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| 2 | 2 | | 119THCONGRESS |
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| 4 | 4 | | STSESSION H. R. 1631 |
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| 5 | 5 | | To amend title 18, United States Code, to clarify that ATMs are in the |
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| 6 | 6 | | care, custody, control, management, or possession of, any bank, credit |
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| 7 | 7 | | union, or any savings and loan association regardless of whether the |
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| 8 | 8 | | ATM is located on the physical premises of such an institution. |
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| 9 | 9 | | IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES |
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| 10 | 10 | | FEBRUARY26, 2025 |
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| 11 | 11 | | Mr. R |
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| 12 | 12 | | OSE(for himself, Mr. IVEY, Mr. FITZGERALD, Mr. MEUSER, Ms. |
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| 13 | 13 | | B |
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| 14 | 14 | | ROWNLEY, Mr. FOSTER, Mr. OGLES, and Mr. KUSTOFF) introduced the |
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| 15 | 15 | | following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary |
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| 16 | 16 | | A BILL |
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| 17 | 17 | | To amend title 18, United States Code, to clarify that ATMs |
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| 18 | 18 | | are in the care, custody, control, management, or posses- |
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| 19 | 19 | | sion of, any bank, credit union, or any savings and |
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| 20 | 20 | | loan association regardless of whether the ATM is lo- |
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| 21 | 21 | | cated on the physical premises of such an institution. |
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| 22 | 22 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1 |
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| 23 | 23 | | tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 |
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| 24 | 24 | | SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3 |
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| 25 | 25 | | This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Safe Access to Cash 4 |
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| 26 | 26 | | Act of 2025’’. 5 |
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| 30 | 30 | | SEC. 2. ATM ROBBERY. 1 |
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| 31 | 31 | | Section 2113 of title 18, United States Code, is 2 |
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| 32 | 32 | | amended by adding at the end the following: 3 |
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| 33 | 33 | | ‘‘(i) The term ‘ATM’ means any network-connected 4 |
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| 34 | 34 | | automated teller machine terminal that is connected to one 5 |
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| 35 | 35 | | or more of the global, national, or regional electronic fi-6 |
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| 36 | 36 | | nancial networks that allow a depositor of any bank, credit 7 |
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| 37 | 37 | | union, or savings and loan association, by use at such 8 |
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| 38 | 38 | | ATM of a card or other access device, as defined in sub-9 |
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| 39 | 39 | | section (e)(1) of section 1029 of this title, issued or au-10 |
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| 40 | 40 | | thorized by such depository institution, to access such de-11 |
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| 41 | 41 | | positor’s account for the purpose of making withdrawals 12 |
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| 42 | 42 | | from or deposits to such account, or making inquiry as 13 |
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| 43 | 43 | | to the balance in such account, and includes any ATM 14 |
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| 44 | 44 | | owned, operated, or sponsored by a bank, credit union, 15 |
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| 45 | 45 | | or any savings and loan association. 16 |
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| 46 | 46 | | ‘‘(j) For purposes of this section, an ATM, and any 17 |
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| 47 | 47 | | cash that is in transit to or being loaded into or unloaded 18 |
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| 48 | 48 | | from an ATM, shall be considered in the care, custody, 19 |
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| 49 | 49 | | control, management, or possession of, any bank, credit 20 |
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| 50 | 50 | | union, or any savings and loan association, regardless of 21 |
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| 51 | 51 | | whether— 22 |
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| 52 | 52 | | ‘‘(1) the ATM is located on the physical prem-23 |
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| 53 | 53 | | ises of such an institution; or 24 |
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| 57 | 57 | | ‘‘(2) the ATM is owned or operated by such an 1 |
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| 58 | 58 | | institution.’’. 2 |
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