[Congressional Bills 105th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2134 Introduced in House (IH)]







105th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H.R. 2134

 To amend the Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure with respect to bail 
                           bond forfeitures.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             July 10, 1997

 Mr. McCollum 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 with respect to bail 
                           bond forfeitures.

    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 ``Bail Bond Fairness Act of 1997''.

SEC. 2. FAIRNESS IN BAIL BOND FORFEITURE.

    Rule 46(e)(1) of the Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure is amended 
by striking ``there is a breach of condition of'' and inserting ``the 
defendant fails to appear as required by''.
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