Combating Organized Retail Crime Act
Latest action · Apr 10, 2025 Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Progress
Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.
- IntroducedApr 10, 2025
- Passed SenateNot reached
- Passed HouseNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Combating Organized Retail Crime Act
This bill expands federal enforcement of criminal offenses related to organized retail and supply chain crime. The term organized retail and supply chain crime includes criminal offenses involving the interstate transportation of stolen property, the sale or receipt of stolen goods, or theft from an interstate or foreign shipment that is committed by, in coordination with, or at the instruction of an organization.
First, with respect to criminal offenses involving the interstate transportation of stolen property or the sale or receipt of stolen goods, the bill broadens the scope of conduct that qualifies as offenses by allowing prosecutions to be based on the aggregate value of stolen items over a 12-month period. Additionally, the bill makes the offenses predicate offenses (i.e., underlying offenses) for prosecutions under the federal money laundering statute and authorizes the criminal forfeiture of any property obtained from the proceeds of an offense.
Second, with respect to criminal offenses involving theft from an interstate or foreign shipment, the bill also makes an offense an underlying offense for prosecution under the federal money laundering statute and authorizes the criminal forfeiture of any associated property.
Third, the bill expands the federal money laundering statute to include offenses involving general-use prepaid cards, gift certificates, or store gift cards.
Finally, the bill temporarily establishes a center within the Department of Homeland Security to coordinate federal law enforcement activities related to organized retail and supply chain crime.
Cosponsors 49
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Apr 10, 2025 to Jul 27, 2026; 14 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-MN | Amy Klobuchar | Original | Apr 10, 2025 |
| R-LA | Bill Cassidy | Original | Apr 10, 2025 |
| R-TN | Bill Hagerty | Original | Apr 10, 2025 |
| D-NV | Catherine Cortez Masto | Original | Apr 10, 2025 |
| D-NV | Jacky Rosen | Original | Apr 10, 2025 |
| R-ID | James E. Risch | Original | Apr 10, 2025 |
| R-AL | Katie Boyd Britt | Original | Apr 10, 2025 |
| R-SC | Lindsey Graham | Original | Apr 10, 2025 |
| D-AZ | Mark Kelly | Original | Apr 10, 2025 |
| R-TN | Marsha Blackburn | Original | Apr 10, 2025 |
| D-NM | Martin Heinrich | Original | Apr 10, 2025 |
| R-MT | Steve Daines | Original | Apr 10, 2025 |
| R-NC | Ted Budd | Original | Apr 10, 2025 |
| R-TX | Ted Cruz | Original | Apr 10, 2025 |
| R-ID | Mike Crapo | Apr 28, 2025 |
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| Senate | Judiciary Committee | Referred Apr 10, 2025 |
Actions 2
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Apr 10, 2025Introduced in Senate
- Apr 10, 2025Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Research
What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.
Printed hearings 1
Hearings whose printed record names this bill, newest first: hearings on it, and wider hearings where it came up.
| Number | Hearing | Committee | Held |
|---|---|---|---|
| S. Hrg. 119-173 | SHIFTING GEARS: ISSUES IMPACTING THE TRUCKING AND COMMERCIAL BUS INDUSTRIES IN THE U.S.101 pages | Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee | Jul 22, 2025 |
CRS reports 1
Congressional Research Service work that CRS links to this bill or the law it became, newest first.
Cite it 1
Products on other subjects that cite it, usually among other measures.
| Product | Title | Kind | Published |
|---|---|---|---|
| R48759 | Surface Transportation Reauthorization: Commercial Trucking Issues | Report | Sep 11, 2026 |
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| HR 2853 | Combating Organized Retail Crime Act of 2025 | Identical bill | May 13, 2026 |
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- A bill to combat organized crime involving the illegal acquisition of retail goods and cargo for the purpose of selling those illegally obtained goods through physical and online retail marketplaces.
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- Combating Organized Retail Crime Act
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Apr 10, 2025Introduced in Senate
Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this bill on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.
