[Congressional Bills 111th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5932 Introduced in House (IH)]

111th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 5932

 To establish the Organized Retail Theft Investigation and Prosecution 
       Unit in the Department of Justice, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             July 29, 2010

 Mr. Scott of Virginia (for himself, Mr. Smith of Texas, Mr. Conyers, 
and Mr. Goodlatte) introduced the following bill; which was referred to 
                     the Committee on the Judiciary

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                                 A BILL


 
 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 Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

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 investigators, 
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 and advise victims of organized retail 
        theft.

SEC. 3. DEFINITION.

    In this Act, the term ``organized retail theft'' means--
            (1) the obtaining of retail merchandise by illegal 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 conspiring to 
        commit any of the acts described in paragraph (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 businesses, 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.

SEC. 5. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.

    There are authorized to be appropriated to the Attorney General to 
carry out this Act, $5,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2011 through 
2015.
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