H.R. 2152 · 115th Congress
Citizens' Right to Know Act of 2018
- Stage
- Passed a chamber
- Sponsor
- Ted Poe
- Introduced
- 2017-04-26
- Latest action
- 2018-05-10 · Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Summary
Citizens' Right to Know Act of 2018
(Sec. 2) This bill requires a state or local government that receives funds under a Department of Justice (DOJ) grant program and uses such funds for a pretrial services program to annually report to DOJ the amount of money allocated for the pretrial services program and certain information about participating defendants.
DOJ must publish the information.
Additionally, DOJ must reduce the grant allocation of a state or local government that fails to comply.