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Crime Information Center (NCIC) 
computerized information database; 
‘‘(II) order the bonding agent 
and surety to take the principal into 
custody and surrender the principal to 
any one of 10 designated Department 
of Homeland Security ‘turn-in’ cen-
ters located nationwide in the areas of 
greatest need, at any time of day dur-
ing 15 months after mailing the ar-
rest warrant and the order to the 
bonding agent and the surety as re-
quired by subclause (III), and imme-
diately enter that order into the Na-
tional 
Crime 
Information 
Center 
(NCIC) 
computerized 
information 
database; and 
‘‘(III) mail 2 certified copies each 
of the arrest warrant issued pursuant 
to subclause (I) and 2 certified copies 
each of the order issued pursuant to 
subclause (II) to only the bonding 
agent and surety via certified mail re-
turn receipt to their last known ad-
dresses.
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‘‘(ii) Bonding agents and sureties 
shall immediately notify the Secretary of 
Homeland Security of their changes of ad-
dress and/or telephone numbers. 
‘‘(iii) The Secretary of Homeland Se-
curity shall establish, disseminate to bond-
ing agents and sureties, and maintain on a 
current basis a secure nationwide toll-free 
list of telephone numbers of Department of 
Homeland Security officials, including the 
names of such officials, that bonding 
agents, sureties, and their employees may 
immediately contact at any time to discuss 
and resolve any issue regarding any prin-
cipal or bond, to be known as ‘Points of 
Contact’. 
‘‘(iv) A bonding agent or surety shall 
have full and complete access, free of 
charge, to any and all information, elec-
tronic or otherwise, in the care, custody, 
and control of the United States Govern-
ment or any State or local government or 
any subsidiary or police agency thereof re-
garding the principal that may be helpful 
in complying with section 105 of the
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REAL ID Act of 2005 that the Secretary 
of Homeland Security, by regulations sub-
ject to approval by Congress, determines 
may be helpful in locating or surrendering 
the principal. Beyond the principal, a 
bonding agent or surety shall not be re-
quired to disclose any information, includ-
ing but not limited to the arrest warrant 
and order, received from any governmental 
source, any person, firm, corporation, or 
other entity. 
‘‘(v) If the principal is later arrested, 
detained, or otherwise located outside the 
United States and the outlying possessions 
of the United States (as defined in section 
101(a) of the Immigration and Nationality 
Act), the Secretary of Homeland Security 
shall—
‘‘(I) immediately order that the 
surety is completely exonerated, and 
the bond canceled; and 
‘‘(II) if the Secretary of Home-
land Security has issued an order 
under clause (i), the surety may re-
quest, by written, properly filed mo-
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tion, reinstatement of the bond. This 
subclause may not be construed to 
prevent the Secretary of Homeland 
Security from revoking or resetting a 
bond at a higher amount. 
‘‘(vi) The bonding agent or surety 
must—
‘‘(I) during the 15 months after 
the date the arrest warrant and order 
were 
mailed 
pursuant 
to 
clause 
(i)(III) surrender the principal one 
time; or 
‘‘(II)(aa) provide reasonable evi-
dence that producing the principal 
was prevented—
‘‘(aaa) by the principal’s ill-
ness or death; 
‘‘(bbb) because the principal 
is detained in custody in any city, 
State, country, or any political 
subdivision thereof; 
‘‘(ccc) because the principal 
has left the United States or its 
outlying possessions (as defined 
in section 101(a) of the Immigra-
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tion and Nationality Act (8 
U.S.C. 1101(a)); or 
‘‘(ddd) because required no-
tice was not given to the bonding 
agent or surety; and 
‘‘(bb) establish by affidavit that 
the inability to produce the principal 
was not with the consent or conniv-
ance of the bonding agent or surety. 
‘‘(vii) If compliance occurs more than 
15 months but no more than 18 months 
after the mailing of the arrest warrant and 
order to the bonding agent and the surety 
required under clause (i)(III), an amount 
equal to 25 percent of the face amount of 
the bond shall be assessed as a penalty 
against the surety. 
‘‘(viii) If compliance occurs more than 
18 months but no more than 21 months 
after the mailing of the arrest warrant and 
order to the bonding agent and the surety 
required under clause (i)(III), an amount 
equal to 50 percent of the face amount of 
the bond shall be assessed as a penalty 
against the surety.