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118THCONGRESS
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STSESSION H. R. 316
To direct certain heads of Federal agencies to develop a strategy to improve
Federal investigations of organized retail crime, and for other purposes.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
JANUARY12, 2023
Mrs. K
IMof California (for herself, Mr. PANETTA, Ms. SALAZAR, and Mr.
G
ARBARINO) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Com-
mittee on the Judiciary
A BILL
To direct certain heads of Federal agencies to develop a
strategy to improve Federal investigations of organized
retail crime, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Improving the Federal 4
Response to Organized Retail Crime Act of 2023’’. 5
SEC. 2. IMPROVING COORDINATION IN FEDERAL INVES-6
TIGATION OF ORGANIZED RETAIL CRIME. 7
(a) I
NGENERAL.—Not later than 180 days after the 8
date of the enactment of this Act, the Attorney General, 9
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the Secretary of Homeland Security, the Postmaster Gen-1
eral, and the head of each relevant agency shall develop 2
a strategy to identify how each such relevant agency can 3
coordinate with other relevant agencies to— 4
(1) improve information sharing between the 5
Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the 6
Commissioner of the U.S. Customs and Border Pro-7
tection, the Executive Associate Director of Home-8
land Security Investigations, the Director of the Se-9
cret Service, the Postmaster General, and the head 10
of each relevant agency on organized retail crime 11
networks; 12
(2) assist State and local law enforcement in 13
compiling materials and evidence necessary for pros-14
ecution of organized retail crime; and 15
(3) increase cooperation and information shar-16
ing between each such relevant agency and the retail 17
industry, State retail crime task forces, and other 18
retail crime task forces. 19
(b) R
EPORTINGREQUIREMENT.—Not later than 180 20
days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Attor-21
ney General, the Secretary of Homeland Security, the 22
Postmaster General, and the head of each relevant agency 23
shall submit a joint report to the relevant committees on 24
the strategy developed pursuant to subsection (a). 25
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(c) COMPTROLLER GENERALREPORT.—Not later 1
than 1 year after the date of the enactment of this Act, 2
the Comptroller General shall publish a report on coordi-3
nation between the private sector and law enforcement to 4
deter and investigate organized retail crime. 5
(d) D
EFINITIONS.—In this section: 6
(1) O
RGANIZED RETAIL CRIME .—The term ‘‘or-7
ganized retail crime’’ means the coordinated illegal 8
acquisition of retail goods through theft, embezzle-9
ment, fraud, or other means that are illegal under 10
Federal or State law for the purpose of selling or 11
distributing such goods in interstate commerce. 12
(2) O
RGANIZED RETAIL CRIME NETWORK .—The 13
term ‘‘organized retail crime network’’ means a 14
criminal network that engages in organized retail 15
crime. 16
(3) R
ELEVANT AGENCY .—The term ‘‘relevant 17
agency’’ means any agency (as defined in section 18
551 of title 5, United States Code) determined by 19
the Attorney General and Secretary of Homeland 20
Security to have a role in information sharing and 21
investigation of organized retail crime. 22
(4) R
ELEVANT COMMITTEES .—The term ‘‘rel-23
evant committees’’ means the House Committee on 24
the Judiciary, the House Committee on Homeland 25
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Security, the House Committee on Oversight and 1
Accountability, the Senate Committee on the Judici-2
ary, and the Senate Homeland Security and Govern-3
mental Affairs Committee. 4
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