Combating Organized Retail Crime Act
Sponsored By: Senator Chuck Grassley
Introduced
Summary
Creates a federal coordination center to fight organized retail and supply chain crime. The bill would also widen federal theft and money‑laundering laws so prosecutors can target organized groups that steal, traffic, or resell goods across state or international lines.
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- Retailers and supply chains would get a single federal hub for information sharing, training, and technical assistance. The Center would be set up within 90 days and must publish annual trend reports.
- Federal, state, and local law enforcement would gain a centralized office inside the Department of Homeland Security with a Director and a Deputy who rotates every 2 years among the FBI, Secret Service, or Postal Inspection Service. The Center would allow detailees from multiple agencies and would terminate after 7 years.
- People committing organized retail crime would face broader federal exposure because the bill expands theft and shipment offenses to cover interstate or foreign commerce, adds an aggregate $5,000 threshold over a 12 month period, and brings money orders, prepaid cards, and gift cards into money‑laundering rules.
Bill Overview
Analyzed Economic Effects
2 provisions identified: 2 benefits, 0 costs, 0 mixed.
Federal retail crime center and training
If enacted, the bill would require DHS to set up an Organized Retail and Supply Chain Crime Coordination Center within 90 days. The Center would be led by a senior law enforcement Director and a rotating Deputy Director and would include HSI staff and detailees from several federal agencies. The Center would share secure information with state, local, tribal, and private partners, help investigations, publish annual trend reports, and provide training and technical help. The Center must give an initial report within 1 year and annual reports after that. The Center would end 7 years after it starts and DHS must wind it down. The bill would also require DHS and the Attorney General to evaluate federal grants and training for retail crime within 180 days, report results within 45 days, and issue joint guidance within 45 days after that.
Stronger federal rules on stolen goods
If enacted, the bill would broaden federal theft, forfeiture, and money-laundering rules. It would add certain stolen-goods statutes to criminal forfeiture rules and add prepaid cards and gift certificates to the list of money instruments in money-laundering law. It would change stolen-goods offenses to cover goods moved using interstate or foreign commerce, include embezzled or fraudulently obtained goods, and apply when the goods total $5,000 or more during any 12-month period. These changes would make more theft and laundering cases easier to prosecute and allow prosecutors to seek forfeiture in more cases.
Sponsors & CoSponsors
Sponsor
Chuck Grassley
IA • R
Cosponsors
Catherine Cortez Masto
NV • D
Sponsored 4/10/2025
Marsha Blackburn
TN • R
Sponsored 4/10/2025
Amy Klobuchar
MN • D
Sponsored 4/10/2025
James Risch
ID • R
Sponsored 4/10/2025
Jacky Rosen
NV • D
Sponsored 4/10/2025
Bill Cassidy
LA • R
Sponsored 4/10/2025
Martin Heinrich
NM • D
Sponsored 4/10/2025
Ted Budd
NC • R
Sponsored 4/10/2025
Mark Kelly
AZ • D
Sponsored 4/10/2025
Bill Hagerty
TN • R
Sponsored 4/10/2025
Lindsey Graham
SC • R
Sponsored 4/10/2025
Steve Daines
MT • R
Sponsored 4/10/2025
Katie Britt
AL • R
Sponsored 4/10/2025
Ted Cruz
TX • R
Sponsored 4/10/2025
Mike Crapo
ID • R
Sponsored 4/28/2025
Thomas Tillis
NC • R
Sponsored 4/28/2025
Ruben Gallego
AZ • D
Sponsored 4/28/2025
Bernie Moreno
OH • R
Sponsored 4/29/2025
Shelley Capito
WV • R
Sponsored 4/30/2025
Tim Sheehy
MT • R
Sponsored 5/7/2025
Ashley Moody
FL • R
Sponsored 5/13/2025
John Kennedy
LA • R
Sponsored 5/20/2025
Susan Collins
ME • R
Sponsored 6/2/2025
John Boozman
AR • R
Sponsored 6/26/2025
Mark Warner
VA • D
Sponsored 7/9/2025
Kirsten Gillibrand
NY • D
Sponsored 7/9/2025
Cindy Hyde-Smith
MS • R
Sponsored 7/22/2025
Todd Young
IN • R
Sponsored 8/1/2025
Jon Husted
OH • R
Sponsored 9/3/2025
Sen. Luján, Ben Ray [D-NM]
NM • D
Sponsored 9/10/2025
Angela Alsobrooks
MD • D
Sponsored 10/1/2025
John Cornyn
TX • R
Sponsored 10/9/2025
Markwayne Mullin
OK • R
Sponsored 10/23/2025
Pete Ricketts
NE • R
Sponsored 11/5/2025
David McCormick
PA • R
Sponsored 11/18/2025
Dan Sullivan
AK • R
Sponsored 11/18/2025
Deb Fischer
NE • R
Sponsored 11/20/2025
Tom Cotton
AR • R
Sponsored 11/20/2025
John Fetterman
PA • D
Sponsored 12/3/2025
Richard Durbin
IL • D
Sponsored 12/10/2025
James Lankford
OK • R
Sponsored 12/15/2025
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