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HR 2929 107th Congress House Crime and Law Enforcement Bail Criminal procedure Forfeiture

Bail Bond Fairness Act of 2001

Introduced: September 21, 2001 See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 4 steps
Introduced
In committee
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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
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service
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.

What's happening now October 8, 2002

Subcommittee Hearings Held.

 Bill text 1 version

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 5
All 5 Democratic 2 Republican 3
R
Lucas, Frank D.
Oklahoma · Oct 30, 2001
 R
Calvert, Ken
California · Sep 21, 2001
 D
Meeks, Gregory W.
New York · Sep 21, 2001
 D
Scott, Robert C. "Bobby"
Virginia · Sep 21, 2001
 R
Wicker, Roger F.
Mississippi · Sep 21, 2001
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 2929: Bail Bond Fairness Act of 2001. 107th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/107-HR-2929/
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"H.R. 2929: Bail Bond Fairness Act of 2001." 107th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/107-HR-2929/.
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H.R. 2929, 107th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/107-HR-2929/.
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