HR 2929
107th Congress
House
Crime and Law Enforcement
Bail
Criminal procedure
Forfeiture
Bail Bond Fairness Act of 2001
Introduced: September 21, 2001
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Everywhere this bill has been
4 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Oct 8, 2002
Subcommittee Hearings Held.
Sep 28, 2001
Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime.
Sep 21, 2001
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Sep 21, 2001
Introduced in House
Plain-English summary
Bail Bond Fairness Act of 2001 - Amends the Federal criminal code to prohibit a judicial officer from declaring forfeited a bail bond for violation of specified collateral release conditions other than failing to appear in court. Makes forfeiture of a bail bond for violation of such collateral release conditions unavailable as a sanction.
Amends rule 46 of the Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure to provide that if the defendant fails to appear physically before the court (currently, if there is a breach of condition of a bond), the district court shall declare a forfeiture of the bail.
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Subcommittee Hearings Held.
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