Preventing Prosecutors from Protecting Predators Act of 2026

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [H.R. 6982 Introduced in House (IH)] <DOC> 119th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 6982 To amend the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to provide for reporting requirements for certain grantees for grants to combat violence against women. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES January 8, 2026 Ms. Mace (for herself and Mr. Fine) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary _______________________________________________________________________ A BILL To amend the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to provide for reporting requirements for certain grantees for grants to combat violence against women. 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 ``Preventing Prosecutors from Protecting Predators Act of 2026''. SEC. 2. GRANTS TO COMBAT VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN REPORTING REQUIREMENTS. (a) In General.--Part T of title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (34 U.S.C. 10441 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following: ``SEC. 2019. PROSECUTORIAL DATA REPORTING. ``(a) In General.--On an annual basis, each chief prosecuting officer of a covered office that serves a jurisdiction of 100,000 or more persons, if that jurisdiction receives funds under this part, shall submit to the Attorney General a report that contains, for the previous fiscal year, the following: ``(1) The total number of cases referred to the office for prosecution of a covered offense. ``(2) The number of cases involving a covered offense such office declined to prosecute and the reasoning for why the office declined to prosecute the covered offense. ``(3) The number of cases involving a covered offense initiated against a defendant-- ``(A) previously arr