Porch Pirates Act of 2025

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [H.R. 6924 Introduced in House (IH)] <DOC> 119th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 6924 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. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES December 23, 2025 Mr. Gottheimer (for himself, Mr. Van Drew, Ms. Van Duyne, Mr. Moskowitz, Mr. Peters, Mr. Rutherford, Mrs. Kim, Ms. Tenney, Mr. Pappas, and Mr. Panetta) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary _______________________________________________________________________ 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 2025''. 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 c