,i #aafth ,,congress #b;d ,session ,h4 ,r4 #hcja ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of ,,representatives ,september #ag1 #bjbj,mrs4 ,lesko 7for herself1 ,mr4 ,jordan1 ,mr4 ,tiffany1 ,mr4 ,duncan1 ,mr4 ,reschenthaler1 ,mr4 ,hice of ,georgia1 ,mr4 ,steube1 ,mr4 ,budd1 ,mr4 ,burgess1 ,mr4 ,gibbs1 ,mr4 ,yoho1 ,mr4 ,weber of ,texas1 ,mr4 ,gaetz1 ,mr4 ,collins of ,georgia1 ,mr4 ,guest1 and ,mr4 ,keller7 introduced the following bill2 which was referred to the ,committee on the ,judiciary ,a ,,bill ,to withhold a percentage of ,federal funding from ,state and local prosecutors who fail to faithfully prosecute crimes related to protests and riots4 #a4 ,short title ,this ,act may be cited as the ,holding ,rioters ,accountable ,act of #bjbj4 #b4 ,findings and purpose 7a7 ,findings ,congress finds the following3 7#a7 ,opportunistic rioters and violent extremists are destroying public and private property with impunity4 7#b7 ,local and ,federal law enforcement officers are on the front lines every night attempting to prevent the mass destruction of property4 7#c7 ,law enforcement officers are doing their jobs by arresting those who are found to be committing the violence and destruction4 7#d7 ,in certain jurisdictions1 however1 local and ,state prosecutors are turning a blind eye to the destruction and violence4 7#e7 ,these actions do a disservice to the law enforcement officers faithfully carrying out their responsibility to uphold the rule of law4 7#f7 ,the ,office of ,justice ,programs of the ,department of ,justice provided approximately #e1jjj1jjj1jjj in grants and funding to ,state and local governments in fiscal year #bjbj4 7#g7 ,district attorney and ,state attorney general offices have abused the use of prosecutorial discretion and fail to protect private and public property or fail to confront and address violent riots and looting should not receive ,federal support4 7b7 ,purpose ,the purpose of this ,act is to provide authority for the ,attorney ,general to withhold ,federal grant amounts and other funding provided to ,state and local prosecutors1 district attorneys1 and ,state attorney general offices if such prosecutors or offices fail to faithfully uphold the rule of law by failing to properly prosecute criminal acts committed during riots and protests4 #c4 ,withholding of percentage of department of justice grants and other funding sources from state and local prosecutors1 district attorneys1 and state attorneys general 7a7 ,in general ,the ,attorney ,general may withhold from all amounts that would otherwise be awarded or made available under part ,,jj of title ,i of the ,omnibus ,crime ,control and ,safe ,streets ,act of #aifh 7#cd ,u4,s4,c4 #ajfga et seq47 or a ,,covid-#ai related emergency funding program to a ,state prosecutor's office1 a district attorney's office1 or a ,state attorney general's office in a fiscal year by the ,department of ,justice-- 7#a7 not more than #aj percent of such amounts if the ,attorney ,general determines1 in accordance with subsection 7b71 that the office has abused the use of prosecutorial discretion by failing to prosecute crimes stemming from riots or other violent or destructive protest activities2 and 7#b7 not more than #bj percent of such amounts if the ,attorney ,general determines that1 in the course of an abuse of the use of prosecutorial discretion determined under paragraph 7#a71 if a crime that was not prosecuted was an assault against a law enforcement officer4 7b7 ,standard for determination 7#a7 ,in general ,a ,state prosecutor's office1 a district attorney's office1 or a ,state attorney general's office shall be determined to have abused the prosecutorial discretion of the office under subsection 7a7 if the office refuses1 as a general policy rather than on a case-by-case determination1 to seek prosecution for crimes committed by individuals engaged in or connected to rioting1 looting1 or other violent or destructive activities1 unless such policy is in accordance with an order issued by a court of law4 7#b7 ,limitation ,a ,state prosecutor's office1 a district attorney's office1 or a ,state attorney general's office shall not be determined to have abused the prosecutorial discretion of the office under subsection 7a7 if the ,attorney ,general determines that such exercise of prosecutorial discretion is properly made based on the strength of evidence1 individual facts in the case1 cooperation of the defendant1 or other appropriate prosecutorial decision making factors4 7#c7 ,requirement ,the ,attorney ,general shall establish criteria for determining whether a ,state prosecutor's office1 a district attorney's office1 or a ,state attorney general's office has abused the prosecutorial discretion of the office under subsection 7a74 7c7 ,review of relevant information ,in making a determination under subsection 7a71 the ,attorney ,general shall-- 7#a7 review any arrest statistics1 information1 or documents1 provided by a law enforcement agency that conducted authorized operations connected to a riot or other violent or destructive protest activity2 7#b7 review any prosecution statistics1 information1 or documents1 provided by the office being reviewed relating to indictment1 dismissal1 or conviction of individuals charged with any crime connected to a riot or other violent or destructive protest activity2 and 7#c7 review any statements1 orders1 or other information made by an executive political leader with responsibility for appointing or otherwise overseeing the operations and activities of the office being reviewed4 7d7 ,restricted use of funds ,in the case of a ,state that the ,attorney ,general determines is a ,state described in subsection 7a7 because a local district attorney or prosecutor has abused prosecutorial discretion by failing to prosecute crimes stemming from riots or other violent or destructive protest activities1 the ,state may not-- 7#a7 make the amounts made available under a program described in subsection 7a7 available for use by the local government2 and 7#b7 to the maximum extent practicable1 expend the amounts made available under a program described in subsection 7a7 in any community or location subject to the jurisdiction of the local government4