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H.R. 6852: Porch Pirates Act of 2022

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H.R. 6852: Porch Pirates Act of 2022

117th Congress · introduced 2022-02-25 · Crime and Law Enforcement · Latest: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.

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  1. Where it came from: introduced 2022-02-25 · official record
  2. Who proposed it: Rep. Phillips, Dean [D-MN-3] · what a sponsor is
  3. What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
  4. Where it stands now: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
  5. If it becomes law and spends money: follow the money to money laws, then agencies and contracts and grants.

What does this mean?

Official title

Porch Pirates Act of 2022

Plain summary

Porch Pirates Act of 2022 This bill extends federal criminal penalties for obstruction of correspondence and theft of stolen mail matter (which apply to U.S. Postal Service mail) to matter (e.g., packages) sent or delivered by private or commercial interstate carriers.

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Official text

Porch Pirates Act of 2022

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Rep. Phillips, Dean [D-MN-3] · 89 cosponsors

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Cosponsors on this site

Deborah K. Ross (D-NC), Dwight Evans (D-PA), Thomas P. Tiffany (R-WI), Betty McCollum (D-MN), Scott H. Peters (D-CA), William R. Timmons IV (R-SC), Josh Gottheimer (D-NJ), Jim Costa (D-CA), Joseph D. Morelle (D-NY), Dina Titus (D-NV), Suzan K. DelBene (D-WA), Beth Van Duyne (R-TX), Daniel Meuser (R-PA), Angie Craig (D-MN), Jimmy Panetta (D-CA), Veronica Escobar (D-TX), Steven Horsford (D-NV), David G. Valadao (R-CA), Chris Pappas (D-NH), Darren Soto (D-FL), Salud O. Carbajal (D-CA), Lloyd Smucker (R-PA), David P. Joyce (R-OH), Thomas R. Suozzi (D-NY), Josh Harder (D-CA), Young Kim (R-CA), Chrissy Houlahan (D-PA), Madeleine Dean (D-PA), Elissa Slotkin (D-MI), Debbie Dingell (D-MI), John H. Rutherford (R-FL), Bradley Scott Schneider (D-IL), Mike Quigley (D-IL), Richard Hudson (R-NC), Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-IL), Ken Calvert (R-CA), Ted Lieu (D-CA), W. Gregory Steube (R-FL), Bryan Steil (R-WI), Sanford D. Bishop, Jr. (D-GA), Gwen Moore (D-WI), Carlos A. Gimenez (R-FL) and 29 more.

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Sources

Record fed-us-cong117-hr6852 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong117 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong117