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Citizens' Right to Know Act of 2016

Introduced: September 13, 2016 See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 3 steps
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Passed House
Passed Senate
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Became law
Sep 26, 2016
Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.
Sep 13, 2016
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Sep 13, 2016
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Citizens' Right to Know Act of 2016

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 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.

What's happening now September 26, 2016

Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.

 Related & companion bills 1
  • S 3541 Related bill Citizens' Right to Know Act of 2016
 Bill text 1 version

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 2
All 2 Republican 2
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Walberg, Tim
Michigan · Sep 26, 2016
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Sessions, Pete
Texas · Sep 20, 2016
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 6016: Citizens' Right to Know Act of 2016. 114th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/114-HR-6016/
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"H.R. 6016: Citizens' Right to Know Act of 2016." 114th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/114-HR-6016/.
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H.R. 6016, 114th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/114-HR-6016/.
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