# H.R. 2853 (119th): Combating Organized Retail Crime Act of 2025

Combating Organized Retail Crime Act of 2025 This bill expands federal enforcement of criminal offenses related to organized retail and supply chain crime. The term organized retail and supply chain crime includes criminal offenses involving the interstate transportation of stolen property, the sale or receipt of stolen goods, or theft from an interstate or foreign shipment that is committed by, in coordination with, or at the instruction of an organization. First, with respect to criminal offenses involving the interstate transportation of stolen property or the sale or receipt of stolen goods, the bill broadens the scope of conduct that qualifies as offenses by allowing prosecutions to be based on the aggregate value of stolen items over a 12-month period. Additionally, the bill makes the offenses predicate offenses (i.e., underlying offenses) for prosecutions under the federal money laundering statute and authorizes the criminal forfeiture of any property obtained from the proceeds of an offense. Second, with respect to criminal offenses involving theft from an interstate or foreign shipment, the bill also makes an offense an underlying offense for prosecution under the federal money laundering statute and authorizes the criminal forfeiture of any associated property. Third, the bill expands the federal money laundering statute to include offenses involving general-use prepaid cards, gift certificates, or store gift cards. Finally, the bill temporarily establishes a center within the Department of Homeland Security to coordinate federal law enforcement activities related to organized retail and supply chain crime.

## How this bill is scored

Tier: no Tier 1 record. A bill with no record cannot newly become Tier 1.
Lane: crime_fighting. Category: not stored. Lane tag: not stored.
Lane: criminal_forfeiture. Category: not stored. Lane tag: not stored.
Lane: justice. Category: not stored. Lane tag: not stored.
Lane: money_laundering. Category: not stored. Lane tag: not stored.
Lane: organized_crime. Category: not stored. Lane tag: not stored.
Lane: retail_theft. Category: not stored. Lane tag: not stored.
Tier 1 sign-off: no record. A bill with no record cannot newly become Tier 1.
Stored polarity: mixed. Only tags the rules mark scoreable on a mixed bill are scored. A yea can draw a penalty or a credit according to the tag. A nay on a tag scored as good can draw a penalty.
Roll 157: On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended. Vote type: final_passage.
Polarity rationale: Reviewed enrichment (llm_import) polarity: The bill directly targets organized theft and supply chain crime, a real harm, so it has a restraining purpose. It also expands federal criminal reach, money laundering predicates, and forfeiture authority, which raises prudential and proportionality concerns that the summary does not resolve. Those concerns do not amount to a direct moral evil, so mixed fits better than good or unclear.
Theological note: Scripture treats theft as a real wrong and calls for just restitution and protection of property, which bears on the bill's aim to restrain organized theft. Civil authority is also bound by general equity, so expanded federal criminal reach, aggregation rules, and forfeiture powers warrant careful scrutiny for proportion and due process. This is issue relevance only, not a final candidate judgment.

## Recorded votes

Roll 157: On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended. Yea 348 · Nay 60 · Other 21.

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