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119-hr-6175119th Congress

End Cashless Bail to Protect Americans Act of 2025

Sponsored By: Representative Burchett, Tim [R-TN-2]

Introduced

Summary

This bill would make federal grant funding conditional on banning cashless pre-trial release. It targets pre-trial release on personal recognizance and on unsecured appearance bonds and ties a long list of federal grants to a jurisdiction's bail practices.

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  • States and local governments that permit cashless pre-trial release would lose access to the named federal grant programs until they change their practices. This creates a funding consequence for jurisdictions that allow those specific release methods.
  • The affected programs include the Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant, multiple Second Chance Act programs, Pell grants for eligible incarcerated students, Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act grants, child abuse prevention grants, Victim of Child Abuse Act grants, and Legal Services Corporation funding.
  • Enforcement follows a set timetable. The Attorney General must identify jurisdictions within 30 days and annually. Agency heads must stop covered grants within 90 days of notification and must reinstate funds within 180 days after a jurisdiction is removed from the list.

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Analyzed Economic Effects

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Grant cuts if states allow cashless bail

If enacted, this bill would block many federal grants to any state or city that allows pre-trial release on personal recognizance or an unsecured bond. The Attorney General would list those places within 30 days of enactment and every year after. Federal agencies would have 90 days to stop payments from covered grant programs once they get the list. If a place ends those practices and is removed, agencies would have up to 180 days to restart funding, subject to normal rules. Covered grants would include justice and reentry grants (like Byrne JAG and Second Chance), Pell Grants for eligible incarcerated students, workforce or education programs for people in custody, child abuse prevention and victim services, and Legal Services Corporation grants.

Sponsors & CoSponsors

Sponsor

Burchett, Tim [R-TN-2]

TN • R

Cosponsors

There are no cosponsors for this bill.

Roll Call Votes

No roll call votes available for this bill.

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