,,ii  #aaith ,,congress  #b;d ,session  
,s4 #dhia  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,june #bd1     
#bjbf,ms4 ,ernst introduced the         
following bill2 which was read twice and
 referred to the ,committee on the      
,judiciary  ,a ,,bill  ,to require      
defendants indicted for certain crimes  
relating to fraud to surrender their    
passports as a condition of pretrial    
release1 and for other purposes4  #a4   
,short title ,this ,act may be cited as 
the ,preventing ,fugitive ,fraudsters   
,act4  #b4 ,conditions for release for  
certain indictments ,section            
#cadb7;c77#a77;,b7 of title #ah1 ,united
 ,states ,code1 is amended-- 7#a7 in    
clause 7xiii71 by striking and at the   
end2  7#b7 by redesignating clause 7xiv7
 as clause 7xv72 and  7#c7 by inserting 
after clause 7xiii7 the following3      
7xiv7 in the case of an indictment under
 section #fff1 #acdc1 #aief1 or #aieg1  
surrender any passport or passport card 
belonging to the person and abstain from

 international travel1 unless a judicial
 officer issues specific written        
findings of fact that the surrender of  
the passport or passport card or the    
prohibition on travel is unnecessary to 
assure the appearance of the person2 and
  4