Bill’s Promise Act

I 116TH CONGRESS 1ST SESSION H. R. 3657 To require the Comptroller General of the United States to study how certain individuals who are granted pretrial release are monitored, and for other purposes. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES JULY 9, 2019 Mr. KATKO (for himself, Mr. JOHNSON of Georgia, Mrs. ROBY, Mr. SWALWELL of California, Mr. CLINE, Mr. THOMPSON of Mississippi, Mr. SENSENBRENNER, and Ms. DEAN) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary A BILL To require the Comptroller General of the United States to study how certain individuals who are granted pretrial release are monitored, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa- 1 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Bill’s Promise Act’’. 4 SEC. 2. GAO STUDY. 5 (a) STUDY REQUIRED.—The Comptroller General of 6 the United States shall conduct a study on how individuals 7 VerDate Sep 11 2014 02:21 Jul 17, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H3657.IH H3657 pamtmann on DSKBFK8HB2PROD with BILLS 2 •HR 3657 IH charged with Federal crimes and granted pretrial release 1 are monitored. The study shall— 2 (1) provide a review of policies related to how 3 United States probation and pretrial services officers 4 monitor individuals on pretrial release; 5 (2) compare the policies of the Administrative 6 Office of the United States Courts with respect to 7 the monitoring of individuals on pretrial release to 8 the policies of States and localities with respect to 9 the monitoring of individuals on pretrial release; 10 (3) provide data on the number and type of of- 11 fenses committed by individuals on Federal pretrial 12 release over the past 10 years; 13 (4) describe how United States probation and 14 pretrial services officers respond when an electronic 15 monitoring device indicates that individuals are not 16 complying with the conditions of their pretrial re- 17 lease; 18 (5) describe how United States probation and 19 pretrial services officers respond when there are in- 20 dications that an electronic monitoring device has 21 been tampered with; 22 (6) describe what measures the Administrative 23 Office of the United States Courts takes to ensure 24 that probation and pretrial services offices are ad- 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 02:21 Jul 17, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H3657.IH H3657 pamtmann on DSKBFK8HB2PROD with BILLS 3 •HR 3657 IH hering to and correctly implementing policies related 1 to the supervision of individuals on pretrial release; 2 (7) examine the capacity in which the United 3 States Probation and Pretrial Services System en- 4 lists the assistance of State and local law enforce- 5 ment agencies in monitoring individuals on pretrial 6 release and responding to indications an individual is 7 not complying with the terms of the individual’s pre- 8 trial release; and 9 (8) examine resource and capacity issues cur- 10 rently impacting officer retention and the adminis- 11 tration of pretrial and probation services. 12 (b) REPORT TO CONGRESS.—Not later than 1 year 13 after the date of enactment of this Act, the Comptroller 14 General of the United States shall submit to the Com- 15 mittee on the Judiciary of the Senate and the Committee 16 on the Judiciary of the House of Representatives a report 17 summarizing the results of the study required under sub- 18 section (a), together with any recommendations for legisla- 19 tive or regulatory action that would improve the adminis- 20 tration of pretrial release services. 21 Æ VerDate Sep 11 2014 02:21 Jul 17, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6301 E:\BILLS\H3657.IH H3657 pamtmann on DSKBFK8HB2PROD with BILLS