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Introduced April 10, 2025 by Charles Ernest Grassley · Last progress April 10, 2025
The bill centralizes federal coordination to better detect and prosecute organized retail and supply-chain theft—likely reducing losses and easing local burdens—but does so by expanding federal authority, creating new costs, raising privacy and civil‑liberties risks, and shifting burdens onto state, local, and private partners.
Federal, state, and local law enforcement will gain a centralized HSI-led coordination center to improve cross-jurisdictional investigations of organized retail and supply‑chain crime.
Retailers, small businesses, and transportation companies will have a formal channel to share threat information and collaborate with federal investigators, which can reduce theft losses and supply disruptions.
State and local agencies could be relieved of some investigative and intelligence burdens through centralized federal support, helping jurisdictions with limited resources respond to organized theft.
State and local governments may lose control over prosecutions as the bill expands federal authority and effectively federalizes offenses traditionally handled by States.
Broader federal laws and coordinated enforcement could increase arrests and incarceration for conduct some States treat as lower-level offenses, disproportionately affecting low-income individuals.
Private companies and individuals may face increased information sharing with federal law enforcement, raising privacy and proprietary-data risks for businesses and customers.
Based on analysis of 4 sections of legislative text.
Expands federal stolen‑goods and money‑movement statutes and creates an ICE/HSI coordination Center to combat organized retail and supply‑chain crime.
Creates a federal coordination center inside ICE/Homeland Security Investigations to fight organized retail and supply‑chain crime, directs rapid establishment and reporting, and amends federal criminal statutes to broaden coverage of stolen goods and certain payment instruments. Requires interagency evaluations of existing grant, training, and technical assistance programs and sets a 7‑year sunset for the new Center.