Executive Order No. 14342. Taking Steps To End Cashless Bail To Protect Americans

• Executive Order No.: 14342
• Published date: 28 August 2025
• Citation: 90 FR 42129
• Date: 25 August 2025
• Section: Presidential Documents

Presidential Documents

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Executive Order 14342 of August 25, 2025

Taking Steps To End Cashless Bail To Protect Americans

By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the

laws of the United States of America, it is hereby ordered:

Section 1. Purpose and Policy. Maintaining order and public safety requires

incarcerating individuals whose pending criminal charges or criminal history

demonstrate a clear ongoing risk to society. When these individuals are

released without bail under city or State policies, they are permitted—

even encouraged—to further endanger law-abiding, hard-working Americans

because they know our laws will not be enforced. Our great law enforcement

officers risk their lives to arrest potentially violent criminals, only to be

forced to arrest the same individuals, sometimes for the same crimes, while

they await trial on the previous charges. This is a waste of public resources

and a threat to public safety.

As President, I will require commonsense policies that protect Americans’

safety and well-being by incarcerating individuals who are known threats.

It is therefore the policy of my Administration that Federal policies and

resources should not be used to support jurisdictions with cashless bail

policies, to the maximum extent permitted by law.

Sec. 2. Consequences for Cashless Bail Jurisdictions. (a) Within 30 days

of the date of this order, the Attorney General shall submit to the President,

through the Assistant to the President for Homeland Security, a list of

States and local jurisdictions that have, in the Attorney General’s opinion,

substantially eliminated cash bail as a potential condition of pretrial release

from custody for crimes that pose a clear threat to public safety and order,

including offenses involving violent, sexual, or indecent acts, or burglary,

looting, or vandalism. The Attorney General shall update this list as nec-

essary.

(b) The head of each executive department and agency, in coordination

with the Director of the Office of Management and Budget, shall identify

Federal funds, including grants and contracts, currently provided to cashless

bail jurisdictions identified pursuant to subsection (a) of this section that

may be suspended or terminated, as appropriate and consistent with applica-

ble law.

Sec. 3. General Provisions. (a) Nothing in this order shall be construed

to impair or otherwise affect:

(i) the authority granted by law to an executive department or agency,

or the head thereof; or

(ii) the functions of the Director of the Office of Management and Budget

relating to budgetary, administrative, or legislative proposals.

(b) This order shall be implemented consistent with applicable law and

subject to the availability of appropriations.

(c) This order is not intended to, and does not, create any right or benefit,

substantive or procedural, enforceable at law or in equity by any party

against the United States, its departments, agencies, or entities, its officers,

employees, or agents, or any other person.

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(d) The costs for publication of this order shall be borne by the Department

of Justice.

THE WHITE HOUSE,

August 25, 2025.

[FR Doc. 2025–16618

Filed 8–27–25; 11:15 am]

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