Section 1 Short title
This Act may be cited as the “Preventing Fugitive Fraudsters Act”.
Preventing Fugitive Fraudsters Act
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.
Sec. 2 Conditions for release for certain indictments
Section 3142(c)(1)(B) of title 18, United States Code, is amended—
in clause (xiii), by striking “and” at the end;
by redesignating clause (xiv) as clause (xv); and
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”