[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 8596 Introduced in House (IH)]

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118th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 8596

 To direct certain heads of Federal agencies to develop a strategy to 
improve Federal investigations of organized postal theft, and for other 
                               purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              June 3, 2024

  Mr. Panetta (for himself and Mrs. Kim of California) introduced the 
 following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, 
and in addition to the Committee on Oversight and Accountability, for a 
 period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for 
consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the 
                          committee concerned

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                                 A BILL


 
 To direct certain heads of Federal agencies to develop a strategy to 
improve Federal investigations of organized postal theft, 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 ``Maximizing Agency Integration on 
Letter Theft Act of 2024'' or as the ``MAIL Theft Act of 2024''.

SEC. 2. IMPROVING COORDINATION IN FEDERAL INVESTIGATION OF ORGANIZED 
              POSTAL THEFT.

    (a) In General.--Not later than 180 days after the date of the 
enactment of this Act, the Attorney General, the Secretary of Homeland 
Security, the Postmaster General, and the head of each relevant agency 
shall develop a strategy to identify how each such relevant agency can 
coordinate with other relevant agencies to--
            (1) improve information sharing between the Postmaster 
        General, the Chief Inspector of the U.S. Postal Inspection 
        Service, the Commissioner of U.S. Customs and Border 
        Protection, the Executive Associate Director of Homeland 
        Security Investigations, the Director of the Secret Service, 
        and the head of each relevant agency on organized postal crime 
        networks;
            (2) assist State and local law enforcement in compiling 
        materials and evidence necessary for prosecution of organized 
        postal crime; and
            (3) increase cooperation and information sharing between 
        each such relevant agency and State and local government 
        agencies.
    (b) Reporting Requirement.--Not later than 180 days after the date 
of the enactment of this Act, the Postmaster General, Chief Postal 
Inspector, the Secretary of Homeland Security, the Attorney General, 
and the head of each relevant agency shall submit a joint report to the 
relevant committees on the strategy developed pursuant to subsection 
(a).
    (c) Comptroller General Report.--Not later than 1 year after the 
date of the enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General shall 
publish a report on coordination between the private sector and law 
enforcement to deter and investigate organized postal crime.
    (d) Definitions.--In this section:
            (1) Organized postal crime.--The term ``organized postal 
        crime'' means the coordinated illegal acquisition of postal 
        mail through theft, embezzlement, fraud, or other means that 
        are illegal under Federal or State law for the purpose of 
        selling or distributing such goods in interstate commerce.
            (2) Organized postal crime network.--The term ``organized 
        postal crime network'' means a criminal network that engages in 
        organized postal crime.
            (3) Relevant agency.--The term ``relevant agency'' means 
        any agency (as defined in section 551 of title 5, United States 
        Code) determined by the Postmaster General, Attorney General, 
        USPIS Chief Investigator, and Secretary of Homeland Security to 
        have a role in information sharing and investigation of 
        organized postal crime.
            (4) Relevant committees.--The term ``relevant committees'' 
        means the House Committee on the Judiciary, the House Committee 
        on Homeland Security, the House Committee on Oversight and 
        Accountability, the Senate Committee on the Judiciary, and the 
        Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee.
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