Flight Risk Reduction Act

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 6582 Introduced in House (IH)]

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119th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 6582

   To amend title 18, United States Code, to establish a rebuttable 
  presumption that a defendant who is not a United States citizen or 
lawful permanent resident poses a danger to the community and a serious 
   risk of flight, for purposes of determining whether to release or 
                  detain the defendant pending trial.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           December 10, 2025

 Mr. Moore of North Carolina (for himself, Mr. Nehls, Ms. Hageman, Mr. 
 Moore of Alabama, Ms. Tenney, and Mr. Wied) introduced the following 
       bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary

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                                 A BILL


 
   To amend title 18, United States Code, to establish a rebuttable 
  presumption that a defendant who is not a United States citizen or 
lawful permanent resident poses a danger to the community and a serious 
   risk of flight, for purposes of determining whether to release or 
                  detain the defendant pending trial.

    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 ``Flight Risk Reduction Act''.

SEC. 2. RELEASE OR DETENTION OF A DEFENDANT PENDING TRIAL.

    (a) Basis for Detention Hearing.--Section 3142(f)(1) of title 18, 
United States Code, is amended--
            (1) by redesignating subparagraphs (A) through (E) as 
        clauses (i) through (v), respectively; and adjusting the 
        margins accordingly;
            (2) in clause (iv), as so redesignated, by striking 
        ``subparagraphs (A) through (C) of this paragraph'' each place 
        it appears and inserting ``clauses (i) through (iii) of this 
        subparagraph'';
            (3) by striking ``, in a case that involves--'' and 
        inserting the following: ``--
                    ``(A) in a case that involves''; and
            (4) by adding at the end the following:
                    ``(B) if such person is not a citizen or lawful 
                permanent resident of the United States; or''.
    (b) Detention.--Section 3142(e) of title 18, United States Code, is 
amended--
            (1) in paragraph (2), by striking ``subsection (f)(1)'' 
        each place it appears and inserting ``subsection (f)(1)(A)''; 
        and
            (2) by adding at the end the following:
    ``(4)(A) Notwithstanding subsection (d), if the person is not a 
citizen or lawful permanent resident of the United States, it shall be 
presumed that no condition or combination of conditions will reasonably 
ensure the appearance of the person as required and the safety of any 
other person and the community, subject to rebuttal by the person by 
clear and convincing evidence.
    ``(B) Ties to family or employment in the United States shall not 
be grounds for rebuttal of the presumption under subparagraph (A).''.
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