HR8392Referred to Committee

No Free Passes for Cronies Act

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Passed One Chamber
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Passed Both
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Signed into Law
119th
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2026-04-20
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Mary Gay Scanlon
Mary Gay Scanlon
Democrat · PA · Representative
Votes with party: 98.3% (599 recorded votes)
Top industries funding sponsor:
  • Progressive Groups$78k
  • Climate & Environment$1k

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Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.

2026-04-20

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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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Crime and Law Enforcement

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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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