Bills · 119th Congress · Crime and Law Enforcement

Combating Organized Retail Crime Act of 2025

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Votes on passage
HouseOn Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended · 5/12/26Suspension of the rulesA fast-track House procedure, usually for measures expected to have broad support. Debate is limited to 40 minutes, no amendments can be offered, and it needs a two-thirds vote of members voting — not a simple majority. A yes vote passes the bill. “As amended” means changes written into the motion itself are included.Rules of the House, Rule XV, clause 1 ↗
Passed
  • Democratic144 Yea · 59 Nay · 9 Not voting
  • Republican203 Yea · 1 Nay · 12 Not voting
  • Independent / Other1 Yea · 0 Nay · 0 Not voting
Official summary (CRS)

Combating Organized Retail Crime Act of 2025

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.

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Sponsor
Rep. David P. Joyce ( Republican · OH-14)
Cosponsors
206
Introduced
4/10/25
Policy area
Crime and Law Enforcement
Status
4/10/25Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
4/10/25Introduced in House
1/13/26Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Voice Vote.
1/13/26Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held
1/30/26Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 402.
1/30/26Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Judiciary. H. Rept. 119-471.
5/12/26Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
5/12/26On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 348 - 60 (Roll no. 157). (text: CR H3364-3366)
5/12/26Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 348 - 60 (Roll no. 157). (text: CR H3364-3366)
5/12/26Considered as unfinished business. (consideration: CR H3376)
5/12/26At the conclusion of debate, the Yeas and Nays were demanded and ordered. Pursuant to the provisions of clause 8, rule XX, the Chair announced that further proceedings on the motion would be postponed.
5/12/26DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 2853.
5/12/26Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H3364-3369)
5/12/26Mr. Knott moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
5/13/26Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.