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repealed. 22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are repealed. 25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491; 44 Stat. 1355) is repealed. 2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repealed. 12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repealed. 14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