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S. 3798119th CongressPlaced on the calendarLatest action Mar 5, 2026Decoded by AI · checked against the record
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The Safe Access to Cash Act of 2026 creates federal crimes for robbing, damaging, or attacking people at ATMs anywhere, not just at banks.
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This bill creates new federal crimes for robbing, threatening, or using violence against people at ATMs, even when the machine is standalone rather than inside a bank. It also criminalizes breaking into, damaging, or stealing from ATMs, with penalties based on the amount taken, and sets tougher penalties for assault, killing, or kidnapping during these crimes. It also updates existing bank robbery law to cover conspiring to rob a bank.
The bill affects people who commit or attempt ATM-related crimes, ATM owners and operators like banks, credit unions, and independent ATM companies, armored car and cash-delivery workers, and everyday ATM users.
The bill gives law enforcement and prosecutors a clearer legal tool to charge ATM crimes at the federal level regardless of the machine's location, and increases potential criminal exposure for offenders.
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Right now: it was placed on the Senate floor calendar, and the official record shows no floor action on it since. If the House changes it, it goes back to the Senate before reaching the President.
Latest action: — Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 350.