,i  #aaeth ,,congress  #b;d ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #dhcc  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,january #ah1        
#bjah,mr4 ,danny ,k4 ,davis of ,illinois
 7for himself1 ,ms4 ,jackson ,lee1 ,mr4 
,evans1 ,mr4 ,rush1 ,ms4 ,kelly of      
,illinois1 ,mr4 ,scott of ,virginia1    
,ms4 ,moore1 ,ms4 ,eddie ,bernice       
,johnson of ,texas1 and ,ms4 ,sewell of 
,alabama7 introduced the following bill2
 which was referred to the ,committee on
 the ,judiciary  ,a ,,bill  ,to require 
that ,states release persons charged    
with a misdemeanor on non-monetary      
conditions only prior to court          
adjudication4  #a4 ,short title ,this   
,act may be cited as the ,bail ,fairness
 ,act of #bjah4  #b4 ,no monetary       
conditions of release to be applied to  
persons charged with misdemeanors  7a7  
,requirement regarding ,state law ,for  
each fiscal year after the expiration of
 the period specified in subsection     
7b77#a7 in which a ,state receives funds
 for a program referred to in subsection

 7b77#b71 the law of that ,state shall  
conform to the following3  7#a7 ,bail   
for misdemeanors ,the law of that ,state
 may not provide for monetary conditions
 of release from custody of a person if 
that person has not previously been     
convicted for a criminal offense and is 
held in custody by reason of having been
 arrested for the commission of a       
misdemeanor that is not a crime of      
violence 7as such term is defined in    
section #af of title #ah1 ,united       
,states ,code74  7#b7 ,pre-trial        
diversion ,the law of that ,state shall 
provide for a program under which any   
criminal charges filed against an       
offender described in paragraph 7#a7 may
 be dismissed if--  7,a7 the offender   
qualifies for and satisfactorily        
completes a ,state-authorized mental    
health diversion program2  7,b7 the     
offender qualifies for and              
satisfactorily completes a              
,state-authorized drug_/alcohol abuse   
diversion program2  7,c7 the offender   

qualifies for and satisfactorily        
completes a ,state-authorized community 
service diversion program2 or  7,d7 the 
offender qualifies for and              
satisfactorily completes any other      
,state-authorized diversion program that
 is appropriate to the age of the       
offender and the offense charged4  7b7  
,compliance and ineligibility  7#a7     
,compliance date ,each ,state shall have
 not more than #abj days1 beginning on  
the date of enactment of this ,act1 to  
comply with subsection 7a71 except      
that--  7,a7 the ,attorney ,general may 
grant an additional #abj days to a      
,state that is making good faith efforts
 to comply with such subsection2 and    
7,b7 the ,attorney ,general shall waive 
the requirements of subsection 7a7 if   
compliance with such subsection by a    
,state would be unconstitutional under  
the constitution of such ,state4  7#b7  
,ineligibility for funds ,for any fiscal
 year after the expiration of the period
 specified in paragraph 7#a71 a ,state  

that fails to comply with subsection    
7a71 shall be subject to not more than a
 #bj-percent reduction of the funds that
 would otherwise be allocated for that  
fiscal year to the ,state under subpart 
#a 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 whether characterized as
 the ,edward ,byrne ,memorial ,state and
 ,local ,law ,enforcement ,assistance   
,programs1 the ,local ,government ,law  
,enforcement ,block ,grants ,program1   
the ,edward ,byrne ,memorial ,justice   
,assistance ,grant ,program1 or         
otherwise4  7c7 ,reallocation ,amounts  
not allocated under a program referred  
to in subsection 7b77#b7 to a ,state for
 failure to fully comply with subsection
 7a7 shall be reallocated under that    
program to ,states that have not failed 
to comply with such subsection4  #c4    
,department of ,justice review of       
research related to bail reform and     
pretrial release programs  7a7 ,in      

general ,the ,attorney ,general shall   
review research and the results of      
studies which have been completed as of 
the date of the enactment of this ,act  
related to bail reform and pretrial     
release programs in order to determine  
best practices1 and shall make such best
 practices publicly available4  7b7     
,preventing waste ,not later than #ahj  
days after completing the review under  
subsection 7a71 the ,attorney ,general  
shall publish guidelines for ,states    
related to reducing and preventing the  
waste of ,federal resources in          
connection with bail reform and pretrial
 release programs4