“A new approach is needed to combat retail and cargo theft,” Congresswoman Titus said. “These sophisticated operations go far beyond one bad actor shoplifting or stealing cargo and require a strong federal response to protect consumers, local businesses, and transportation networks... The Combating Organized Retail Crime Act establishes a coordinated federal response to mitigate this crime and gives law enforcement more tools to find and prosecute bad actors.”
Support a stronger federal response to organized retail and cargo theft by establishing a coordinated federal response and giving law enforcement more tools to find and prosecute bad actors.
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Evidence
01/30/2026 Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 402. 01/30/2026 Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Judiciary. 01/13/2026 Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Voice Vote. The official title states: “To combat organized crime involving the illegal acquisition of retail goods and cargo for the purpose of selling those illegally obtained goods through physical and online retail marketplaces.”
The U.S. House of Representatives today passed Congresswoman Dina Titus’s Combating Organized Retail Crime Act (CORCA) to crack down on retail theft rings that are conducting large-scale robberies of merchants and cargo shipments. Titus said the bill “establishes a coordinated federal response” and “gives law enforcement more tools to find and prosecute bad actors.”
Assessments
Titus materially advanced the promised policy by sponsoring the Combating Organized Retail Crime Act, and House evidence says the bill would establish a coordinated federal response and give law enforcement more tools. However, in the federal context, a bill is not fully delivered unless it becomes law or the promised federal outcome is otherwise implemented. The evidence shows House passage in 2026 during her term, but no evidence of Senate passage, enactment, or completed federal implementation. That means substantial progress and a serious attempt, but not full fulfillment.