HR6954-119

What This Bill Does

The January 6th Truth and Transparency Act directs the Director of the Congressional Research Service to track recidivism among individuals covered by Presidential Proclamation 10887, issued January 20, 2025, for offenses relating to events at or near the Capitol on January 6, 2021. Within 60 days after enactment, and every 180 days afterward, CRS must submit a report to the House Administration Committee, Senate Rules and Administration Committee, and House and Senate Appropriations Committees, and make the report publicly available on the Library of Congress website. The report must list each person pardoned, commuted, or whose pending indictment was dismissed under the proclamation; identify any of those people arrested, charged, or convicted under federal, state, or local law during the reporting period; describe the criminal offenses; identify encounters involving law-enforcement use of force; and include any other information CRS finds appropriate.

Who Benefits and How

Congressional oversight committees benefit from regular public reporting on whether the pardon and commutation group later encounters the criminal justice system. Researchers, journalists, and voters benefit from a public Library of Congress source rather than scattered court, police, or news records. Lawmakers debating clemency policy benefit from a recurring CRS product with named individuals and offense descriptions.

Who Bears the Burden and How

CRS analysts must collect criminal-justice information, verify identities, update reports every 180 days, publish them online, and decide what additional information is appropriate. Law enforcement agencies and court systems may receive data requests or have their public records used in the reports. Listed pardon recipients bear privacy and reputational burdens because later arrests, charges, convictions, and use-of-force encounters are compiled in a public federal report.

Key Provisions

• Requires CRS to report within 60 days on recidivism among people covered by Presidential Proclamation 10887.
• Requires follow-up reports every 180 days.
• Directs CRS to publish the reports on the Library of Congress website.
• Requires lists of covered individuals and later arrests, charges, convictions, offense descriptions, and use-of-force encounters.
• Provides the reports to House Administration, Senate Rules, and House and Senate Appropriations committees.