Safe Access to Cash Act of 2025

Bill: 119-hr-1631
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Rose, John W. [R-TN-6]
Introduced: 2025-02-26
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Banking and financial institutions regulation

Crimes against property
Latest action: action_date: 2025-02-26
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.

Summaries:

tv_txt: I 119th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 1631 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 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.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Safe Access to Cash Act of 2025 . 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. .