# 119-hr-6175: End Cashless Bail to Protect Americans Act of 2025

119-hr-6175, End Cashless Bail to Protect Americans Act of 2025, is a 119th Congress bill sponsored by Rep. Burchett, Tim [R-TN-2] (R-TN); status introduced (as of 2026-04-21).

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## Facts
- Bill: 119-hr-6175
- Congress: 119
- Title: End Cashless Bail to Protect Americans Act of 2025
- Status: introduced
- Introduced: 2025-11-20
- Sponsor: Rep. Burchett, Tim [R-TN-2] (R-TN)
- Cosponsors: 0
- Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
- Touches household money: no
- Last recorded action: 2026-04-21

## 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. - 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.

## Provisions PRIA read

- Grant cuts if states allow cashless bail: cost, high. 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…

## Related bills

- 119-hr-3132: CHOICE for Veterans Act of 2025
- 119-hr-687: MERIT Act of 2025
- 119-hr-4706: Protecting Our Farms and Homes from China Act
- 119-hr-9298: Stopping Harmful and Outrageous Torts Act
- 119-hr-7452: Air Quality Act
- 119-hr-2395: SHORT Act

## Sources
- [119-hr-6175 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/6175)

## Related
- [119-hr-3132: CHOICE for Veterans Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-3132)
- [119-hr-687: MERIT Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-687)
- [119-hr-4706: Protecting Our Farms and Homes from China Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-4706)
- [119-hr-9298: Stopping Harmful and Outrageous Torts Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-9298)
- [119-hr-7452: Air Quality Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-7452)
- [119-hr-2395: SHORT Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-2395)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-6175 (as of 2026-04-21).