[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 9227 Introduced in House (IH)]

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118th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 9227

  To amend title 18, United States Code, to extend to matter left for 
   collection by private or commercial interstate carriers the same 
 protections as matter carried throughout the country as interstate or 
                           foreign commerce.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             July 30, 2024

  Mr. Phillips (for himself, Mr. Allred, Mr. Costa, Ms. DelBene, Mr. 
Garamendi, Mr. Horsford, Ms. Houlahan, Ms. Lee of Nevada, Mr. Panetta, 
  Mr. Peters, Ms. Porter, Mr. Schneider, Mr. Veasey, Mr. Fleischmann, 
  Mrs. Kim of California, Mr. LaTurner, Mr. Smucker, Mrs. Steel, Ms. 
 Tenney, Mr. Timmons, Ms. Van Duyne, and Mr. Van Drew) introduced the 
  following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary

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                                 A BILL


 
  To amend title 18, United States Code, to extend to matter left for 
   collection by private or commercial interstate carriers the same 
 protections as matter carried throughout the country as interstate or 
                           foreign commerce.

    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 ``Porch Pirates Act of 2024''.

SEC. 2. SENSE OF CONGRESS.

    It is the sense of Congress that Congress has the authority to 
extend to matters left for collection by private or commercial 
interstate carriers the same protections as matter carried through the 
country as interstate or foreign commerce.

SEC. 3. PRIVATE OR COMMERCIAL INTERSTATE CARRIER PROTECTIONS.

    (a) Obstruction of Matter Left for Collection.--Section 659 of 
title 18, United States Code, is amended--
            (1) at the end of the fourth paragraph, by striking ``--'' 
        and inserting ``; or''; and
            (2) by inserting after paragraph four the following new 
        paragraph:
    ``Whoever embezzles, steals, or unlawfully takes, carries away, or 
by fraud or deception obtains, any package, or other article, which has 
been delivered by any private or commercial interstate carrier before 
the addressee or his or her agent has taken physical possession--''.
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