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| 2 | 2 | | 119THCONGRESS |
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| 4 | 4 | | STSESSION H. R. 98 |
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| 5 | 5 | | To repeal certain unnecessary criminal offenses, and for other purposes. |
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| 6 | 6 | | IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES |
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| 7 | 7 | | JANUARY3, 2025 |
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| 8 | 8 | | Mr. B |
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| 9 | 9 | | IGGSof Arizona introduced the following bill; which was referred to the |
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| 10 | 10 | | Committee on the Judiciary |
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| 11 | 11 | | A BILL |
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| 12 | 12 | | To repeal certain unnecessary criminal offenses, and for |
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| 13 | 13 | | other purposes. |
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| 14 | 14 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1 |
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| 15 | 15 | | tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 |
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| 16 | 16 | | SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3 |
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| 17 | 17 | | This Act may be cited as the ‘‘End Endless Criminal 4 |
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| 18 | 18 | | Statutes Act’’. 5 |
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| 19 | 19 | | SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 6 |
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| 20 | 20 | | Congress finds that actions which may unnecessarily 7 |
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| 21 | 21 | | carry criminal penalties under Federal statues include the 8 |
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| 22 | 22 | | following: 9 |
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| 23 | 23 | | (1) Writing a check for less than $1. 10 |
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| 27 | 27 | | (2) Selling or possessing colored oleomargarine 1 |
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| 28 | 28 | | or colored margarine unless they are packaged and 2 |
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| 29 | 29 | | labeled or served in a triangular shape. 3 |
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| 30 | 30 | | (3) Discarding produce without sufficient cause 4 |
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| 31 | 31 | | or making a false report concerning that produce. 5 |
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| 32 | 32 | | (4) Removing a stamp from any mail matter. 6 |
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| 33 | 33 | | (5) Making metal coins of original design or at-7 |
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| 34 | 34 | | tempting to use such coins. 8 |
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| 35 | 35 | | (6) Wearing the uniform of letter carriers of 9 |
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| 36 | 36 | | the Postal Service. 10 |
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| 37 | 37 | | (7) Detaining a seaman’s clothing. 11 |
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| 38 | 38 | | (8) Boarding any vessel about to arrive at her 12 |
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| 39 | 39 | | destination before such arrival is complete. 13 |
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| 40 | 40 | | (9) Placing mailable matter in a mailbox with-14 |
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| 41 | 41 | | out postage attached to it. 15 |
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| 42 | 42 | | (10) Sledding on the Capitol grounds when the 16 |
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| 43 | 43 | | Capitol Police are directed to prevent any portion of 17 |
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| 44 | 44 | | the Capitol grounds from being used as a play-18 |
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| 45 | 45 | | ground. 19 |
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| 46 | 46 | | SEC. 3. REPEAL OF FEDERAL PROVISIONS. 20 |
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| 47 | 47 | | (a) Section 336 of title 18, United States Code, is 21 |
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| 48 | 48 | | repealed. 22 |
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| 49 | 49 | | (b) Subsections (b), (c), and (d) of section 407 of the 23 |
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| 50 | 50 | | Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C. 347) 24 |
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| 51 | 51 | | are repealed. 25 |
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| 55 | 55 | | (c) Section 1 of the Act of March 3, 1927 (7 U.S.C. 1 |
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| 56 | 56 | | 491; 44 Stat. 1355) is repealed. 2 |
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| 57 | 57 | | (d) Section 1720 of title 18, United States Code, is 3 |
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| 58 | 58 | | amended by striking ‘‘Whoever unlawfully and willfully re-4 |
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| 59 | 59 | | moves from any mail matter any stamp attached thereto 5 |
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| 60 | 60 | | in payment of postage; or’’. 6 |
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| 61 | 61 | | (e) Section 486 of title 18, United States Code, is 7 |
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| 62 | 62 | | amended by striking ‘‘or of original design.’’. 8 |
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| 63 | 63 | | (f) Section 11110 of title 46, United States Code, is 9 |
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| 64 | 64 | | amended by striking the second sentence. 10 |
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| 65 | 65 | | (g) Section 2279 of title 18, United States Code, is 11 |
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| 66 | 66 | | repealed. 12 |
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| 67 | 67 | | (h) Section 1725 of title 18, United States Code, is 13 |
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| 68 | 68 | | repealed. 14 |
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| 69 | 69 | | (i) The Act entitled ‘‘An Act to protect the public 15 |
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| 70 | 70 | | property, turf, and grass of the Capitol Grounds from in-16 |
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| 71 | 71 | | jury.’’ (2 U.S.C. 1963) is repealed. 17 |
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| 72 | 72 | | SEC. 4. INTENT REQUIREMENT FOR OFFENSE RELATED TO 18 |
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| 73 | 73 | | UNIFORMS OF LETTER CARRIER. 19 |
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| 74 | 74 | | Section 1730 of title 18, United States Code, is 20 |
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| 75 | 75 | | amended— 21 |
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| 76 | 76 | | (1) by inserting after ‘‘to be worn by letter car-22 |
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| 77 | 77 | | riers’’ the following: ‘‘with the intent to commit an 23 |
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| 78 | 78 | | offense under this chapter’’; and 24 |
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| 82 | 82 | | (2) by striking the second undesignated para-1 |
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