[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 6175 Introduced in House (IH)]
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119th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 6175
To prohibit the provision of Federal funding to States and local
governments that permit cashless bail, and for other purposes.
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
November 20, 2025
Mr. Burchett introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on
Education and Workforce, for a period to be subsequently determined by
the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall
within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned
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A BILL
To prohibit the provision of Federal funding to States and local
governments that permit cashless bail, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``End Cashless Bail to Protect
Americans Act of 2025''.
SEC. 2. ENDING CASHLESS BAIL.
(a) In General.--No covered grant program shall be made available
to a State or unit of local government that permits pre-trial release--
(1) on personal recognizance; or
(2) upon execution of an unsecured appearance bond.
(b) Termination of Funds.--
(1) Identification.--Not later than 30 days after the date
of enactment of this Act, and annually thereafter, the Attorney
General shall--
(A) identify any State or unit of local government
that permits the types of pre-trial release described
under subsection (a); and
(B) provide a list of any such State or unit local
government identified in subparagraph (A) to the head
of each Federal agency that administers a covered grant
program.
(2) Termination.--Not later than 90 days after receiving a
list described under paragraph (1), the head of each Federal
agency that administers a covered grant program shall terminate
the provision of any funds under such a program made available
by the Federal agency to each State or unit of local government
identified in such list.
(c) Reinstating Funds.--Not later than 180 days after the Attorney
General removes a State or unit of local government from a list
described under subsection (b)(1), the head of each Federal agency that
administers a covered grant program shall reinstate the funding
terminated under subsection (b)(2) to such State or unit of local
government in accordance with any otherwise applicable requirements.
(d) Definitions.--In this section:
(1) Covered grant program.--The term ``covered grant
program'' means the following grant programs:
(A) The Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance
Grant Program established under subpart 1 of part E of
title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets
Act of 1968 (34 U.S.C. 10151 et seq.).
(B) The grant programs established under, or
pursuant to, the following sections of the Omnibus
Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (34 U.S.C.
10101 et seq.):
(i) Section 1901.
(ii) Section 2015(a)(3).
(iii) Section 2921.
(iv) Section 2951.
(v) Section 2976.
(vi) Section 2991.
(vii) Section 3041.
(C) The grant programs established under the
following sections of the Second Chance Act of 2007 (34
U.S.C. 60511 et seq.):
(i) Section 115.
(ii) Section 201.
(iii) Section 211.
(iv) Section 241.
(D) The grant program established under section
20102 of the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement
Act of 1994 (34 U.S.C. 12102).
(E) Pell grants awarded to eligible incarcerated
students (as described under section 484 of the Higher
Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1091) through the
Federal Pell Grant program established under section
401 of such Act).
(F) The grant program established under section 225
of the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (29
U.S.C. 3305).
(G) The grant programs established under sections
105 and 106 of the Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment
Act (42 U.S.C. 5106 and 5106a).
(H) The grant program established by section 217 of
the Victim of Child Abuse Act of 1990 (34 U.S.C.
20323).
(I) Grant programs administered by the Legal
Services Corporation established under title X of the
Economic Opportunity Act of 1964 (42 U.S.C. 2996 et
seq.).
(2) Head of each federal agency.--The term ``head of each
Federal agency'' includes the president of the Legal Services
Corporation.
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