IIB 
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. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Organized Retail Theft 
Investigation and Prosecution Act of 2010’’. 
SEC. 2. ORGANIZED RETAIL THEFT INVESTIGATION AND 
PROSECUTION UNIT. 
(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—Not later than 180 days after 
the date of enactment of this Act, the Attorney General 
shall establish the Organized Retail Theft Investigation 
and Prosecution Unit (hereinafter in this Act referred to 
as the ‘‘ORTIP Unit’’). 
(b) COMPOSITION.—The ORTIP Unit shall include 
representatives from the Federal Bureau of Investigation, 
United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement, 
the United States Secret Service, the United States Postal 
Inspection Service, prosecutors, and any other personnel 
necessary to carry out the duties of the ORTIP Unit. 
(c) DUTIES.—The duties of the ORTIP Unit are as 
follows: 
(1) To investigate and prosecute those instances 
of organized retail theft over which the Department 
of Justice has jurisdiction. 
(2) To assist State and local law enforcement 
agencies in investigating and prosecuting organized 
retail theft. 
(3) To consult with key stakeholders, including 
retailers and online marketplaces, to obtain informa-
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tion about instances of and trends in organized re-
tail theft. 
SEC. 3. DEFINITION. 
In this Act, the term ‘‘organized retail theft’’ 
means— 
(1) the obtaining of retail merchandise by ille-
gal means for the purpose of reselling or otherwise 
placing such merchandise back into the stream of 
commerce; or 
(2) aiding or abetting the commission of or con-
spiring to commit any of the acts described in para-
graph (1). 
SEC. 4. REPORT. 
Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment 
of this Act, the Attorney General shall submit a report 
containing recommendations on how retailers, online busi-
nesses, and law enforcement agencies can help prevent and 
combat organized retail theft to the Chairs and Ranking 
Members of the Committee on the Judiciary of the House 
of Representatives and of the Committee on the Judiciary 
of the Senate. The Attorney General shall make the report 
available to the public on the web site of the Department 
of Justice. 
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SEC. 5. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 
There are authorized to be appropriated to the Attor-
ney General to carry out this Act, $5,000,000 for each 
of fiscal years 2011 through 2015. 
Passed the House of Representatives September 28, 
2010. 
Attest: 
LORRAINE C. MILLER, 
Clerk. 
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