H.R. 6263

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 6263 Introduced in House (IH)]

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119th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 6263

To amend the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 and the 
Implementing Recommendations of the 9/11 Commission Act of 2007 to 
limit eligibility for certain Federal law enforcement and public safety 
grants based on minimum pretrial public safety standards, and for other 
purposes.

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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

November 21, 2025

Mr. Harrigan (for himself and Mr. Nehls) introduced the following bill; 
which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition 
to the Committee on Homeland Security, for a period to be subsequently 
determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such 
provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned

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A BILL

To amend the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 and the 
Implementing Recommendations of the 9/11 Commission Act of 2007 to 
limit eligibility for certain Federal law enforcement and public safety 
grants based on minimum pretrial public safety standards, and for other 
purposes.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

This Act may be cited as the ``No Free Pass for Felons Act of 
2025''.

SEC. 2. FINDINGS.

Congress finds the following:
(1) Violent offenders released on unsecured or cashless 
bail pose a significant risk to public safety.
(2) Federal funds should not subsidize policies that 
release repeat violent offenders without meaningful judicial 
review.
(3) The Supreme Court has upheld preventive detention as 
constitutional (United States v. Salerno, 481 U.S. 739 (1987)).
(4) Conditioning Federal grants on minimum public safety 
standards is a valid exercise of Congress's spending power.

SEC. 3. JUSTICE ASSISTANCE AND COPS GRANTS.

(a) Bryne Justice Assistance Grant Eligibility.--The Omnibus Crime 
Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (34 U.S.C. 10153 et seq.) is 
amended--
(1) in section 502(a), by adding at the end the following:
``(7) A certification that the applicant has in effect a 
law or policy that prohibits pretrial release on personal 
recognizance or upon execution of an unsecured appearance bond 
of a covered defendant, unless a court first holds a 
dangerousness hearing and makes a written finding on the record 
that conditions of such pretrial release imposed by the court 
will reasonably assure the appearance of such defendant before 
the court and the safety of any other person and the community.
``(8) A certification that the applicant has a system to 
collect and publish, not less than annually--
``(A) data on determinations by judges in that 
jurisdiction to release defendants charged with covered 
violent offenses pending trial;
``(B) data on rearrests for covered violent 
offenses of such defendants; and
``(C) data on the failure of such defendants to 
appear, disaggregated by the type of pretrial release 
on which they were released pending trial.'';
(2) in section 502, by adding at the end the following:
``(c) Definitions.--In this section:
``(1) Covered defendant.--The term `covered defendant' 
means an individual who is--
``(A) charged with a covered violent offense;
``(B) charged with any offense, in the case of an 
individual who has been convicted of a covered violent 
offense arising out of a separate course of conduct; or
``(C) charged with any offense while on probation, 
parole, or supervised release for a covered violent 
offense.
``(2) Covered violent offense.--The term `covered violent 
offense' means an offense that has as an element the use, 
attempted use, or threatened use of physical force against the 
person or property of another.
``(3) Dangerousness hearing.--The term `dangerousness 
hearing' means a hearing consistent with subsections (e), (f), 
and (g) of section 3142 of title 18, United States Code.''; and
(3) in section 505, by adding at the end the following:
``(j) Reduction of Grant Award.--If the Attorney General determines 
that a State or unit of local government has failed to meet the 
application requirements described in section 502(a)(7) or (8), the 
Attorney General shall, after giving notice and the opportunity to 
cure, allocate in an amount that is not more than 85 percent of the 
amount otherwise allocable to such State or unit of local government 
under this section.''.
(b) Community Oriented Policing Service Grants.--The Omnibus Crime 
Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (34 U.S.C. 10382 et seq.) is 
amended--
(1) in section 1702(c)--
(A) in paragraph (10), by striking ``and'' at the 
end;
(B) in paragraph (11), by striking the period at 
the end and inserting ``; and''; and
(C) by adding at the end the following:
``(12) certify that the applicant's State (or, in the case 
of a local government with pretrial release authority, such 
local government) has adopted and is enforcing laws or policies 
that meet the requirements described in section 502(a)(7) and 
(8).''; and
(2) in section 1706, by adding at the end ``Failure to 
maintain the certification required under section 1702(c)(12) 
shall constitute noncompliance for purposes of this section.''.
(c) Transit Security Grant Eligibility.--Section 1406 of the 
Implementing Recommendations of the 9/11 Commission Act of 2007 (6 
U.S.C. 1135) is amended--
(1) by redesignating subsections (c) through (n) as 
subsections (d) through (o);
(2) by adding after subsection (b), the following:
``(c) Pretrial Public Safety Condition.--
``(1) In general.--To receive a grant under this section, 
an eligible public transportation agency shall submit to the 
Secretary a certification that the State in which the public 
transportation agency operates--
``(A) has in effect a law or policy that prohibits 
pretrial release on personal recognizance or upon 
execution of an unsecured appearance bond of a covered 
defendant, unless a court first holds a dangerousness 
hearing and makes a written finding on the record that 
conditions of such pretrial release imposed by the 
court will reasonably assure the appearance of such 
defendant before the court and the safety of any other 
person and the community; and
``(B) has a system to collect and publish, not less 
than annually--
``(i) data on determinations by judges in 
that jurisdiction to release defendants charged 
with covered violent offenses pending trial;
``(ii) data on rearrests for covered 
violent offenses of such defendants; and
``(iii) data on the failure of such 
defendants to appear, disaggregated by the type 
of pretrial release on which they were released 
pending trial.
``(2) Waiver.--The Secretary may temporarily waive the 
requirements described in paragraph (1) upon a determination 
that a temporary waiver is necessary to address an acute site-
specific security threat.''; and
(3) by adding at the end the following:
``(p) Definitions.--In this section:
``(1) Covered defendant.--The term `covered defendant' 
means an individual who is--
``(A) charged with a covered violent offense;
``(B) charged with any offense, in the case of an 
individual who has been convicted of a covered violent 
offense arising out of a separate course of conduct; or
``(C) charged with any offense while on probation, 
parole, or supervised release for a covered violent 
offense.
``(2) Covered violent offense.--The term `covered violent 
offense' means an offense that has as an element the use, 
attempted use, or threatened use of physical force against the 
person or property of another.
``(3) Dangerousness hearing.--The term `dangerousness 
hearing' means a hearing consistent with subsection (e), (f), 
and (g) of section 3142 of title 18, United States Code.''.
(d) General Provisions.--
(1) Severability.--If any provision of this Act, an 
amendment made by this Act, or the application thereof, is held 
invalid, the remainder of the Act or amendment and its 
application shall not be affected.
(2) Effective date.--The amendments made by this Act shall 
apply to applications for grants submitted in the first fiscal 
year beginning 18 months after the date of enactment of this 
Act.
(3) Rules.--Not later than 180 days after the date of 
enactment of this Act the Attorney General shall issue such 
rules as may be necessary to carry out the amendments made by 
subsection (a)(1).
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