Safe Access to Cash Act of 2025
In committee: it can still change before the session ends.
- Stage
- In committee
- Started in
- House
- Sponsors
- 14
- Latest action
- Feb 26, 2025
What it does
Safe Access to Cash Act of 2025 This bill specifies that robbery offenses involving ATMs and related cash constitute crimes under the federal bank robbery statute. Currently, the federal bank robbery statute makes it a federal crime to take or attempt to take, by force and violence or by intimidation, money or other property belonging to or in the care, custody, control, management, or possession of any bank, credit union, or savings and loan association. However, federal circuit courts have split on whether forcing someone to withdraw money from an ATM constitutes an offense under the federal bank robbery statute. The Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals has held that directly forcing a bank…
Official summary · Introduced in House · Feb 26, 2025
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While a bill can still move, the questions are about people and money.