Bill Details
HR.1292 - 119th Congress
Status
Latest action
2025-02-13 - Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Introduced Date
2025-02-13
Policy Area
Crime and Law Enforcement
Committees
View committees (1)
Sponsors
7
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This bill would make stealing mail a more serious crime by raising the maximum prison sentence from 5 years to 10 years. In simple terms, it is meant to strengthen punishment for mail theft and give law enforcement and courts more ability to punish people who steal letters, packages, or other mail items.
- It changes a part of federal law that already covers mail theft.
- The main change is increasing the highest possible penalty from 5 years in prison to 10 years.
- The bill was introduced in the House and sent to the Judiciary Committee for review.
Official Summaries
Ensuring the Safety of Our Mail Act of 2025
This bill increases from 5 to 10 years the maximum prison term for a defendant who commits mail theft.
Current Full Text
[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1292 Introduced in House (IH)]
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119th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 1292
To amend title 18, United States Code, to increase the maximum penalty
for mail theft.
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
February 13, 2025
Mr. Calvert 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 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''.
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