HR8392Referred to Committee
No Free Passes for Cronies Act
Introduced
In Committee
3
Passed One Chamber4
Passed Both5
Signed into Law119th
Congress
2026-04-20
Introduced
0
Cosponsors
HR
ⓘType
Sponsor
Mary Gay Scanlon
Democrat · PA · Representative
Votes with party: 98.3% (597 recorded votes)
Top industries funding sponsor:
- Progressive Groups$78k
- Climate & Environment$1k
Full profile: /officials/S001205
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Cosponsors (0)
Members who have signed on to support this bill since introduction. Source: Congress.gov.
No cosponsors on record. Bills can pass without cosponsors — this often means the sponsor introduced the bill alone, either because it's a messaging bill, a chairman's mark, or simply early in the legislative cycle.
Latest Action
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Committee Activity
Currently in
- House Committee on the JudiciaryReferred To · 2026-04-20
Previously
- Judiciary CommitteeReferred To · 2026-04-20
Plain-English Summary
This bill would change the rules for how prosecutors can ask courts to dismiss criminal charges against defendants. It would establish new procedures and conditions for when the government is allowed to drop indictments, informations, or complaints in federal criminal cases. The changes would affect how federal prosecutors handle cases and potentially impact defendants' rights during the criminal process.
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Subjects
Crime and Law Enforcement
Full Bill Text
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[Congressional Bills 119th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [H.R. 8392 Introduced in House (IH)] <DOC> 119th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 8392 To amend the Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure to provide for when the government may move the court to dismiss an indictment, information, or complaint, and for other purposes. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES April 20, 2026 Ms. Scanlon introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary _______________________________________________________________________ A BILL To amend the Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure to provide for when the government may move the court to dismiss an indictment, information, or complaint, 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 ``No Free Passes for Cronies Act''. SEC. 2. MOTION BY THE GOVERNMENT TO DISMISS AN INDICTMENT, INFORMATION, OR COMPLAINT. Rule 48(a) of the Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure is amended to read as follows: ``(a) Motion by the Government.--The government may move the court to dismiss an indictment, information, or complaint. The court may, upon consideration of the interests of justice, grant or deny such motion, except that the court may not grant such a motion to dismiss the prosecution during trial without the defendant's consent.''. <all>
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