Safe Access to Cash Act of 2025

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1631 Introduced in House (IH)]

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119th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1631

To amend title 18, United States Code, to clarify that ATMs are in the
care, custody, control, management, or possession of, any bank, credit
 union, or any savings and loan association regardless of whether the
    ATM is located on the physical premises of such an institution.

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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           February 26, 2025

   Mr. Rose (for himself, Mr. Ivey, Mr. Fitzgerald, Mr. Meuser, Ms.
   Brownley, Mr. Foster, Mr. Ogles, and Mr. Kustoff) introduced the
  following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary

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                                 A BILL

To amend title 18, United States Code, to clarify that ATMs are in the
care, custody, control, management, or possession of, any bank, credit
 union, or any savings and loan association regardless of whether the
    ATM is located on the physical premises of such an institution.

    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 ``Safe Access to Cash Act of 2025''.

SEC. 2. ATM ROBBERY.

    Section 2113 of title 18, United States Code, is amended by adding
at the end the following:
    ``(i) The term `ATM' means any network-connected automated teller
machine terminal that is connected to one or more of the global,
national, or regional electronic financial networks that allow a
depositor of any bank, credit union, or savings and loan association,
by use at such ATM of a card or other access device, as defined in
subsection (e)(1) of section 1029 of this title, issued or authorized
by such depository institution, to access such depositor's account for
the purpose of making withdrawals from or deposits to such account, or
making inquiry as to the balance in such account, and includes any ATM
owned, operated, or sponsored by a bank, credit union, or any savings
and loan association.
    ``(j) For purposes of this section, an ATM, and any cash that is in
transit to or being loaded into or unloaded from an ATM, shall be
considered in the care, custody, control, management, or possession of,
any bank, credit union, or any savings and loan association, regardless
of whether--
            ``(1) the ATM is located on the physical premises of such
        an institution; or
            ``(2) the ATM is owned or operated by such an
        institution.''.
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