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[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 98 Introduced in House (IH)]

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119th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                 H. R. 98

    To repeal certain unnecessary criminal offenses, and for other 
                               purposes.

_______________________________________________________________________

                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            January 3, 2025

Mr. Biggs of Arizona introduced the following bill; which was referred 
                   to the Committee on the Judiciary

_______________________________________________________________________

                                 A BILL

 
    To repeal certain unnecessary criminal offenses, and for other 
                               purposes.

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

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``End Endless Criminal Statutes Act''.

SEC. 2. FINDINGS.

     Congress finds that actions which may unnecessarily carry criminal 
penalties under Federal statues include the following:
            (1) Writing a check for less than $1.
            (2) Selling or possessing colored oleomargarine or colored 
        margarine unless they are packaged and labeled or served in a 
        triangular shape.
            (3) Discarding produce without sufficient cause or making a 
        false report concerning that produce.
            (4) Removing a stamp from any mail matter.
            (5) Making metal coins of original design or attempting to 
        use such coins.
            (6) Wearing the uniform of letter carriers of the Postal 
        Service.
            (7) Detaining a seaman's clothing.
            (8) Boarding any vessel about to arrive at her destination 
        before such arrival is complete.
            (9) Placing mailable matter in a mailbox without postage 
        attached to it.
            (10) Sledding on the Capitol grounds when the Capitol 
        Police are directed to prevent any portion of the Capitol 
        grounds from being used as a playground.

SEC. 3. REPEAL OF FEDERAL PROVISIONS.

    (a) Section 336 of title 18, United States Code, is repealed.
    (b) Subsections (b), (c), and (d) of section 407 of the Federal 
Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C. 347) are repealed.
    (c) Section 1 of the Act of March 3, 1927 (7 U.S.C. 491; 44 Stat. 
1355) is repealed.
    (d) Section 1720 of title 18, United States Code, is amended by 
striking ``Whoever unlawfully and willfully removes from any mail 
matter any stamp attached thereto in payment of postage; or''.
    (e) Section 486 of title 18, United States Code, is amended by 
striking ``or of original design.''.
    (f) Section 11110 of title 46, United States Code, is amended by 
striking the second sentence.
    (g) Section 2279 of title 18, United States Code, is repealed.
    (h) Section 1725 of title 18, United States Code, is repealed.
    (i) The Act entitled ``An Act to protect the public property, turf, 
and grass of the Capitol Grounds from injury.'' (2 U.S.C. 1963) is 
repealed.

SEC. 4. INTENT REQUIREMENT FOR OFFENSE RELATED TO UNIFORMS OF LETTER 
              CARRIER.

    Section 1730 of title 18, United States Code, is amended--
            (1) by inserting after ``to be worn by letter carriers'' 
        the following: ``with the intent to commit an offense under 
        this chapter''; and
            (2) by striking the second undesignated paragraph.
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