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This bill would make state and local governments ineligible to receive federal grants under the Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant Program if they have policies that eliminate cash bail for all offenders or do not use pretrial detention for every person charged with a violent crime, including juveniles. The legislation targets jurisdictions with bail reform policies deemed too lenient by the bill's sponsors, using federal grant funding as a penalty mechanism. The bill would apply starting in the first fiscal year after enactment and continue indefinitely for any jurisdiction with such policies. The Edward Byrne Justice Assistance Grants program provides federal funding to states and localities for law enforcement, courts, and criminal justice programs. By conditioning this funding on specific bail and detention practices, the bill would pressure jurisdictions to adopt more restrictive pretrial detention policies or lose access to these federal law enforcement dollars.

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