# 119-hr-1292: Ensuring the Safety of Our Mail Act of 2025

119-hr-1292, Ensuring the Safety of Our Mail Act of 2025, is a 119th Congress bill sponsored by Rep. Calvert, Ken [R-CA-41] (R-CA); status introduced (as of 2026-04-21).

- Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-1292
- As of: 2026-04-21
- Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts.

## Facts
- Bill: 119-hr-1292
- Congress: 119
- Title: Ensuring the Safety of Our Mail Act of 2025
- Status: introduced
- Introduced: 2025-02-13
- Sponsor: Rep. Calvert, Ken [R-CA-41] (R-CA)
- Cosponsors: 0
- Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
- Touches household money: no
- Last recorded action: 2026-04-21

## Summary

This bill would **increase the maximum penalty for mail theft** by raising the top federal prison term under 18 U.S.C. §1708 from five years to ten years.

## Provisions PRIA read

- Stronger penalties for mail theft: benefit, low. If enacted, people convicted of federal mail theft could face up to 10 years in prison. Today the maximum is 5 years. This would let prosecutors seek higher sentences. It aims to deter theft and protect mail, with no direct money effects for households. The text does not set an effective date.

## Related bills

- 119-hr-9495: Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2027
- 119-hr-4016: Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2026
- 119-hr-4669: FEMA Act of 2025
- 119-hr-5582: Patients Deserve Price Tags Act
- 119-hr-2725: Affordable Housing Credit Improvement Act of 2025
- 119-hr-6955: Main Street Capital Access Act

## Sources
- [119-hr-1292 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/1292)

## Related
- [119-hr-9495: Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2027](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-9495)
- [119-hr-4016: Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2026](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-4016)
- [119-hr-4669: FEMA Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-4669)
- [119-hr-5582: Patients Deserve Price Tags Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-5582)
- [119-hr-2725: Affordable Housing Credit Improvement Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-2725)
- [119-hr-6955: Main Street Capital Access Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-6955)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-1292 (as of 2026-04-21).