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116TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 7270 

To direct the Attorney General of the United States to submit to the Congress 

a report on Federal criminal offenses, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

JUNE 18, 2020 

Mr. ROY introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee 

on the Judiciary 

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. 

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 ‘‘Count the Crimes to 

5 Cut Act of 2020’’. 

6 SEC. 2. REPORT ON FEDERAL CRIMINAL OFFENSES. 

7 (a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section— 

8 (1) the term ‘‘criminal regulatory offense’’ 

9 means a Federal regulation that is enforceable by a 

10 criminal penalty; and 


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1 (2) the term ‘‘criminal statutory offense’’ 

2 means a criminal offense under a Federal statute. 

3 (b) REPORT ON CRIMINAL STATUTORY OFFENSES.— 

4 Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this 

5 Act, the Attorney General shall submit to the Committee 

6 on the Judiciary of the Senate and the Committee on the 

7 Judiciary of the House of Representatives a report, which 

8 shall include— 

9 (1) a list of all criminal statutory offenses, in10 cluding a list of the elements for each criminal stat11 utory offense; and 

12 (2) for each criminal statutory offense listed 

13 under paragraph (1)— 

14 (A) the potential criminal penalty for the 

15 criminal statutory offense; 

16 (B) the number of prosecutions for the 

17 criminal statutory offense brought by the De18 partment of Justice each year for the 15-year 

19 period preceding the date of enactment of this 

20 Act; and 

21 (C) the mens rea requirement for the 

22 criminal statutory offense. 

23 (c) REPORT ON CRIMINAL REGULATORY OF24 FENSES.— 


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1 (1) REPORTS.—Not later than 1 year after the 

2 date of enactment of this Act, the head of each Fed3 eral agency described in paragraph (2) shall submit 

4 to the Committee on the Judiciary of the Senate and 

5 the Committee on the Judiciary of the House of 

6 Representatives a report, which shall include— 

7 (A) a list of all criminal regulatory of8 fenses enforceable by the agency; and 

9 (B) for each criminal regulatory offense 

10 listed under subparagraph (A)— 

11 (i) the potential criminal penalty for a 

12 violation of the criminal regulatory offense; 

13 (ii) the number of violations of the 

14 criminal regulatory offense referred to the 

15 Department of Justice for prosecution in 

16 each of the years during the 15-year period 

17 preceding the date of enactment of this 

18 Act; and 

19 (iii) the mens rea requirement for the 

20 criminal regulatory offense. 

21 (2) AGENCIES DESCRIBED.—The Federal agen22 cies described in this paragraph are the Department 

23 of Agriculture, the Department of Commerce, the 

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1 ices, the Department of Homeland Security, the De2 partment of Housing and Urban Development, the 

3 Department of the Interior, the Department of 

4 Labor, the Department of Transportation, the De5 partment of the Treasury, the Commodity Futures 

6 Trading Commission, the Consumer Product Safety 

7 Commission, the Equal Employment Opportunity 

8 Commission, the Export-Import Bank of the United 

9 States, the Farm Credit Administration, the Federal 

10 Communications Commission, the Federal Deposit 

11 Insurance Corporation, the Federal Election Com12 mission, the Federal Labor Relations Authority, the 

13 Federal Maritime Commission, the Federal Mine 

14 Safety and Health Review Commission, the Federal 

15 Trade Commission, the National Labor Relations 

16 Board, the National Transportation Safety Board, 

17 the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, the Occupa18 tional Safety and Health Review Commission, the 

19 Office of Compliance, the Postal Regulatory Com20 mission, the Securities and Exchange Commission, 

21 the Securities Investor Protection Corporation, the 

22 Environmental Protection Agency, the Small Busi23 ness Administration, the Federal Housing Finance 

24 Agency, and the Office of Government Ethics. 


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1 (d) INDEX.—Not later than 2 years after the date 

2 of enactment of this Act— 

3 (1) the Attorney General shall establish a pub4 lically accessible index of each criminal statutory of5 fense listed in the report required under subsection 

6 (b) and make the index available and freely acces7 sible on the website of the Department of Justice; 

8 and 

9 (2) the head of each agency described in sub10 section (c)(2) shall establish a publically accessible 

11 index of each criminal regulatory offense listed in 

12 the report required under subsection (c)(1) and 

13 make the index available and freely accessible on the 

14 website of the agency. 

15 (e) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in this sec16 tion shall be construed to require or authorize appropria17 tions. 

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