US Congress House Bill 5502 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 2-1)
Status: Introduced on September 17 2014 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2014-10-28 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.
Pending: House Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, And Investigations Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Fifth Amendment Integrity Restoration Act of 2014 or the FAIR Act - Amends the federal criminal code to increase the federal government's burden of proof in civil forfeiture proceedings to clear and convincing evidence. Requires the government, in addition to showing a substantial connection between the seized property and the offense in a forfeiture proceeding, to establish by clear and convincing evidence that the owner of any interest in the seized property intentionally used the property in connection with the offense or knowingly consented or was willfully blind to the use of the property by another in connection with the offense. Requires proceeds from the disposition of forfeited property to be deposited into the General Fund of the Treasury, rather than to Department of Justice (DOJ) accounts for law enforcement activities.

FAIR Act

Rep. Scott Garrett [R-NJ]

Rep. Tony Cardenas [D-CA]

Rep. Tim Walberg [R-MI]

Date	Chamber	Action
2014-10-28	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.
2014-09-19	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
2014-09-17	House	Referred to House Energy and Commerce
2014-09-17	House	Referred to House Judiciary
2014-09-17	House	Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.

SB2644 (Same As) 2014-07-23 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/113th-congress/house-bill/5502/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/113/bills/hr5502/BILLS-113hr5502ih.pdf