[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 165 (Thursday, August 28, 2025)]
[Presidential Documents]
[Pages 42129-42130]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2025-16618]




                        Presidential Documents 



Federal Register / Vol. 90 , No. 165 / Thursday, August 28, 2025 / 
Presidential Documents

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                Executive Order 14342 of August 25, 2025

                
Taking Steps To End Cashless Bail To Protect 
                Americans

                By the authority vested in me as President by the 
                Constitution and the laws of the United States of 
                America, it is hereby ordered:

                Section 1. Purpose and Policy. Maintaining order and 
                public safety requires incarcerating individuals whose 
                pending criminal charges or criminal history 
                demonstrate a clear ongoing risk to society. When these 
                individuals are released without bail under city or 
                State policies, they are permitted--even encouraged--to 
                further endanger law-abiding, hard-working Americans 
                because they know our laws will not be enforced. Our 
                great law enforcement officers risk their lives to 
                arrest potentially violent criminals, only to be forced 
                to arrest the same individuals, sometimes for the same 
                crimes, while they await trial on the previous charges. 
                This is a waste of public resources and a threat to 
                public safety.

                As President, I will require commonsense policies that 
                protect Americans' safety and well-being by 
                incarcerating individuals who are known threats. It is 
                therefore the policy of my Administration that Federal 
                policies and resources should not be used to support 
                jurisdictions with cashless bail policies, to the 
                maximum extent permitted by law.

                Sec. 2. Consequences for Cashless Bail Jurisdictions. 
                (a) Within 30 days of the date of this order, the 
                Attorney General shall submit to the President, through 
                the Assistant to the President for Homeland Security, a 
                list of States and local jurisdictions that have, in 
                the Attorney General's opinion, substantially 
                eliminated cash bail as a potential condition of 
                pretrial release from custody for crimes that pose a 
                clear threat to public safety and order, including 
                offenses involving violent, sexual, or indecent acts, 
                or burglary, looting, or vandalism. The Attorney 
                General shall update this list as necessary.

                    (b) The head of each executive department and 
                agency, in coordination with the Director of the Office 
                of Management and Budget, shall identify Federal funds, 
                including grants and contracts, currently provided to 
                cashless bail jurisdictions identified pursuant to 
                subsection (a) of this section that may be suspended or 
                terminated, as appropriate and consistent with 
                applicable law.

                Sec. 3. General Provisions. (a) Nothing in this order 
                shall be construed to impair or otherwise affect:

(i) the authority granted by law to an executive department or agency, or 
the head thereof; or

(ii) the functions of the Director of the Office of Management and Budget 
relating to budgetary, administrative, or legislative proposals.

                    (b) This order shall be implemented consistent with 
                applicable law and subject to the availability of 
                appropriations.
                    (c) This order is not intended to, and does not, 
                create any right or benefit, substantive or procedural, 
                enforceable at law or in equity by any party against 
                the United States, its departments, agencies, or 
                entities, its officers, employees, or agents, or any 
                other person.

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                    (d) The costs for publication of this order shall 
                be borne by the Department of Justice.
                
                
                    (Presidential Sig.)

                THE WHITE HOUSE,

                    August 25, 2025.

[FR Doc. 2025-16618
Filed 8-27-25; 11:15 am]
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