119th Congress · introduced in the Senate · Jan 27, 2025
FAIR Act of 2025
Official title from Congress.gov
Latest action (Jan 27, 2025): Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
View on Congress.govPolicy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Congressional Research Service summary, version: Introduced in Senate (Jan 27, 2025)
Fifth Amendment Integrity Restoration Act of 2025 or the FAIR Act of 2025
This bill establishes more stringent requirements for the federal government with respect to civil asset forfeiture. Civil asset forfeiture generally refers to the seizure and forfeiture of property in connection with federal crimes.
Specifically, the bill makes various changes to the general rules governing civil forfeiture proceedings. Among the changes, the bill
• generally requires the government to notify interested parties within 7 days (currently, 60 days) of a seizure,
• requires an indigent property owner to be represented by counsel regardless of whether the owner requests counsel,
• requires the government to meet a higher evidentiary standard in order to prove that seized property is connected to a crime, and
Show the full summary (4 more paragraphs)Includes amendment, cloture, and procedural votes. Each is labeled with its exact question; only a passage question is a vote to pass the bill.
No recorded roll calls on this bill in coverage.
Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Introduced in Senate
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Administrative remedies · Civil actions and liability · Congressional oversight · Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation · Customs enforcement · Due process and equal protection · Evidence and witnesses · Government trust funds · Judicial procedure and administration · Lawyers and legal services · Legal fees and court costs · Property rights · State and local government operations
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DUE PROCESS INSTITUTE · lobbying firm or registrant: DUE PROCESS INSTITUTE
2026 Q2 report (Apr 1, 2026 – Jun 30, 2026) · posted Aug 13, 2026 · issue area: Law Enforcement/Crime/Criminal Justice
$15,000
Spent on own lobbying
…2; supporting the EQUAL Act; supporting the Fresh Start Act (H.R. 3111 / S.2590); supporting the Clean Slate Act (H.R. 3114 / S.1580); supporting the FAIR Act, S.263; supporting the Kenneth P. Thompson Begin Again Act; supporting the Safer Supervision Act (H.R. 5883 / S. 3077); supporting the Safer Detention Act (S.3485); s…
Congress inferred from the report year; bill number and the title cited with it match Congress.gov records, and the bill predates the report. The amount is lobbying spending for every issue on this report, not this bill alone, and none of it is paid to any member of Congress. View filing
DUE PROCESS INSTITUTE · lobbying firm or registrant: DUE PROCESS INSTITUTE
2026 Q1 report (Jan 1, 2026 – Mar 31, 2026) · posted Jun 1, 2026 · issue area: Law Enforcement/Crime/Criminal Justice
$15,000
Spent on own lobbying
…2; supporting the EQUAL Act; supporting the Fresh Start Act (H.R. 3111 / S.2590); supporting the Clean Slate Act (H.R. 3114 / S.1580); supporting the FAIR Act, S.263; supporting the Kenneth P. Thompson Begin Again Act; supporting the Safer Supervision Act (H.R. 5883 / S. 3077); supporting the Safer Detention Act (S.3485); s…
Congress inferred from the report year; bill number and the title cited with it match Congress.gov records, and the bill predates the report. The amount is lobbying spending for every issue on this report, not this bill alone, and none of it is paid to any member of Congress. View filing
DUE PROCESS INSTITUTE · lobbying firm or registrant: DUE PROCESS INSTITUTE
2025 Q4 report (Oct 1, 2025 – Dec 31, 2025) · posted Feb 25, 2026 · issue area: Law Enforcement/Crime/Criminal Justice
$10,000
Spent on own lobbying
…2; supporting the EQUAL Act; supporting the Fresh Start Act (H.R. 3111 / S.2590); supporting the Clean Slate Act (H.R. 3114 / S.1580); supporting the FAIR Act, S.263; supporting the Kenneth P. Thompson Begin Again Act; supporting the Safer Supervision Act (H.R. 5883 / S. 3077); supporting the Safer Detention Act (S.3485); s…
Congress inferred from the report year; bill number and the title cited with it match Congress.gov records, and the bill predates the report. The amount is lobbying spending for every issue on this report, not this bill alone, and none of it is paid to any member of Congress. View filing
DUE PROCESS INSTITUTE · lobbying firm or registrant: DUE PROCESS INSTITUTE
2025 Q3 report (Jul 1, 2025 – Sep 30, 2025) · posted Oct 23, 2025 · issue area: Law Enforcement/Crime/Criminal Justice
$40,000
Spent on own lobbying
…2; supporting the EQUAL Act; supporting the Fresh Start Act (H.R. 3111 / S.2590); supporting the Clean Slate Act (H.R. 3114 / S.1580); supporting the FAIR Act, S.263; supporting the Kenneth P. Thompson Begin Again Act; supporting the Safer Supervision Act; supporting the SEEK Help Act; opposing the repeal of the Second Chan…
Congress inferred from the report year; bill number and the title cited with it match Congress.gov records, and the bill predates the report. The amount is lobbying spending for every issue on this report, not this bill alone, and none of it is paid to any member of Congress. View filing
DUE PROCESS INSTITUTE · lobbying firm or registrant: DUE PROCESS INSTITUTE
2025 Q2 report (Apr 1, 2025 – Jun 30, 2025) · posted Aug 21, 2025 · issue area: Law Enforcement/Crime/Criminal Justice
$40,000
Spent on own lobbying
…ct, S.1102; supporting the EQUAL Act; supporting the Fresh Start Act (H.R. 3111); supporting the Clean Slate Act (H.R. 3114 / S.1580); supporting the FAIR Act, S.263; supporting the Kenneth P. Thompson Begin Again Act; supporting the Safer Supervision Act; supporting USSC amendments to supervised release and the crack-powde…
Congress inferred from the report year; bill number and the title cited with it match Congress.gov records, and the bill predates the report. The amount is lobbying spending for every issue on this report, not this bill alone, and none of it is paid to any member of Congress. View filing
DUE PROCESS INSTITUTE · lobbying firm or registrant: DUE PROCESS INSTITUTE
2025 Q1 report (Jan 1, 2025 – Mar 31, 2025) · posted Jul 9, 2025 · issue area: Law Enforcement/Crime/Criminal Justice
$40,000
Spent on own lobbying
…supporting the Quality Defense Act, S.1102; supporting the EQUAL Act; supporting the Fresh Start Act; supporting the Clean Slate Act; supporting the FAIR Act, S.263; supporting the Kenneth P. Thompson Begin Again Act; supporting the Safer Supervision Act; supporting USSC amendments to supervised release and the crack-powde…
Congress inferred from the report year; bill number and the title cited with it match Congress.gov records, and the bill predates the report. The amount is lobbying spending for every issue on this report, not this bill alone, and none of it is paid to any member of Congress. View filing