H.R. 6651 — Improving the Federal Response to Organized Retail Crime Act of 2025

This section directs the Attorney General, Secretary of Homeland Security, Postmaster General, and heads of relevant agencies to develop, not later than 180 days after the date of enactment, a strategy to coordinate on organized retail crime (i.e., coordinated illegal acquisition of retail goods for sale in interstate commerce) by (1) improving information sharing among specified federal officials on organized retail crime networks; (2) assisting state and local law enforcement with prosecution materials and evidence; and (3) increasing cooperation with the retail industry and retail crime task forces. It requires those officials to submit a joint report on the strategy to specified House and Senate committees within the same timeframe and directs the Comptroller General to publish a report on private sector-law enforcement coordination against organized retail crime within one year of enactment. The section defines relevant agency as any agency under 5 U.S.C. 551 determined by the Attorney General and Secretary of Homeland Security to have a role in such investigations.