,i  #aahth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #bg  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of    
,,representatives  ,january #i1         
#bjbc,ms4 ,malliotakis 7for herself1    
,mr4 ,reschenthaler1 ,ms4 ,stefanik1    
,ms4 ,van ,duyne1 ,mr4 ,newhouse1 ,mr4  
,johnson of ,louisiana1 ,mr4            
,fitzgerald1 ,mr4 ,tiffany1 ,mr4        
,crenshaw1 ,mr4 ,issa1 ,mr4 ,stauber1   
,mr4 ,calvert1 ,mrs4 ,lesko1 ,mr4 ,joyce
 of ,pennsylvania1 ,mrs4 ,spartz1 ,mr4  
,webster of ,florida1 ,mrs4 ,cammack1   
,mr4 ,mc,clintock1 ,mrs4 ,greene of     
,georgia1 and ,mr4 ,moylan7 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 to     
direct district attorney and prosecutors
 offices to report to the ,attorney     
,general1 and for other purposes4  #a4  
,short title ,this ,act may be cited as 
the ,prosecutors ,need to ,prosecute    
,act4  #b4 ,district attorney reporting 
requirements for ,byrne grants ,section 

#eja of subpart #a of part ,e of title  
,i of the ,omnibus ,crime ,control and  
,safe ,streets ,act of #aifh 7#cd       
,u4,s4,c4 #ajaea7 is amended-- 7#a7 by  
redesignating subsections 7g7 and 7h7 as
 subsections 7h7 and 7i71 respectively2 
and  7#b7 by inserting after subsection 
7f7 the following3  7g7 ,district       
,attorney ,reporting ,requirements  7#a7
 ,in general ,on an annual basis1 each  
chief executive of a district attorney  
or prosecutor's office that serves a    
jurisdiction of #chj1jjj or more        
persons1 which jurisdiction receives    
funds under this part1 shall submit to  
the ,attorney ,general a report that    
contains1 for the previous fiscal year1 
the following3 7,a7 ,the total number of
 cases referred to the office for       
prosecution of a covered offense4  7,b7 
,the number of cases such office        
declined to prosecute involving a       
covered offense4  7,c7 ,for cases       
involving a covered offense that        
resulted in a plea agreement reached    

with the defendant-- 7i7 the total      
number of such cases2  7ii7 the number  
of such cases by each initial charge2   
and  7iii7 the number of such cases by  
each charge of conviction4  7,d7 ,the   
number of cases involving covered       
offenses initiated against a defendant--
 7i7 previously arrested for a covered  
offense arising out of separate conduct2
  7ii7 previously convicted for a       
covered offense arising out of separate 
conduct2  7iii7 with an open case       
involving a covered offense arising out 
of separate conduct2  7iv7 serving a    
term of probation for a conviction for a
 covered offense arising out of separate
 conduct2 and  7v7 released on parole   
for a conviction for a covered offense  
arising out of separate conduct4  7,e7  
,the number of defendants charged with a
 covered offense-- 7i7 who were released
 on their own recognizance2  7ii7 who   
were eligible for bail2 and  7iii7 for  
whom the prosecutor requested bail4     
7#b7 ,uniform standards ,the ,attorney  

,general shall define uniform standards 
for the reporting of the information    
required under this subsection1         
including the form such reports shall   
take and the process by which such      
reports shall be shared with the        
,attorney ,general4  7#c7 ,submission to
 ,judiciary ,committees ,the ,attorney  
,general shall submit the information   
received under this subsection to the   
,committee on the ,judiciary of the     
,senate and the ,committee on the       
,judiciary of the ,house of             
,representatives and shall publish such 
information on a publicly viewable      
website4  7#d7 ,covered offense defined 
,in this subsection1 the term covered   
offense means any of the following3 7,a7
 ,murder or non-negligent manslaughter4 
7,b7 ,forcible rape4  7,c7 ,robbery4    
7,d7 ,aggravated assault4  7,e7         
,burglary4  7,f7 ,larceny4  7,g7 ,motor 
vehicle theft4  7,h7 ,arson4  7,i7 ,any 
offense involving the illegal use of a  
firearm4  7,j7 ,any offense involving   

the illegal possession of a firearm4  4