#aaeth ,,congress  #b;d ,session  ,h4   
,r4 #baeb  ,,an ,,act  ,to require      
,states and units of local government   
receiving funds under grant programs    
operated by the ,department of ,justice1
 which use such funds for pretrial      
services programs1 to submit to the     
,attorney ,general a report relating to 
such program1 and for other purposes4   
#a4 ,short title ,this ,act may be cited
 as the ,citizens' ,right to ,know ,act 
of #bjah4  #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 which 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 each occasion on
 which such defendant failed to make an 
appearance4  7#b7 ,information relating 
to any prior convictions of each        
defendant participating in the pretrial 
services program4  7#c7 ,the amount of  
money allocated for the pretrial        
services program4  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 ,the    
,attorney ,general shall1 for ,state or 
unit of local government which fails to 
comply with the requirement under       

subsection 7a7 for a fiscal year1 reduce
 the amount that the ,state or local    
government would otherwise receive under
 each grant program described in        
subsection 7a7 in the following fiscal  
year by #ajj percent4  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  7e7 ,definition ,the   
term failed to make an appearance means 
an action whereby any defendant has been
 charged with an offense before a court 
and who is participating in a pretrial  
release program for which funds received
 under a grant program referred to in   
subsection 7a7 are used as a condition  
of pretrial release-- 7#a7 does not     
appear for any court date regarding such
 charge2  7#b7 does not appear for any  
one appointment with the pretrial       
services program2 or  7#c7 does not     

appear for any post-release appearance  
the court may require4  ,passed the     
,house of ,representatives ,may #i1     
#bjah4;,clerk4