Federal Protection Against Package Theft: The Porch Pirates Act of 2025
This bill amends Title 18, United States Code, to extend federal protections to packages delivered by private or commercial interstate carriers. Specifically, it applies to items left for collection that have not yet been physically received by the addressee or their agent. The legislation makes it a crime to embezzle, steal, or unlawfully take such packages, granting them the same protections as matter carried in interstate commerce.
Key points
The bill criminalizes the theft of packages delivered by private carriers before the recipient takes physical possession.
It extends the same legal protections to these delivered items as those applied to matter carried throughout the country as interstate or foreign commerce.
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