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Ensuring the Safety of Our Mail Act of 2025

To amend title 18, United States Code, to increase the maximum penalty for mail theft.

Introduced Feb 13, 2025

Latest action (Feb 13, 2025) Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.

Referred to
Judiciary Committee
Policy area
Crime and Law Enforcement
Issues
Criminal Justice
Legislative subjects (4)
Crimes against propertyCriminal procedure and sentencingFraud offenses and financial crimesPostal service

Summary
  • Increases the maximum criminal penalty for mail theft.
  • Changes the maximum prison sentence for mail theft from 5 years to 10 years of imprisonment.

AI-generated plain-language summary of the bill text — neutral, and may be imperfect. See the full text below for the exact wording.

Sponsor (1)

Actions (2)
  1. Feb 13, 2025 Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary. · house
  2. Feb 13, 2025 Introduced in House

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  • HR 2095 — Postal Police Reform Act of 2025 · Introduced Mar 14, 2025 · Cong. 119 71%
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Text versions (1)
  • Introduced in House · Feb 13, 2025

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Full text

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

February 13, 2025

Mr. Calvert introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary

A BILL

To amend title 18, United States Code, to increase the maximum penalty for mail theft.

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 “Ensuring the Safety of Our Mail Act of 2025”.

SEC. 2. INCREASING THE MAXIMUM PENALTY FOR MAIL THEFT.

Section 1708 of title 18, United States Code, is amended by striking “not more than five years” and inserting “not more than 10 years”. <all>

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