# 119-hr-6924: Porch Pirates Act of 2025

119-hr-6924, Porch Pirates Act of 2025, is a 119th Congress bill sponsored by Rep. Gottheimer, Josh [D-NJ-5] (D-NJ); status introduced; PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-09-03).

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- As of: 2026-09-03
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## Facts
- Bill: 119-hr-6924
- Congress: 119
- Title: Porch Pirates Act of 2025
- Status: introduced
- Introduced: 2025-12-23
- Sponsor: Rep. Gottheimer, Josh [D-NJ-5] (D-NJ)
- Cosponsors: 10
- Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
- Touches household money: yes
- Last recorded action: 2026-09-03

## 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. - 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.

## Cosponsors (10)

- Rep. Van Drew, Jefferson [R-NJ-2] (R-NJ), 2025-12-23T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Van Duyne, Beth [R-TX-24] (R-TX), 2025-12-23T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Moskowitz, Jared [D-FL-23] (D-FL), 2025-12-23T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Peters, Scott H. [D-CA-50] (D-CA), 2025-12-23T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Rutherford, John H. [R-FL-5] (R-FL), 2025-12-23T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Kim, Young [R-CA-40] (R-CA), 2025-12-23T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Tenney, Claudia [R-NY-24] (R-NY), 2025-12-23T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Pappas, Chris [D-NH-1] (D-NH), 2025-12-23T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Panetta, Jimmy [D-CA-19] (D-CA), 2025-12-23T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Horsford, Steven [D-NV-4] (D-NV), 2026-09-01T00:00:00.000Z

## Provisions PRIA read

- Federal ban on package theft: mixed, high. 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 possessi…

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- 119-hr-2853: Combating Organized Retail Crime Act of 2025
- 119-hr-3514: Improving Seniors’ Timely Access to Care Act of 2025
- 119-hr-2102: Major Richard Star Act
- 119-hr-909: Crime Victims Fund Stabilization Act of 2025
- 119-hr-3151: SHIPS for America Act of 2025

## Sources
- [119-hr-6924 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/6924)

## Related
- [119-hr-842: Nancy Gardner Sewell Medicare Multi-Cancer Early Detection Screening Coverage A…](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-842)
- [119-hr-2853: Combating Organized Retail Crime Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-2853)
- [119-hr-3514: Improving Seniors’ Timely Access to Care Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-3514)
- [119-hr-2102: Major Richard Star Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-2102)
- [119-hr-909: Crime Victims Fund Stabilization Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-909)
- [119-hr-3151: SHIPS for America Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-3151)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-6924 (as of 2026-09-03).