Measures to End Cashless Bail and Enforce the Law in the District of Columbia
Directs federal measures to end cashless bail practices in D.C. and increase pretrial detention for violent offenders.
Section by Section
What each section does, and how they differ.
States purpose to address D.C. crime emergency by ending cashless bail policies and enforcing criminal laws to ensure public safety.
Directs federal law enforcement to hold arrestees in federal custody to the fullest extent and pursue federal charges to prevent dangerous suspects from being released on cashless bail.
Requires Attorney General to determine if D.C. maintains cashless bail policies and authorizes agency heads to identify federal actions to compel D.C. policy changes.
Standard boilerplate: preserves existing agency authority, conditions the order on appropriations, and creates no enforceable private rights.