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117TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. 5141 

To direct the Director of the Bureau of Justice Statistics to establish a 

database with respect to corporate offenses, and for other purposes. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

NOVEMBER 29, 2022 

Mr. DURBIN (for himself and Mr. BLUMENTHAL) introduced the following bill; 

which was read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary 

A BILL 

To direct the Director of the Bureau of Justice Statistics 

to establish a database with respect to corporate offenses, 

and for other purposes. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Corporate Crime Data5 base Act of 2022’’. 

6 SEC. 2. CORPORATE CRIME DATABASE AT THE BUREAU OF 

7 JUSTICE STATISTICS. 

8 (a) IN GENERAL.—Part C of title I of the Omnibus 

9 Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (34 U.S.C. 


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1 10131 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the fol2 lowing: 

3 ‘‘SEC. 305. CORPORATE CRIME DATABASE. 

4 ‘‘(a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 

5 ‘‘(1) BUSINESS ENTITY.—The term ‘business 

6 entity’ means a corporation, association, partnership, 

7 limited liability company, limited liability partner8 ship, or other legal entity. 

9 ‘‘(2) CORPORATE OFFENSE.—The term ‘cor10 porate offense’ means— 

11 ‘‘(A) a violation or alleged violation of Fed12 eral law committed by— 

13 ‘‘(i) a business entity; or 

14 ‘‘(ii) an individual employed by a busi15 ness entity within the conduct of the indi16 vidual’s occupational role; and 

17 ‘‘(B) any other violation determined by the 

18 Director to be a corporate offense. 

19 ‘‘(3) DIRECTOR.—The term ‘Director’ means 

20 the Director of the Bureau. 

21 ‘‘(4) ENFORCEMENT ACTION.—The term ‘en22 forcement action’ includes any concluded administra23 tive, civil, or criminal enforcement action or any dec24 lination, settlement, deferred prosecution agreement, 


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1 or non-prosecution agreement entered into by a Fed2 eral agency to enforce a law or regulation. 

3 ‘‘(5) FEDERAL AGENCY.—The term ‘Federal 

4 agency’ has the meaning given the term ‘agency’ in 

5 section 551 of title 5, United States Code. 

6 ‘‘(b) ESTABLISHMENT.—Beginning not later than 1 

7 year after the date of enactment of the Corporate Crime 

8 Database Act of 2022, the Director shall— 

9 ‘‘(1) collect, aggregate, and analyze information 

10 regarding enforcement actions taken with respect to 

11 corporate offenses; and 

12 ‘‘(2) publish on the internet website of the Bu13 reau a database of the enforcement actions described 

14 in paragraph (1). 

15 ‘‘(c) INFORMATION INCLUDED.—The database estab16 lished under subsection (b) shall include the following in17 formation on an enforcement action with respect to cor18 porate offenses: 

19 ‘‘(1) Each business entity or individual identi20 fied by the enforcement action. 

21 ‘‘(2) The employer of an individual identified 

22 under paragraph (1), as determined relevant by the 

23 Director. 

24 ‘‘(3) The parent company of a business entity 

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1 pany of any employer identified under paragraph 

2 (2), as determined relevant by the Director. 

3 ‘‘(4) The type of offense or alleged offense com4 mitted by the business entity or individual. 

5 ‘‘(5) Any relevant statute or regulation violated 

6 by the business entity or individual. 

7 ‘‘(6) Each Federal agency bringing the enforce8 ment action. 

9 ‘‘(7) The outcome of the enforcement action, if 

10 any, including all documentation relevant to the out11 come. 

12 ‘‘(8) An unique identifier for each business enti13 ty, individual, employer, or parent company identi14 fied by the enforcement action. 

15 ‘‘(9) Any additional information the Director 

16 determines necessary to carry out the purposes of 

17 this section. 

18 ‘‘(d) INFORMATION COLLECTION BY DIRECTOR.— 

19 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days 

20 after the date of enactment of the Corporate Crime 

21 Database Act of 2022, the Director shall establish 

22 guidance for the collection of information from each 

23 Federal agency that carries out an enforcement ac24 tion with respect to corporate offenses, including 

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1 mit information to the Director and the manner in 

2 which, time at which, and frequency with which the 

3 information shall be submitted. 

4 ‘‘(2) TIMING OF INFORMATION INCLUDED.—To 

5 the extent to which information is available, the 

6 database established under subsection (b) shall in7 clude the information described in subsection (c) on 

8 each enforcement action with respect to corporate 

9 offenses taken by a Federal agency before, on, or 

10 after the date of enactment of the Corporate Crime 

11 Database Act of 2022. 

12 ‘‘(e) PUBLICATION DETAILS.— 

13 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 1 year after 

14 the date of enactment of the Corporate Crime Data15 base Act of 2022, the Director shall publish on the 

16 internet website of the Bureau the database estab17 lished under subsection (b) in a format that is 

18 searchable, downloadable, and accessible to the pub19 lic. 

20 ‘‘(2) UPDATE OF INFORMATION.—The Director 

21 shall update the information included in the data22 base established under subsection (b) each time the 

23 information is collected under subsection (d). 

24 ‘‘(f) REPORT REQUIRED.—Not later than 1 year 

25 after the publication of the database established under 


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1 subsection (b), and annually thereafter, the Director shall 

2 submit to Congress a report including— 

3 ‘‘(1) a description of the data collected and 

4 analyzed under this section related to corporate of5 fenses, including an analysis of recidivism, offenses 

6 and alleged offenses, and enforcement actions; 

7 ‘‘(2) an estimate of the impact of corporate of8 fenses on victims and the public; and 

9 ‘‘(3) recommendations, developed in consulta10 tion with the Attorney General, for legislative or ad11 ministrative actions to improve the ability of Federal 

12 agencies to monitor, respond to, and deter instances 

13 of corporate offenses.’’. 

14 (b) CHIEF DATA OFFICER COUNCIL.—Section 

15 3520A(b) of title 44, United States Code, is amended— 

16 (1) in paragraph (4), by striking ‘‘; and’’ and 

17 inserting a semicolon; 

18 (2) in paragraph (5), by striking the period at 

19 the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 

20 (3) by adding at the end the following: 

21 ‘‘(6) identify ways in which a Federal agency 

22 (as defined in section 305 of title I of the Omnibus 

23 Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968) that 

24 carries out an enforcement action (as defined in that 

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1 fined in that section) can improve the collection, dig2 italization, tabulation, sharing, and publishing of in3 formation under that section, and the standardiza4 tion of those processes, in order to carry out that 

5 section.’’. 

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