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119-hr-6924119th CongressWALLET

Porch Pirates Act of 2025

Sponsored By: Representative Gottheimer, Josh [D-NJ-5]

Introduced

Summary

Creates a federal crime for stealing packages left with private or commercial interstate carriers. This bill would align protections for packages left for collection with protections for goods moving in interstate or foreign commerce.

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  • Families and online shoppers: People who pick up packages from a carrier would be covered if those packages are stolen before they take physical possession.
  • Private and commercial carriers: Declares that packages left for collection are matters of interstate commerce for federal theft law, extending statutory protection.
  • Prosecutors and law enforcement: Specifies theft, embezzlement, and obtaining by fraud of those packages as federal offenses, giving prosecutors a statutory basis to charge such crimes.

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Bill Overview

Analyzed Economic Effects

1 provisions identified: 0 benefits, 0 costs, 1 mixed.

Federal ban on package theft

If enacted, this bill would amend federal law to make it a federal crime to embezzle, steal, unlawfully take, carry away, or obtain by fraud any package or article that a private or commercial interstate carrier has delivered before the addressee or the addressee's agent has taken physical possession. If enacted, federal law enforcement could charge people who take such packages sent across state lines by private or commercial carriers. Households waiting for deliveries and carriers would gain expanded federal protection. The change would take effect upon enactment.

Sponsors & CoSponsors

Sponsor

Gottheimer, Josh [D-NJ-5]

NJ • D

Cosponsors

  • Rep. Van Drew, Jefferson [R-NJ-2]

    NJ • R

    Sponsored 12/23/2025

  • Rep. Van Duyne, Beth [R-TX-24]

    TX • R

    Sponsored 12/23/2025

  • Rep. Moskowitz, Jared [D-FL-23]

    FL • D

    Sponsored 12/23/2025

  • Rep. Peters, Scott H. [D-CA-50]

    CA • D

    Sponsored 12/23/2025

  • Rep. Rutherford, John H. [R-FL-5]

    FL • R

    Sponsored 12/23/2025

  • Rep. Kim, Young [R-CA-40]

    CA • R

    Sponsored 12/23/2025

  • Rep. Tenney, Claudia [R-NY-24]

    NY • R

    Sponsored 12/23/2025

  • Rep. Pappas, Chris [D-NH-1]

    NH • D

    Sponsored 12/23/2025

  • Rep. Panetta, Jimmy [D-CA-19]

    CA • D

    Sponsored 12/23/2025

  • Rep. Horsford, Steven [D-NV-4]

    NV • D

    Sponsored 9/1/2026

Roll Call Votes

No roll call votes available for this bill.

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