H.R. 8392

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 8392 Introduced in House (IH)]

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119th CONGRESS
2d Session
H. R. 8392

To amend the Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure to provide for when 
the government may move the court to dismiss an indictment, 
information, or complaint, and for other purposes.

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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

April 20, 2026

Ms. Scanlon introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on the Judiciary

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A BILL

To amend the Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure to provide for when 
the government may move the court to dismiss an indictment, 
information, or complaint, 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 Free Passes for Cronies Act''.

SEC. 2. MOTION BY THE GOVERNMENT TO DISMISS AN INDICTMENT, INFORMATION, 
OR COMPLAINT.

Rule 48(a) of the Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure is amended to 
read as follows:
``(a) Motion by the Government.--The government may move the court 
to dismiss an indictment, information, or complaint. The court may, 
upon consideration of the interests of justice, grant or deny such 
motion, except that the court may not grant such a motion to dismiss 
the prosecution during trial without the defendant's consent.''.
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