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Bills/119th Congress · House

H.R. 6260

Introduced

Keeping Violent Offenders Off Our Streets Act of 2025

Sponsor
RScott Fitzgerald· Wisconsin
Introduced
November 21, 2025
Policy area
Crime and Law Enforcement
Latest action
Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.May 18, 2026
[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 6260 Referred in Senate (RFS)]

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119th CONGRESS
2d Session
H. R. 6260

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IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

May 18, 2026

Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary

_______________________________________________________________________

AN ACT

To amend title 18, United States Code, to prohibit fraud in connection 
with posting bail.

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 ``Keeping Violent Offenders Off Our 
Streets Act of 2025''.

SEC. 2. FRAUD IN CONNECTION WITH POSTING BAIL.

Section 1033(f)(1)(A) of title 18, United States Code, is amended 
by inserting before the comma the following: ``(including the posting 
of monetary bail, criminal bail bonds, and Federal immigration bail 
bonds)''.

Passed the House of Representatives May 14, 2026.

Attest:

KEVIN F. MCCUMBER,

Clerk.

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