 including the  
,edward ,byrne ,memorial ,justice       

,assistance grant program under subpart 
,i of part ,e of title ,i of the        
,omnibus ,crime ,control and ,safe      
,streets ,act of #aifh 7#db ,u4,s4,c4   
#cgej et seq471 and in which the ,state 
or unit of local government uses funds  
received under such program for a       
pretrial services program1 the ,state or
 unit of local government shall submit  
to the ,attorney ,general a report which
 contains the following3  7#a7 ,the name
 of each defendant participating in a   
pretrial release program administered by
 the pretrial services program1 and     
whether1 as applicable1 the defendant   
appeared for trial and any post-release 
required court appearance4  7#b7        
,information relating to the previous   
arrest record of each defendant         
participating in the pretrial services  
program4  7#c7 ,information relating to 
any previous failure by each defendant  
participating in a pretrial release     
program administered by the pretrial    
services program to appear for trial or 

any post-release required court         
appearance4  7#d7 ,the amount of        
,federal funds the pretrial services    
program received during the previous    
fiscal year4  7b7 ,publication          
requirement ,subject to any applicable  
confidentiality requirements1 the       
,attorney ,general shall1 on an annual  
basis1 make publicly available the      
information received under subsection   
7a74  7c7 ,reduction in funding ,if a   
,state or unit of local government fails
 to comply with the requirement under   
subsection 7a7 for a fiscal year1 the   
,attorney ,general shall reduce the     
amount that the ,state or unit of local 
government would otherwise receive under
 each grant program described in        
subsection 7a7 in the following fiscal  
year--  7#a7 by #aj percent1 if the     
failure to comply with the requirement  
was the first such failure2 or  7#b7 by 
#bj percent1 if the failure to comply   
with the requirement was the second or  
subsequent such failure4  7d7           

,reallocation ,amounts not allocated to 
a ,state or unit of local government    
under subsection 7c7 shall be           
reallocated under each such grant       
program to ,states and units of local   
government that comply with the         
requirement under subsection 7a74