H.R. 8392

Summary

H.R. 8392, the No Free Passes for Cronies Act, was introduced in the House on Apr 20, 2026 by Rep. Mary Gay Scanlon (D). It was referred to Judiciary, and last saw action on Apr 20, 2026: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.

Record

Text

H.R. 8392 has no co-sponsors and has not gone to a roll call.

119 HR 8392 IH: No Free Passes for Cronies Act
 U.S. House of Representatives
 2026-04-20
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 I  119th CONGRESS  2d Session  H. R. 8392  IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES   April 20, 2026   Ms. Scanlon  introduced the following bill; which was referred to the  Committee on the Judiciary    A BILL
To amend the Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure to provide for when the government may move the court to dismiss an indictment, information, or complaint, and for other purposes.
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Short title
This Act may be cited as the   No Free Passes for Cronies Act  .
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Motion by the government to dismiss an indictment, information, or complaint
Rule 48(a) of the Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure is amended to read as follows:
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Motion by the government
The government may move the court to dismiss an indictment, information, or complaint. The court may, upon consideration of the interests of justice, grant or deny such motion, except that the court may not grant such a motion to dismiss the prosecution during trial without the defendant’s consent.
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To amend the Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure to provide for when the government may move the court to dismiss an indictment, information, or complaint, and for other purposes.

Sponsors

Rep. Mary Gay Scanlon (D) sponsors H.R. 8392 alone.

Mary Gay Scanlon

Rep. · D–PA-5 · Sponsor

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Committees

H.R. 8392 went before 1 committee: Judiciary.

Judiciary

Judiciary

Referred To · Apr 20, 2026 · 2,181 Bills

Actions

H.R. 8392 has taken 2 actions since Apr 20, 2026.

Votes

H.R. 8392 has not gone to a roll call.

Titles

H.R. 8392 goes by 3 titles, 1 of them short titles.

• No Free Passes for Cronies Act — Display Title
• To amend the Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure to provide for when the government may move the court to dismiss an indictment, information, or complaint, and for other purposes. — Official Title as Introduced
• No Free Passes for Cronies Act — Short Title(s) as Introduced

Classification

The Congressional Research Service files H.R. 8392 under Crime and Law Enforcement, one of its 31 policy areas.

CRS Subjects

CRS assigns every bill one policy area from its 31; H.R. 8392’s is Crime and Law Enforcement.

Constitutional authority

The clause the sponsor cites as Congress’s power to enact H.R. 8392, as entered in the Congressional Record.

[Congressional Record Volume 172, Number 69 (Monday, April 20, 2026)][House]From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]By Ms. SCANLON:H.R. 8392.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Section 8 of Article I of the Constitution[Page H2996]

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