[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 8672 Introduced in House (IH)]
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118th CONGRESS
2d Session
H. R. 8672
To direct the Attorney General of the United States to submit to the
Congress a report on Federal criminal offenses, and for other purposes.
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
June 7, 2024
Mr. Roy (for himself, Mr. Trone, and Mr. Biggs) introduced the
following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary
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A BILL
To direct the Attorney General of the United States to submit to the
Congress a report on Federal criminal offenses, and for other purposes.
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 ``Count the Crimes to Cut Act of
2024''.
SEC. 2. REPORT ON FEDERAL CRIMINAL OFFENSES.
(a) Definitions.--In this section--
(1) the term ``criminal regulatory offense'' means a
Federal regulation that is enforceable by a criminal penalty;
and
(2) the term ``criminal statutory offense'' means a
criminal offense under a Federal statute.
(b) Report on Criminal Statutory Offenses.--Not later than 1 year
after the date of enactment of this Act, the Attorney General shall
submit to the Committee on the Judiciary of the Senate and the
Committee on the Judiciary of the House of Representatives a report,
which shall include--
(1) a list of all criminal statutory offenses, including a
list of the elements for each criminal statutory offense; and
(2) for each criminal statutory offense listed under
paragraph (1)--
(A) the potential criminal penalty for the criminal
statutory offense;
(B) the number of prosecutions for the criminal
statutory offense brought by the Department of Justice
each year for the 15-year period preceding the date of
enactment of this Act; and
(C) the mens rea requirement for the criminal
statutory offense.
(c) Report on Criminal Regulatory Offenses.--
(1) Reports.--Not later than 1 year after the date of
enactment of this Act, the head of each Federal agency
described in paragraph (2) shall submit to the Committee on the
Judiciary of the Senate and the Committee on the Judiciary of
the House of Representatives a report, which shall include--
(A) a list of all criminal regulatory offenses
enforceable by the agency; and
(B) for each criminal regulatory offense listed
under subparagraph (A)--
(i) the potential criminal penalty for a
violation of the criminal regulatory offense;
(ii) the number of violations of the
criminal regulatory offense referred to the
Department of Justice for prosecution in each
of the years during the 15-year period
preceding the date of enactment of this Act;
and
(iii) the mens rea requirement for the
criminal regulatory offense.
(2) Agencies described.--The Federal agencies described in
this paragraph are the Department of Agriculture, the
Department of Commerce, the Department of Education, the
Department of Energy, the Department of Health and Human
Services, the Department of Homeland Security, the Department
of Housing and Urban Development, the Department of the
Interior, the Department of Labor, the Department of
Transportation, the Department of the Treasury, the Commodity
Futures Trading Commission, the Consumer Product Safety
Commission, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, the
Export-Import Bank of the United States, the Farm Credit
Administration, the Federal Communications Commission, the
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, the Federal Election
Commission, the Federal Labor Relations Authority, the Federal
Maritime Commission, the Federal Mine Safety and Health Review
Commission, the Federal Trade Commission, the National Labor
Relations Board, the National Transportation Safety Board, the
Nuclear Regulatory Commission, the Occupational Safety and
Health Review Commission, the Office of Compliance, the Postal
Regulatory Commission, the Securities and Exchange Commission,
the Securities Investor Protection Corporation, the
Environmental Protection Agency, the Small Business
Administration, the Federal Housing Finance Agency, and the
Office of Government Ethics.
(d) Index.--Not later than 2 years after the date of enactment of
this Act--
(1) the Attorney General shall establish a publically
accessible index of each criminal statutory offense listed in
the report required under subsection (b) and make the index
available and freely accessible on the website of the
Department of Justice; and
(2) the head of each agency described in subsection (c)(2)
shall establish a publically accessible index of each criminal
regulatory offense listed in the report required under
subsection (c)(1) and make the index available and freely
accessible on the website of the agency.
(e) Rule of Construction.--Nothing in this section shall be
construed to require or authorize appropriations.
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