HR 316
118th Congress
House
Crime and Law Enforcement
Congressional oversight
Government information and archives
Government studies and investigations
Intergovernmental relations
Law enforcement administration and funding
Organized crime
Retail and wholesale trades
Improving the Federal Response to Organized Retail Crime Act of 2023
Everywhere this bill has been
2 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Jan 12, 2023
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Jan 12, 2023
Introduced in House
Plain-English summary
Improving the Federal Response to Organized Retail Crime Act of 2023
This bill requires various federal agencies to develop a strategy to improve coordination with state and local law enforcement entities to address organized retail crime.
Specifically, the bill requires the Department of Justice, the Department of Homeland Security, the U.S. Postal Service, and other relevant agencies to
- improve federal information sharing about organized retail crime networks;
- assist state and local law enforcement in compiling materials and evidence necessary to prosecute organized retail crime; and
- increase cooperation and information sharing between federal agencies, the retail industry, and retail crime task forces.
The bill also requires the Government Accountability Office to report on coordination between the private sector and law enforcement to deter and investigate organized retail crime.
What's happening now
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Committees of jurisdiction
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