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111TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 5932 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

SEPTEMBER 29, 2010 

Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary 

AN ACT 

To establish the Organized Retail Theft Investigation and 

Prosecution Unit in the Department of Justice, and for 

other purposes. 

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


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1 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

2 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Organized Retail Theft 

3 Investigation and Prosecution Act of 2010’’. 

4 SEC. 2. ORGANIZED RETAIL THEFT INVESTIGATION AND 

5 PROSECUTION UNIT. 

6 (a) ESTABLISHMENT.—Not later than 180 days after 

7 the date of enactment of this Act, the Attorney General 

8 shall establish the Organized Retail Theft Investigation 

9 and Prosecution Unit (hereinafter in this Act referred to 

10 as the ‘‘ORTIP Unit’’). 

11 (b) COMPOSITION.—The ORTIP Unit shall include 

12 representatives from the Federal Bureau of Investigation, 

13 United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement, 

14 the United States Secret Service, the United States Postal 

15 Inspection Service, prosecutors, and any other personnel 

16 necessary to carry out the duties of the ORTIP Unit. 

17 (c) DUTIES.—The duties of the ORTIP Unit are as 

18 follows: 

19 (1) To investigate and prosecute those instances 

20 of organized retail theft over which the Department 

21 of Justice has jurisdiction. 

22 (2) To assist State and local law enforcement 

23 agencies in investigating and prosecuting organized 

24 retail theft. 

25 (3) To consult with key stakeholders, including 

26 retailers and online marketplaces, to obtain informaVerDate Mar 15 2010 01:03 Oct 01, 2010 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H5932.RFS H5932

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1 tion about instances of and trends in organized re2 tail theft. 

3 SEC. 3. DEFINITION. 

4 In this Act, the term ‘‘organized retail theft’’ 

5 means— 

6 (1) the obtaining of retail merchandise by ille7 gal means for the purpose of reselling or otherwise 

8 placing such merchandise back into the stream of 

9 commerce; or 

10 (2) aiding or abetting the commission of or con11 spiring to commit any of the acts described in para12 graph (1). 

13 SEC. 4. REPORT. 

14 Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment 

15 of this Act, the Attorney General shall submit a report 

16 containing recommendations on how retailers, online busi17 nesses, and law enforcement agencies can help prevent and 

18 combat organized retail theft to the Chairs and Ranking 

19 Members of the Committee on the Judiciary of the House 

20 of Representatives and of the Committee on the Judiciary 

21 of the Senate. The Attorney General shall make the report 

22 available to the public on the web site of the Department 

23 of Justice. 


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1 SEC. 5. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 

2 There are authorized to be appropriated to the Attor3 ney General to carry out this Act, $5,000,000 for each 

4 of fiscal years 2011 through 2015. 

Passed the House of Representatives September 28, 

2010. 

Attest: LORRAINE C. MILLER, 

Clerk. 


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