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118TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 8834 

To establish a Supply Chain Fraud and Theft Task Force. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

JUNE 25, 2024 

Mr. VALADAO (for himself, Mr. SCHNEIDER, Mr. LAHOOD, Mr. PFLUGER, Mr. 

COSTA, and Mr. FONG) introduced the following bill; which was referred 

to the Committee on the Judiciary 

A BILL 

To establish a Supply Chain Fraud and Theft Task Force. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Safeguarding Our Sup5 ply Chains Act’’. 

6 SEC. 2. SUPPLY CHAIN CRIME COORDINATION CENTER. 

7 (a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Homeland Secu8 rity, acting through the Director of Homeland Security 

9 Investigations, shall establish a Supply Chain Crime Co10 ordination Center through the agency’s Innovation Lab 

11 to— 


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1 (1) collect and analyze data related to supply 

2 chain fraud and theft; and 

3 (2) identify regions in the United States, modes 

4 of transportation, distribution networks, and retail 

5 stores that are experiencing high volumes of orga6 nized crime. 

7 (b) CONSULTATION.—In carrying out subsection (a), 

8 the Secretary of Homeland Security, acting through the 

9 Director of Homeland Security Investigations, shall, to the 

10 maximum extent practicable, consult with— 

11 (1) other Federal agencies; 

12 (2) Federal, State, local, tribal, and foreign law 

13 enforcement agencies; and 

14 (3) the private sector. 

15 SEC. 3. SUPPLY CHAIN FRAUD AND THEFT TASK FORCE. 

16 (a) TASK FORCE.—Not later than 120 days after the 

17 date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Homeland 

18 Security, acting through the Director of Homeland Secu19 rity Investigations and in conjunction with the Attorney 

20 General and the Director of the Federal Bureau of Inves21 tigation, shall establish a Supply Chain Fraud and Theft 

22 Task Force (in this section, referred to as ‘‘Task Force’’). 

23 (b) PURPOSE.—The purpose of the Task Force is to 

24 address supply chain fraud and theft throughout the rail, 

25 motor carrier, and intermodal systems, as well as detect, 


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1 disrupt, and deter organized theft groups that are tar2 geting all stages of the supply chain by— 

3 (1) facilitating collaboration among Federal, 

4 State, local, tribal, and foreign law enforcement 

5 agencies to execute coordinated activities in further6 ance of supply chain security, and homeland secu7 rity; 

8 (2) enhancing information-sharing, including 

9 the dissemination of information about theft and 

10 fraud in the American supply chain among such 

11 agencies; 

12 (3) tracking trends with respect to organized 

13 crime throughout the supply chain; 

14 (4) establishing relationships with affected pri15 vate sector companies, sharing information with 

16 such companies regarding organized crime and pro17 viding mechanisms for the receipt of investigative in18 formation on such threats; and 

19 (5) establishing a secure system for sharing in20 formation regarding organized crime threats by 

21 leveraging existing systems at the Homeland Secu22 rity Investigations and the Federal Bureau of Inves23 tigations. 

24 (c) MEMBERS.—The Task Force shall be comprised 

25 of personnel from the following: 


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1 (1) U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforce2 ment. 

3 (2) Federal Bureau of Investigation. 

4 (3) Drug Enforcement Administration. 

5 (4) Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and 

6 Explosives. 

7 (5) U.S. Postal Inspection Service. 

8 (6) U.S. Customs and Border Protection. 

9 (7) Other Department of Homeland Security 

10 personnel, as appropriate. 

11 (8) Other Department of Justice personnel, as 

12 appropriate. 

13 (9) Other Federal agencies, as appropriate. 

14 (10) Appropriate State law enforcement agen15 cies. 

16 (11) Foreign law enforcement agencies, as ap17 propriate. 

18 (12) Local law enforcement agencies from af19 fected cities and communities. 

20 (13) Railroad police. 

21 (14) Association of the United States Army 

22 personnel focused on cargo issues. 

23 (15) Appropriate tribal law enforcement agen24 cies. 


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1 (d) TASK FORCE DEPLOYMENT.—The Secretary may 

2 deploy the Task Force in jurisdictions in which such Task 

3 Force is necessary to achieve the purposes described in 

4 subsection (b), as appropriate. Before deploying the Task 

5 Force, the Secretary shall consider— 

6 (1) data collected and analyzed by the Supply 

7 Chain Crime Coordination Center established under 

8 section 2; 

9 (2) regions in the United States, modes of 

10 transportation, distribution networks, and retail 

11 stores that are experiencing high volumes of orga12 nized crime, as identified by the Supply Chain Crime 

13 Coordination Center established under section 2; 

14 (3) the availability of Federal, State, local, trib15 al, foreign law enforcement, and railroad police re16 sources to participate in the Task Force; and 

17 (4) whether or not a law enforcement initiative 

18 already exists in the area in which the Task Force 

19 would be established. 

20 (e) DUTIES.—It shall be the duty of the Task Force 

21 to ensure a coordinated, multi-agency, intelligence-based, 

22 and prosecutor-led approach to identifying, disrupting, 

23 and dismantling organizations responsible for the orga24 nized theft, fraud, and theft-related violence in the United 

25 States supply chain. 


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1 (f) OPERATION.—The Secretary may take other ac2 tions to assist Federal, State, local, and tribal entities to 

3 participate in the Task Force, including providing finan4 cial assistance, as appropriate, for operational, adminis5 trative, and technological costs associated with the partici6 pation of Federal, State, local, and tribal law enforcement 

7 agencies in the Task Force. 

8 (g) REPORT.—Not later than 180 days after the date 

9 on which the Task Force is established under this section, 

10 and annually thereafter for the following 5 years, the Sec11 retary shall submit a report to Congress that describes 

12 the effectiveness of the Task Force in identifying and dis13 mantling organized theft groups that profit from cargo 

14 theft, organized retail crime, fraud, other theft-related 

15 crimes that threaten the economy and security of the 

16 United States, as measured by crime statistics and data 

17 compiled by the Supply Chain Crime Coordination Center 

18 established under section 2. 

19 (h) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There is 

20 authorized to be appropriated to carry out this Act 

21 $100,000,000 for fiscal years 2025 through 2029. 

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