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HR 1131 106th Congress House

ATM Public Safety and Crime Control Act

Official title: To amend the Bank Protection Act of 1968 and the Federal Credit Union Act to require enhanced security measures at depository institutions and automated teller… Show full official titleShow less

Official title: To amend the Bank Protection Act of 1968 and the Federal Credit Union Act to require enhanced security measures at depository institutions and automated teller machines sufficient to provide surveillance pictures which can be used effectively as evidence in criminal prosecutions, to amend title 28, United States Code, to require the Federal Bureau of Investigation to make technical recommendations with regard to such security measures, and for other purposes.

Introduced: March 16, 1999 Introduced by: Nadler, Jerrold Democratic · New York See on congress.gov
Finance and Financial Sector Administrative procedureAutomated teller machinesBank robberiesCameras
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CommerceCongressCongressional reporting requirementsCredit unionsCrime and Law EnforcementCrime preventionDepartment of the TreasuryEvidence (Law)Federal Deposit Insurance CorporationFederal Housing Finance BoardFederal Reserve SystemGovernment Operations and PoliticsGovernment corporationsLawLighting
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Mar 31, 1999
Referred to the Subcommittee on Financial Institutions and Consumer Credit.
Mar 29, 1999
Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime.
Mar 16, 1999
Referred to the Committee on Banking and Financial Services, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, 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.
Mar 16, 1999
Introduced in House
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 Latest action March 31, 1999

Referred to the Subcommittee on Financial Institutions and Consumer Credit.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

ATM Public Safety and Crime Control Act - Amends the Bank Protection Act of 1968 and the Federal Credit Union Act to require each Federal supervisory agency for depository institutions to prescribe regulations, pursuant to recommendations made by the Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), mandating lighting and surveillance camera quality sufficient to be used effectively as evidence in a criminal prosecution.

Amends Federal law to instruct the FBI Director to: (1) periodically review standards and procedures in connection with enhanced surveillance equipment at depository institutions; (2) make technical recommendations regarding enhanced surveillance to the Federal banking agencies and the National Credit Union Administration Board; and (3) furnish certain congressional committees with copies of such recommendations.

Sets a deadline by which the Federal banking agencies and the National Credit Union Administration Board must prescribe final regulations for such enhanced security measures.

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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 1131: ATM Public Safety and Crime Control Act. 106th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/106-HR-1131/
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"H.R. 1131: ATM Public Safety and Crime Control Act." 106th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/106-HR-1131/.
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H.R. 1131, 106th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/106-HR-1131/.
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