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Preventing Fugitive Fraudsters Act
To require defendants indicted for certain crimes relating to fraud to surrender their passports as a condition of pretrial release, and for other purposes.
Summary
- Requires defendants indicted for federal program bribery, wire fraud, or money laundering to surrender their passports as a condition of pretrial release.
- Requires defendants indicted for these crimes to abstain from international travel as a condition of pretrial release.
- Applies to indictments under federal statutes 666, 1343, 1956, and 1957.
- Allows a judicial officer to waive the passport surrender or travel prohibition requirements if they make specific written findings that such measures are unnecessary to ensure the defendant's appearance.
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Sponsor (1)
- Sen. Ernst, Joni [R-IA] (R-IA)
Money behind the sponsor
Top reported contributors to Joni Ernst’s campaign committee (2024 cycle) — who funds the bill’s sponsor, not a claim about this bill. Data from FEC.
- NULL $57,653
- CAPITAL GROUP $40,000
- SOROBAN CAPITAL $13,200
- CAPITAL GROUP COMPANIES $7,500
- GOOGLE $6,800
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Actions (2)
- Jun 24, 2026 Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. · senate
- Jun 24, 2026 Introduced in Senate
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Full text
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
June 24, 2026
Ms. Ernst introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary
A BILL
To require defendants indicted for certain crimes relating to fraud to surrender their passports as a condition of pretrial release, and for other purposes.
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 “Preventing Fugitive Fraudsters Act”.
SEC. 2. CONDITIONS FOR RELEASE FOR CERTAIN INDICTMENTS.
Section 3142(c)(1)(B) of title 18, United States Code, is amended—
(1) in clause (xiii), by striking “and” at the end;
(2) by redesignating clause (xiv) as clause (xv); and
(3) by inserting after clause (xiii) the following:
“(xiv) in the case of an indictment under section 666, 1343, 1956, or 1957, surrender any passport or passport card belonging to the person and abstain from international travel, unless a judicial officer issues specific written findings of fact that the surrender of the passport or passport card or the prohibition on travel is unnecessary to assure the appearance of the person; and”. <all>
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