Taking Steps To End Cashless Bail To Protect Americans
Headline: Federal Government to Withhold Funds from Cashless Bail Jurisdictions
What it does: Agencies must identify federal grants and contracts to cashless bail jurisdictions for possible suspension or termination.
- Attorney General will list jurisdictions that have eliminated cash bail for dangerous crimes.
- Agencies must identify federal grants and contracts that may be suspended or terminated.
- Federal resources should not be used to support cashless bail jurisdictions.
Summary
This order directs the federal government to stop using federal policies and resources to support cities and states that eliminate cash bail for certain dangerous crimes. The Attorney General must submit a list within 30 days identifying jurisdictions that have substantially ended cash bail for violent, sexual, burglary, looting, or vandalism-related offenses. Federal departments and agencies, working with the budget office, must identify grants and contracts to those jurisdictions that may be suspended or terminated, consistent with law.
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