June 24, 2026
Ms. Ernst introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary
To require defendants indicted for certain crimes relating to fraud to surrender their passports as a condition of pretrial release, and for other purposes.
Section 1. Short title
This Act may be cited as the Preventing Fugitive Fraudsters Act
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Sec. 2. Conditions for release for certain indictments
Section 3142(c)(1)(B) of title 18, United States Code, is amended—
(1)
in clause (xiii), by striking and
at the end;
(2)
by redesignating clause (xiv) as clause (xv); and
(3)
by inserting after clause (xiii) the following:
(xiv)
in the case of an indictment under section 666, 1343, 1956, or 1957, surrender any passport or passport card belonging to the person and abstain from international travel, unless a judicial officer issues specific written findings of fact that the surrender of the passport or passport card or the prohibition on travel is unnecessary to assure the appearance of the person; and