To amend title 18, United States Code, to prohibit fraud in connection with posting bail.
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Summary
What This Bill Does
This bill addresses pretrial detention and bail decisions for violent offenders. It authorizes using federal Byrne Justice Assistance Grants for states to develop 'public safety report systems' that provide judges and prosecutors with standardized bail criteria for defendants charged with violent crimes like murder, manslaughter, assault, and sex offenses.
Who Benefits and How
State and Tribal Court Administrations receive new eligible grant funding to build bail-assessment technology systems. Prosecutors and judges benefit from standardized tools and criteria to make bail decisions. Bail bonds industry faces expanded fraud enforcement that could reduce fraudulent competition.
Who Bears the Burden and How
Criminal defendants face potentially stricter bail standards with mandatory reporting systems informing judicial decisions. Fraudulent bail bond operators face new federal criminal liability for misrepresentations when posting bail.
Key Provisions
- Allows Byrne grant funds for public safety report systems with bail criteria for violent offenses
- Systems must track defendant criminal history, pending charges, and immigration status
- Expands 18 U.S.C. 1033 fraud statute to cover bail bonds including immigration bail bonds
Evidence Chain:
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At a Glance
What This Bill Does
Authorizes Byrne grant funding for public safety report systems to provide bail criteria to judges and prosecutors, and expands federal fraud statutes to include bail bonds fraud.
Key Policy Areas
Criminal Justice, Public Safety, State/Local Grants
Primary Purpose
Authorizes Byrne grant funding for public safety report systems to provide bail criteria to judges and prosecutors, and expands federal fraud statutes to include bail bonds fraud.
Policy Domains
Main Bill
Identified Gains
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation- State court systems
- Prosecutors
- Judges
- Legitimate bail bonds industry
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation
Identified Costs
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation- Criminal defendants
- Fraudulent bail bond operators
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation
Sponsors
Legislative Progress
Passed HouseReceived; read twice and referred to the Committee on the …
Passed House (inferred from eh version)
Additional sponsor: Mr. Calvert
Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the …
Mr. Fitzgerald (for himself, Mr. Nehls, Mr. Steil, Mr. Tiffany, …
Stakeholder Effects
cui bono?How this legislation distributes effects. Mention counts reflect frequency, not effect magnitude.
Bail bond companies and agents, Fraudulent bail bond operators
State and Tribal Court Administrations
Criminal defendants charged with violent offenses
Bill Structure & Actor Mappings
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