Nothing requires a court to amend or remove a fine or restitution order
To provide for the vacating of certain convictions and expungement of certain arrests of victims of human trafficking, section 2, Sec. 2.
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Nothing requires a court to amend or remove a fine or restitution order
The document says “shall not”Who acts: United States district courtsHow: statuteSec. 2 in the PDF
What the document says
“Nothing in this subsection requires a court to amend or remove any fine or restitution order in a criminal or civil proceeding.”
A limit on the vacatur subsection. It does not require a court to amend or remove any fine or restitution order, in either a criminal or a civil proceeding.
What the document actually says
“Nothing in this subsection requires a court to amend or remove any fine or restitution order in a criminal or civil proceeding.”
That sentence, in plain words
This part does not make a judge change or drop a fine. It does not make a judge drop an order to pay money back.
What this is about
Money owed can stay owed. Wiping out the record is one thing. Paying is another.
No action is recorded against this proposal. That is not evidence that none has been taken, and nobody has yet read it against the record. See what the tracker does not yet cover.
Trafficking Survivors Relief Act, Public Law 119-73, sec. 2, 139 Stat. 2003 (2026). https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/PLAW-119publ73/html/PLAW-119publ73.htm
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“Nothing requires a court to amend or remove a fine or restitution order,” Trafficking Survivors Relief Act, section 2, Sec. 2. Read the Mandate, https://readthemandate.org/trafficking-survivors-relief-act/proposal/sec02-fines-and-restitution-unaffected/ (retrieved October 10, 2026).
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