ALBANY, N.Y. (NEXSTAR) — U.S. Congressmember Elise Stefanik of New York introduced a bill in the House of Representatives on Monday called the "Keep Violent Criminals Off Our Streets Act" that would cut federal funding to states and localities that limit the use of cash bail. If passed as is, that prohibition would start on October 1.

Stefanik said she and fellow Republican U.S. Senator Marsha Blackburn of Tennessee are "working alongside President Trump to end the cashless bail disaster" and that they "can’t allow arrested individuals who are awaiting trial to be released back onto the streets to commit more crimes against their communities." Their proposal changes a 1968 law to end certain grants awarded to states or local governments that have introduced reforms to how suspects are det

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