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To require the Attorney General to issue guidelines delineating when to enter into deferred prosecution agreements, to require judicial sanction of deferred prosecution agreements, and to provide for…

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To require the Attorney General to issue guidelines delineating when to enter into deferred prosecution agreements, to require judicial sanction of deferred prosecution agreements, and to provide for Federal monitors to oversee deferred prosecution agreements.

Introduced: January 22, 2008 Introduced by: Pallone, Frank Democratic · New Jersey See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 4 steps
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Passed House
Passed Senate
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Became law
Feb 4, 2008
Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
Feb 4, 2008
Referred to the Subcommittee on Commercial and Administrative Law.
Jan 22, 2008
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Jan 22, 2008
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Directs the Attorney General to issue guidelines delineating when U.S. attorneys should enter into deferred prosecution agreements, including appropriate factors for U.S. Attorneys to consider in determining whether to enter such agreements.

Requires a deferred prosecution agreement to be approved by a U.S. district court judge or a U.S. magistrate judge in the U.S. district court where criminal charges would be prosecuted by a U.S. attorney.

Requires oversight of a deferred prosecution agreement by a federal monitor appointed by an independent third party (a U. S. district court judge or a U.S. magistrate judge) from a pool of pre-qualified firms or individuals (or both).

Requires the presiding judge in the district court where a deferred prosecution agreement was approved, upon request by a U.S. Attorney, to determine if the deferred prosecution agreement has been breached.

What's happening now February 4, 2008

Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.

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 Committees of jurisdiction 3
 Cosponsors 1
All 1 Democratic 1
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Johnson, Henry C. "Hank"
Georgia · Mar 11, 2008
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 5086: To require the Attorney General to issue guidelines delineating when to enter into deferred prosecution agreements, to require judicial sanction of deferred prosecution agreements, and to provide for Federal monitors to oversee deferred prosecution agreements.. 110th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/110-HR-5086/
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"H.R. 5086: To require the Attorney General to issue guidelines delineating when to enter into deferred prosecution agreements, to require judicial sanction of deferred prosecution agreements, and to provide for Federal monitors to oversee deferred prosecution agreements.." 110th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/110-HR-5086/.
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H.R. 5086, 110th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/110-HR-5086/.
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