FAIR Act of 2026
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Summary
What This Bill Does
This bill, FAIR Act of 2026, changes federal law or congressional policy affecting law enforcement, courts, victims, and regulated public-safety actors. The main policy domain is Criminal Justice, Finance, Government Operations.
Who Benefits and How
law enforcement, courts, victims, and regulated public-safety actors may benefit from new authority, funding, eligibility, regulatory clarity, or reduced risk created by the bill.
Who Bears the Burden and How
federal implementing agencies, law enforcement, courts, victims, and regulated public-safety actors may take on implementation duties, reporting obligations, compliance costs, or oversight responsibilities.
Key Provisions
- Section HCC2896D2365047AB86D8D64BCCC8768B: 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Fifth Amendment Integrity Restoration Act of 2026 or the FAIR Act of 2026.
- Section H971FF3878701453AB04851422E43454B: 2. Civil forfeiture and nonjudicial forfeiture Section 983 of title 18, United States Code, is amended— in subsection (a)— in the subsection heading, by...
- Section HEAD3D64F47424D8FA2DA054A825142E0: 3. Disposition of forfeited property Section 511(e) of the Controlled Substances Act (21 U.S.C. 881(e)) is amended— in paragraph (1)— in the matter preceding...
- Section H456C74E45B8642F3BDB7EDDCBD230EDF: 4. Department of Justice Assets Forfeiture Fund deposits Section 524(c)(4) of title 28, United States Code, is amended— by striking subparagraphs (A) and (B);...
- Section H9E49B44EBADB4B9DA52B3E6FCBBC0945: 5. Structuring transactions to evade reporting requirement prohibited Section 5324 of title 31, United States Code, is amended— in subsection (a)— in the...
Evidence Chain:
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At a Glance
What This Bill Does
This bill, FAIR Act of 2026, changes federal law or congressional policy affecting law enforcement, courts, victims, and regulated public-safety actors.
Key Policy Areas
Criminal Justice, Finance, Government Operations
Primary Purpose
This bill, FAIR Act of 2026, changes federal law or congressional policy affecting law enforcement, courts, victims, and regulated public-safety actors.
Policy Domains
Whole bill
Identified Gains
- law enforcement, courts, victims, and regulated public-safety actors
Identified Costs
- federal implementing agencies
- law enforcement, courts, victims, and regulated public-safety actors
Sponsors
Legislative Progress
In CommitteeReferred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition …
Introduced in House
Mr. Walberg (for himself, Mr. Raskin, Mr. McClintock, and Ms. …
Impact analysis is available but no clear stakeholder effects identified. View clause-level analysis →
Bill Structure & Actor Mappings
Who is "The Secretary" in each section?
- "the_secretary"
- → The Secretary identified in the operative section
- "the_commission"
- → The commission identified in the operative section
Key Definitions
Terms defined in this bill
an in rem action that permits the Federal seizing agency to start a forfeiture without judicial involvement.. Notwithstanding any other provision of law— no Federal seizing agency may conduct nonjudicial forfeitures
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