HR 2853
Passed a chamber
Expands federal theft, fraud, and money laundering laws to cover organized retail and cargo theft, and directs Homeland Security Investigations to create a center that coordinates enforcement against those groups.
Official title: Combating Organized Retail Crime Act of 2025
Timeline each lane is a chamber; dates pull from congress.gov actions
House
Introduced
10-APR-2025
Referred
10-APR-2025
Approved by committee
13-JAN-2026
Reported
30-JAN-2026
On the calendar
30-JAN-2026
Passed
12-MAY-2026
Senate
Received
13-MAY-2026
- Lowers the federal threshold for interstate transport and sale of stolen goods to cases involving an aggregate value of $5,000 or more during any 12-month period.
- Adds general-use prepaid cards, gift certificates, and store gift cards to the monetary instruments covered by money laundering provisions.
- Requires the Organized Retail and Supply Chain Crime Coordination Center, led by a Director in a Senior Executive Service position, to be established within 90 days of enactment, with a 7-year sunset.
- Requires a federal evaluation of existing grant and training programs for state, local, and Tribal law enforcement within 180 days, followed by a joint report and guidance from the Secretary of Homeland Security and the Attorney General.
Covers an older version. The newest CRS summary describes the bill as of "Reported to House" (30-JAN-2026); the text has changed since (Engrossed in House, 12-MAY-2026).
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121 Republicans
- Rick W. Allen
- Mark E. Amodei
- Don Bacon
- Tom Barrett
- Michael Baumgartner
- Aaron Bean
- Nicholas J. Begich
- Stephanie I. Bice
- Sheri Biggs
- Mike Bost
- Robert P. Bresnahan
- Vern Buchanan
- Tim Burchett
- Ken Calvert
- Mike Carey
- Earl L. "Buddy" Carter
- John R. Carter
- Juan Ciscomani
- Ben Cline
- Mike Collins
- Eric A. "Rick" Crawford
- Scott DesJarlais
- Byron Donalds
- Chuck Edwards
- Jake Ellzey
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- Randy Feenstra
- Brad Finstad
- Scott Fitzgerald
- Brian K. Fitzpatrick
- Mike Flood
- Vince Fong
- Scott Franklin
- Andrew R. Garbarino
- Brandon Gill
- Tony Gonzales
- Lance Gooden
- Sam Graves
- Glenn Grothman
- Michael Guest
- Mike Haridopolos
- Pat Harrigan
- Diana Harshbarger
- Clay Higgins
- J. French Hill
- Ashley Hinson
- Erin Houchin
- Wesley Hunt
- Jeff Hurd
- Darrell Issa
- Brian Jack
- Dusty Johnson
- John Joyce
- Thomas H. Kean
- Trent Kelly
- Jennifer A. Kiggans
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- Brad Knott
- Nick LaLota
- Nicholas A. Langworthy
- Michael Lawler
- Laurel M. Lee
- Barry Loudermilk
- Anna Paulina Luna
- Nancy Mace
- Ryan Mackenzie
- Nicole Malliotakis
- Tracey Mann
- Richard McCormick
- Addison P. McDowell
- John J. McGuire
- Daniel Meuser
- Carol D. Miller
- Max L. Miller
- John R. Moolenaar
- Barry Moore
- Riley M. Moore
- Tim Moore
- Nathaniel Moran
- Troy E. Nehls
- Dan Newhouse
- Zachary Nunn
- Jay Obernolte
- Andrew Ogles
- Robert F. Onder
- Burgess Owens
- August Pfluger
- Mike D. Rogers
- David Rouzer
- Michael A. Rulli
- John H. Rutherford
- Maria Elvira Salazar
- Derek Schmidt
- Austin Scott
- Pete Sessions
- Jefferson Shreve
- Michael K. Simpson
- Christopher H. Smith
- Pete Stauber
- Bryan Steil
- Dale W. Strong
- David J. Taylor
- Claudia Tenney
- Thomas P. Tiffany
- William R. Timmons
- Michael R. Turner
- David G. Valadao
- Jefferson Van Drew
- Beth Van Duyne
- Ann Wagner
- Randy K. Weber, Sr.
- Daniel Webster
- Bruce Westerman
- Tony Wied
- Roger Williams
- Joe Wilson
- Robert J. Wittman
- Steve Womack
- Rudy Yakym
- Ryan K. Zinke
84 Democrats
- Nanette Diaz Barragán
- Ami Bera
- Brendan F. Boyle
- Julia Brownley
- Janelle S. Bynum
- Salud O. Carbajal
- Ed Case
- Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick
- Steve Cohen
- Herbert C. Conaway
- J. Luis Correa
- Jim Costa
- Angie Craig
- Jasmine Crockett
- Henry Cuellar
- Sharice Davids
- Donald G. Davis
- Suzan K. DelBene
- Christopher R. Deluzio
- Sarah Elfreth
- Veronica Escobar
- Shomari Figures
- Valerie P. Foushee
- Lois Frankel
- Robert Garcia
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- Sylvia R. Garcia
- Laura Gillen
- Daniel S. Goldman
- Vicente Gonzalez
- Josh Gottheimer
- Josh Harder
- Pablo Jose Hernández
- Steven Horsford
- Chrissy Houlahan
- Glenn Ivey
- Henry C. "Hank" Johnson
- Ro Khanna
- George Latimer
- Susie Lee
- Mike Levin
- Stephen F. Lynch
- Seth Magaziner
- John W. Mannion
- Lucy McBath
- Sarah McBride
- Kristen McDonald Rivet
- Kweisi Mfume
- Dave Min
- Joseph D. Morelle
- Kelly Morrison
- Jared Moskowitz
- Seth Moulton
- Frank J. Mrvan
- Joe Neguse
- Jimmy Panetta
- Chris Pappas
- Marie Gluesenkamp Perez
- Scott H. Peters
- Brittany Pettersen
- Nellie Pou
- Mike Quigley
- Josh Riley
- Deborah K. Ross
- Andrea Salinas
- Bradley Scott Schneider
- Hillary J. Scholten
- Kim Schrier
- David Scott
- Terri A. Sewell
- Adam Smith
- Eric Sorensen
- Darren Soto
- Greg Stanton
- Marilyn Strickland
- Mike Thompson
- Dina Titus
- Jill N. Tokuda
- Norma J. Torres
- Lori Trahan
- Derek Tran
- Gabe Vasquez
- Eugene Simon Vindman
- Debbie Wasserman Schultz
- Frederica S. Wilson
1 Independent