True Justice Act of 2025

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [H.R. 3815 Introduced in House (IH)] <DOC> 119th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 3815 To authorize the Attorney General to make grants to strengthen the provision of legal representation to individuals in judicial proceedings that take place after the individual has been arrested in connection with a criminal offense, including at initial appearance. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES June 6, 2025 Ms. Lee of Pennsylvania (for herself, Ms. Scanlon, Ms. Tlaib, Ms. Norton, Mr. Johnson of Georgia, Ms. Crockett, Ms. Brown, Mr. Cleaver, Ms. Moore of Wisconsin, Ms. Jayapal, Mrs. Foushee, Ms. Pressley, and Ms. Dean of Pennsylvania) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary _______________________________________________________________________ A BILL To authorize the Attorney General to make grants to strengthen the provision of legal representation to individuals in judicial proceedings that take place after the individual has been arrested in connection with a criminal offense, including at initial appearance. 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 ``True Justice Act of 2025''. SEC. 2. PUBLIC DEFENDER GRANT PROGRAM. (a) Public Defender Services Grants.--The Attorney General is authorized to make grants to States, units of local government (as such term is defined in section 901(a) of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (34 U.S.C. 10251(a))), and public defender offices to provide legal representation to individuals in judicial proceedings that take place after the individual has been arrested in connection with a criminal offense, including at initial appearance. (b) Public Defender Training Grants.--The Attorney General is authorized to make gr