# 2025-16618: President's War on Cashless Bail: Federal Funds Get Axed!

2025-16618, Taking Steps To End Cashless Bail To Protect Americans, is a Federal Register presidential document from Executive Office of the President published 2025-08-28, effective 2025-08-25 (as of 2026-11-04).

- Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/federal-register/2025-16618
- As of: 2026-11-04
- Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts.

## Facts
- Document number: 2025-16618
- Title: Taking Steps To End Cashless Bail To Protect Americans
- Type: Presidential Document
- Agencies: Executive Office of the President
- Citation: 90 FR 42129
- Published: 2025-08-28
- Effective: 2025-08-25
- Comments close: not stated
- Significant: no
- Touches household money: no
- Regulation identifier numbers: none
- Last updated: 2026-11-04

## In one line

President's War on Cashless Bail: Federal Funds Get Axed!

## Summary

The President is cracking down on places that don’t require cash bail for serious crimes, aiming to keep dangerous people off the streets and protect hardworking Americans. Within 30 days, a list of these places will be made, and federal funding to them could be cut. This move means safer communities and smarter use of taxpayer money starting right away!

## Effects PRIA read

- Attorney General to Name Cashless Jurisdictions: cost, medium. Within 30 days of August 25, 2025, the Attorney General must give the President a list of States and local jurisdictions that have, in the Attorney General's opinion, substantially eliminated cash bail for crimes that pose a clear threat to public safety. The list must cover offenses including viol…
- Federal Grants and Contracts May Be Cut: cost, high. Heads of executive departments and agencies, working with the OMB Director, must identify Federal funds — including grants and contracts — provided to jurisdictions named by the Attorney General that may be suspended or terminated, as appropriate and consistent with law. Any suspension or terminati…

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## Sources
- [2025-16618 on federalregister.gov](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/08/28/2025-16618/taking-steps-to-end-cashless-bail-to-protect-americans)
- [2025-16618 as published (PDF)](https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-08-28/pdf/2025-16618.pdf)

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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/federal-register/2025-16618 (as of 2026-11-04).