,,ii  #aagth ,,congress  #b;d ,session  
,s4 #cice  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,march #bh1    
#bjbb,mr4 ,johnson 7for himself1 ,mr4   
,cruz1 ,mr4 ,thune1 ,mr4 ,scott of      
,florida1 and ,mr4 ,hawley7 introduced  
the following bill2 which was read twice
 and referred to the ,committee on the  
,judiciary  ,a ,,bill  ,to require the  
,director of the ,bureau of ,justice    
,statistics to submit to ,congress a    
report relating to individuals granted  
bail and pretrial release in ,state     
courts1 and for other purposes4  #a4    
,short title ,this ,act may be cited as 
the ,pretrial ,release ,reporting ,act4 
#b4 ,findings ,congress finds the       
following3 7#a7 ,multiple jurisdictions 
across the ,united ,states-- 7,a7 broke 
annual homicide records in #bjba2 and   
7,b7 have reported individuals          
committing violent felony offenses after
 being granted bail or pretrial release4
  7#b7 ,the failure of felony defendants
 to appear for mandatory court          

appearances and felony bail jumping has 
increased in multiple jurisdictions     
across the ,united ,states4  7#c7 ,the  
most recent report issued by the ,bureau
 of ,justice ,statistics relating to the
 pretrial release of felony defendants  
in ,state courts is from #bjjg4  7#d7   
,the ,national ,pretrial ,reporting     
,program of the ,bureau of ,justice     
,statistics was created to collect      
information on criminal justice         
processing of individuals charged with  
felony offenses in ,state courts1 with  
particular attention given to pretrial  
release and detention4  7#e7 ,in #bjbj1 
the ,national ,pretrial ,reporting      
,program of the ,bureau of ,justice     
,statistics awarded a grant of          
#b1jjj1jjj to collect information       
relating to individuals charged with    
felony offenses and released from       
criminal pretrial detention4  7#f7      
,neither the ,national ,pretrial        
,reporting ,program of the ,bureau of   
,justice ,statistics nor the ,bureau of 

,justice ,statistics has published any  
information relating to the pretrial    
release of felony defendants in ,state  
courts since the #bjbj grant award4  #c4
 ,report  7a7 ,in general ,not later    
than #ahj days after the date of        
enactment of this ,act1 the ,director of
 ,bureau of ,justice ,statistics shall  
submit to ,congress a report on         
information relating to individuals     
granted bail and pretrial release from  
,state courts that are charged with #a  
or more of the following violent felony 
offenses3 7#a7 ,murder or attempted     
murder4  7#b7 ,manslaughter1 other than 
involuntary manslaughter4  7#c7 ,rape or
 attempted rape4  7#d7 ,assault with the
 intent to commit murder4  7#e7 ,assault
 with the intent to commit rape4  7#f7  
,aggravated sexual abuse1 sexual abuse1 
attempted sexual abuse1 or abusive      
sexual conduct4  7#g7 ,battery or       
aggravated battery4  7#h7 ,kidnapping4  
7#i7 ,robbery4  7#aj7 ,resisting or     
obstructing an officer4  7#aa7          

,carjacking4  7#ab7 ,recklessly         
endangering safety4  7#ac7 ,illegal     
possession of a firearm in the          
commission of a felony4  7#ad7 ,any     
other violent felony offense tracked by 
the jurisdiction in which the offense is
 committed4  7b7 ,contents ,the report  
submitted under subsection 7a7 shall    
include-- 7#a7 the number of individuals
 granted bail or pretrial release from  
,state courts that are charged with an  
offense described in subsection 7a72    
7#b7 the number of individuals who1     
after being granted bail or pretrial    
release1 are rearrested or charged with 
an additional violent felony offense2   
7#c7 the percentage of individuals      
granted bail or pretrial release from   
,state courts who-- 7,a7 are charged    
with a violent felony offense2 and  7,b7
 have a prior arrest or conviction for a
 violent felony offense2  7#d7 with     
respect to the pretrial releases        
described in paragraph 7#b7 for which   
the pretrial release condition was bail1

 the amount of bail granted for each    
individual2  7#e7 the number of missed  
mandatory court appearances by          
individuals charged with a violent      
felony offense2  7#f7 the factors used  
by ,state courts for assessing whether  
to grant bail or pretrial release to    
individuals who have prior arrests or   
prior felony convictions for a violent  
felony offense2  7#g7 with respect to   
individuals who have committed a violent
 felony offense after being granted bail
 or pretrial release1 the classification
 of the violent felony offenses2  7#h7  
the status1 as of the date of enactment 
of this ,act1 of the ,national ,pretrial
 ,reporting ,program of the ,bureau of  
,justice ,statistics and the activities 
of that ,program2 and  7#i7 an          
accounting for each fiscal year of the  
amounts that the ,department of ,justice
 has spent1 or transferred to components
 of the ,department of ,justice1 in     
order to collect information on bail and
 pretrial release in ,state courts      

including1 with respect to any grants or
 contracts awarded for that purpose1 the
 amount and the purpose of the grant or 
contract4