Presidential DocumentExecutive Order 143402025-16615

Measures To End Cashless Bail and Enforce the Law in the District of Columbia

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August 28, 2025
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August 25, 2025

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[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 165 (Thursday, August 28, 2025)]
[Presidential Documents]
[Pages 42125-42126]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2025-16615]




                        Presidential Documents 



Federal Register / Vol. 90 , No. 165 / Thursday, August 28, 2025 / 
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                Executive Order 14340 of August 25, 2025

                
Measures To End Cashless Bail and Enforce the Law 
                in the District of Columbia

                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. As stated in Executive 
                Order 14333 of August 11, 2025 (Declaring a Crime 
                Emergency in the District of Columbia), there is a 
                crime emergency in Washington, D.C., that is impeding 
                the operations and responsibilities of the Federal 
                Government. The District of Columbia government's 
                pretrial release policies, which include prohibiting 
                cash bail, contribute to the disgraceful conditions 
                referenced in the aforementioned Executive Order, as 
                law enforcement must arrest the same individuals 
                multiple times, and dangerous criminals are sometimes 
                rapidly released. This leaves such criminals free to 
                endanger American citizens visiting our Nation's 
                capital, Federal workers discharging their duties to 
                our Nation, and citizens of the District of Columbia 
                trying to live their lives safely. It is therefore the 
                policy of my Administration that all necessary and 
                lawful measures be taken to end cashless bail policies 
                and ensure the pretrial detention of any criminal 
                suspect who threatens public safety.

                Sec. 2. Ending Unwarranted Pretrial Release in the 
                District of Columbia. (a) To prevent the release of 
                dangerous suspects based on cashless bail policies, 
                relevant Federal law enforcement agencies and officials 
                who are members of the D.C. Safe and Beautiful Task 
                Force established in Executive Order 14252 of March 27, 
                2025 (Making the District of Columbia Safe and 
                Beautiful), shall work to ensure that arrestees in the 
                District of Columbia are held in Federal custody to the 
                fullest extent permissible under applicable law, and 
                shall pursue Federal charges and pretrial detention for 
                such arrestees whenever possible, consistent with 
                applicable law, to ensure that criminal defendants who 
                pose a threat to public safety are not released from 
                custody prior to trial.

                    (b) Further, the Attorney General shall review the 
                Metropolitan Police Department (MPD) General Orders and 
                other policies and practices of the MPD to identify 
                those that may result in pretrial release of criminal 
                defendants who pose a threat to public safety and, 
                consistent with section 740 of the District of Columbia 
                Self-Government and Governmental Reorganization Act 
                (Public Law 93-198), shall request that the Mayor of 
                the District of Columbia make such updates and 
                modifications to such orders and policies as the 
                Attorney General determines would be necessary to 
                address the crime emergency and help to ensure public 
                order and safety.

                Sec. 3. Measures to End Cashless Bail in the District 
                of Columbia. (a) The Attorney General shall determine 
                whether the District of Columbia continues to maintain 
                a policy or practice of prohibiting cash bail as a 
                potential condition of pretrial release from jail for 
                crimes prosecuted under the Code of the District of 
                Columbia in the Superior Court of the District of 
                Columbia where the arrestee poses a clear threat to 
                public safety and order. Such cases include violent or 
                sexual offenses such as rape, murder, carjacking, and 
                assault, as well as property offenses such as burglary, 
                looting, and vandalism. The Attorney General shall 
                update her determination if the District of Columbia 
                changes its cashless bail policies or practices.

                    (b) If the Attorney General determines that the 
                District of Columbia continues to maintain a policy or 
                practice of prohibiting cash bail, the head of each 
                executive department or agency (agency), in 
                coordination with the

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                Director of the Office of Management and Budget, shall 
                identify appropriate actions to press the District of 
                Columbia to change its policies with respect to 
                cashless bail. Such actions may include Federal funding 
                decisions or the provision of Federal services or 
                approvals by agency heads, as well as actions the 
                Attorney General identifies as necessary and 
                appropriate because of the emergency conditions based 
                upon which section 740 of the District of Columbia Home 
                Rule Act has been invoked. The head of each agency 
                shall undertake any such actions he or she deems 
                appropriate, consistent with applicable law.

                Sec. 4. 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.
                    (d) The costs for publication of this order shall 
                be borne by the Department of Justice.
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                    August 25, 2025.

[FR Doc. 2025-16615
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