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The bill increases public transparency and congressional oversight of a presidential clemency proclamation through recurring public reports, but this transparency risks exposing personal data and harming reintegration or safety for named individuals while imposing modest recurring administrative costs on taxpayers.
Taxpayers, the public, researchers, and Congress receive regular public reports (every 180 days) on post-pardon criminal activity and outcomes, improving oversight and transparency of the presidential clemency proclamation.
Individuals named in the proclamation may have identifying information, arrests, or force encounters repeatedly disclosed, raising privacy and reputational concerns.
Repeated public reports could endanger named individuals or hinder their reintegration by continually publicizing past involvement and any subsequent incidents.
Preparing recurring reports every 180 days creates additional workload and modest administrative costs for the Congressional Research Service and federal staff, funded by appropriations and ultimately borne by taxpayers.
Based on analysis of 2 sections of legislative text.
Introduced January 6, 2026 by Norma Judith Torres · Last progress January 6, 2026
Requires the Director of the Congressional Research Service to prepare and publish recurring public reports that list every individual covered by a specified presidential clemency proclamation (dated January 20, 2025) and track whether those people have been arrested, charged, or convicted under federal, state, or local law, and whether they were involved in encounters with law enforcement that included use of force. The first report must be posted within 60 days after enactment and follow-up reports must be issued every 180 days and submitted to several congressional committees and posted on the Library of Congress website. The reports must name the individuals covered by the proclamation, describe any later criminal arrests/charges/convictions and force encounters involving law enforcement, and may include any other information the CRS Director considers appropriate. The legislation does not appropriate new funds or create new penalties; it creates a recurring reporting obligation for CRS and public disclosure requirements for the Library of Congress website.