,i  #aafth ,,congress  #b;d ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #gaia  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,june #aa1 #bjbj,mr4 
,trone 7for himself and ,ms4 ,waters7   
introduced the following bill2 which was
 referred to the ,committee on the      
,judiciary  ,a ,,bill  ,to amend the    
,omnibus ,crime ,control and ,safe      
,streets ,act of #aifh to condition     
eligibility for grants under the ,edward
 ,byrne ,memorial ,justice ,assistance  
,grant ,program1 and for other purposes4
  #a4 ,short title ,this ,act may be    
cited as the ,workforce ,justice ,act of
 #bjbj4  #b4 ,findings ,congress finds  
the following3 7#a7 ,there are an       
estimated #gj1jjj1jjj adults in the     
,united ,states with an arrest or       
conviction history4  7#b7 ,nearly       
#gjj1jjj adults reenter their           
communities after incarceration every   
year4  7#c7 ,research shows that a      
conviction record reduces the likelihood
 of a job callback or offer by nearly   
#ej percent4  7#d7 ,employment is a     

critical factor in successful community 
reentry and reduction of recidivism for 
adults with a conviction history4  7#e7 
,after two years1 nearly twice as many  
employed adults with criminal records   
avoided another interaction with the    
criminal justice system compared to     
their unemployed counterparts4  7#f7 ,a 
study conducted by the ,kellogg ,school 
of ,management at ,northwestern         
,university found the turnover rate for 
employed adults with criminal records to
 be approximately #ac percent lower than
 individuals without criminal records4  
#c4 ,eligibility for grants under the   
,byrne ,,jag program  7a7 ,eligibility  
for grants under the ,byrne ,,jag       
program ,section #eje7;a7 of the        
,omnibus ,crime ,control and ,safe      
,streets ,act of #aifh 7#cd ,u4,s4,c4   
#ajaef7;a77 is amended-- 7#a7 in        
paragraph 7#a71 by striking in paragraph
 7#b7 and inserting in paragraphs 7#b7  
and 7#c72 and  7#b7 by adding at the end
 the following3  7#c7 ,eligibility      

,beginning with the third fiscal year   
that begins after the date of the       
enactment of the ,workforce ,justice    
,act of #bjbj1 to be eligible for an    
allocation under this section1 a ,state 
shall have enacted and be implementing  
legislation that prohibits private      
employers from-- 7,a7 requiring an      
applicant to disclose whether the       
applicant has a criminal record2  7,b7  
inquiring about the criminal record of  
an applicant prior to a conditional     
offer of employment2 and  7,c7          
conducting a criminal background check  
on an applicant prior to a conditional  
offer of employment4  4  7b7            
,reallocation of funds ,section #eje7;f7
 of the ,omnibus ,crime ,control and    
,safe ,streets ,act of #aifh 7#cd       
,u4,s4,c4 #ajaef7;f77 is amended-- 7#a7 
by amending the subsection heading to   
read as follows3 ,reallocation2 and     
7#b7 by inserting 7including that a     
,state is ineligible under subsection   
7a77#c77 after receive funds under this 

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