A bill to amend title 18 of the United States Code to provide that a person found guilty of willfully failing to appear as required while charged with a felony and free on bail be liable to receive the same penalty provided for the felony charge pending when he failed to appear.

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Introduced

30 January 1973

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Referred to House Committee on the Judiciary.

Summary

Provides that the penalty for any person released on bail while charged with a felony who willfully fails to appear as required shall be equal to the maximum sentence of imprisonment, the maximum fine, or both, provided for the offense which the person was released in connection with. (Amends 18 U.S.C. 3150)

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summary · EN · 30 January 1973
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Official source: https://www.congress.gov/bill/93rd-congress/house-bill/3328
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