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The bill increases transparency and oversight by producing regular, centralized reports on post‑pardon criminal activity and use‑of‑force encounters, but does so at the cost of potential privacy/reputational harm to individuals, added administrative expense, and possible conflicts with state privacy rules or ongoing investigations.
Congressional committees, oversight bodies, and the public (taxpayers) gain regular, centralized access to post‑pardon criminal‑activity data for individuals covered by Proclamation 10887, improving transparency and enabling more informed legislative and oversight decisions.
Policymakers and the public gain documented information on law‑enforcement use‑of‑force encounters tied to these individuals, which can inform reforms, accountability measures, and public‑safety oversight.
Individuals named in the reports (including those who received pardons) face risks to privacy and reputation if inaccurate, incomplete, or sensitive criminal‑justice interactions are published.
State and local governments and ongoing investigations could be disrupted by duplicative federal reporting or conflicts with state privacy rules and investigative processes.
Taxpayers and federal staff will incur additional workload and costs to prepare, update, and publish detailed reports every 180 days, increasing government administrative burden.
Based on analysis of 2 sections of legislative text.
Official title: To direct the Director of the Congressional Research Service to prepare a report extent of recidivism by individuals pardoned by the President under Presidential Proclamation 10887, and for other purposes.
Introduced January 6, 2026 by Norma Judith Torres · Last progress January 6, 2026
Requires CRS to publish recurring reports listing individuals covered by Proclamation 10887 and identify any subsequent arrests, charges, convictions, and uses of force.
Requires the Congressional Research Service (CRS) Director to produce and publish recurring reports listing people covered by Presidential Proclamation 10887 (Jan 20, 2025) who received pardons, commutations, or had indictments dismissed, and to identify any subsequent arrests, charges, convictions, and incidents of use of force involving those individuals. The first report must be delivered within 60 days of enactment and then every 180 days, and must be submitted to specified congressional committees and posted on the Library of Congress website.