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Code · BILL · 114th Congress · H.R. 4611 (Introduced in House) — To discourage the use of payment of money as a condition of pretrial release in criminal cases, and for other purposes. · Sec. 4

Sec. 4. Prohibition of money bail in Federal criminal cases

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Notwithstanding any provision of Federal law, no justice, judge, or other judicial official in any court created by or under article III of the Constitution of the United States may use payment of money as a condition of pretrial release in any criminal case.
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