Combating Organized Retail Crime Act of 2025
Sponsored By: Representative Joyce (OH)
In Committee
Summary
This bill creates a centralized Organized Retail and Supply Chain Crime Coordination Center to unify federal, state, local, Tribal, and private-sector efforts. It also strengthens federal criminal tools by expanding forfeiture predicates, adding covered financial instruments, and setting $5,000 aggregate thresholds for certain stolen-goods offenses.
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- Retailers and supply-chain businesses get a federal hub for intelligence sharing and loss-prevention help. The bill cites a 93% rise in larceny incidents and a 90% rise in average dollar loss from 2019 to 2023.
- Prosecutors and investigators gain broader forfeiture and money-laundering authority by adding sections 659, 2314, and 2315 as predicate offenses and by including money orders, general-use prepaid cards, gift certificates, and store gift cards as covered instruments. It also adds a $5,000 aggregate value threshold to those stolen-goods crimes.
- The Department of Homeland Security must stand up the Center within 90 days and staff it with federal and state detailees. The law requires evaluations and follow-up reports on grant and training needs and sunsets the Center after 7 years.
Bill Overview
Analyzed Economic Effects
4 provisions identified: 3 benefits, 0 costs, 1 mixed.
New $5,000 federal theft threshold
If enacted, federal criminal law would cover cases where stolen or embezzled goods total $5,000 or more during any 12-month period. That $5,000 aggregation would apply both to goods moved across state or foreign lines and to sales or receipts of such goods. The bill also adds the words "embezzled" and "false pretense or other illegal means" to the covered ways goods were obtained. These changes would take effect upon enactment.
New national retail crime center
The bill would require DHS to set up an Organized Retail and Supply Chain Crime Coordination Center within 90 days of enactment. The Center would coordinate federal, state, local, Tribal, territorial, and private partners, share secure information, provide training and technical assistance, and publish annual trend reports. A Director in a Senior Executive Service position would lead the Center and a Deputy Director would rotate in from other federal law enforcement. The Center's authority would end seven years after it is established.
Review and boost enforcement grants
The bill would require DHS and the Attorney General to evaluate federal grants, training, and technical assistance within 180 days of enactment. They must report recommendations to Congress within 45 days after the review and then issue guidance within 45 days to reprioritize grants and training. The review must cover FEMA's Homeland Security Grant Program, DOJ Office of Justice Programs grants, and FLETC training. This aims to expand support for state, local, and Tribal partners fighting organized retail crime.
Stronger forfeiture and money rules
If enacted, the bill would add certain interstate shipment and theft crimes to the list of offenses that let federal prosecutors seek criminal forfeiture. The same offenses would also become explicit predicates for money‑laundering charges. The bill would expressly include money orders, general‑use prepaid cards, gift certificates, and store gift cards among the monetary instruments covered by money‑laundering laws. These changes give law enforcement more tools but also increase the chance that proceeds, property, or common retail payment instruments could be seized or investigated.
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Joyce (OH)
OH • R
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