A bill to amend title 18, United States Code, and the Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure with respect to bail bond forfeitures.
Amends the Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure to provide that if a defendant fails to appear physically before the court (currently, if there is a breach of a condition of a bond), the court shall declare a forfeiture of the bail.
Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Introduced in Senate
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S15913-15914)
Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
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