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Bills/119th Congress · House

H.R. 5413

Introduced

No Bail Post-Jail Act

Sponsor
RClaudia Tenney· New York
Introduced
September 16, 2025
Policy area
Crime and Law Enforcement
Latest action
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.September 16, 2025

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[Congressional Bills 119th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [H.R. 5413 Introduced in House (IH)] <DOC> 119th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 5413 To deny pretrial release for certain individuals, and for other purposes. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES September 16, 2025 Ms. Tenney introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary _______________________________________________________________________ A BILL To deny pretrial release for certain individuals, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ``No Bail Post-Jail Act''. SEC. 2. DENIAL FOR PRETRIAL RELEASE FOR PRIOR INCARCERATION. Section 3142(e) of title 18, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following: ``(4) A person shall be considered to pose a danger to the safety of the community and be ineligible for release if the judicial officer finds that the person-- ``(A) is charged with a felony offense; ``(B) is an adult or a juvenile charged as an adult with regard to the offense; and ``(C) has a prior felony conviction for a crime of violence that resulted in the person serving not less than 30 days in a State or Federal correctional facility, not including any period of pretrial detention without conviction.''. <all>

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