Preventing Prosecutors from Protecting Predators Act of 2026

This bill would require chief prosecutors in state, territorial, tribal, and local offices that serve 100,000 or more people, in jurisdictions receiving federal grants to combat violence against women, to send a yearly report to the U.S. Attorney General. The report would cover cases involving offenses such as rape, sexual assault, domestic violence, child abuse, and sex trafficking, including cases declined, bail requests, plea agreements, trial outcomes, and sentences. The Attorney General would set reporting standards, share the data with the House and Senate Judiciary Committees, and post it on a public website. Offices that fail to report would lose 25 to 50 percent of their grant funds for the next year. Offices that decline to prosecute more than half of these cases could be required to adopt a corrective plan or face reduced or suspended grant eligibility.

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Sponsors

• Nancy Mace Republican sponsor
• 1 cosponsors