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115TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 144 

To establish a corporate crime database, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

JANUARY 3, 2017 

Mr. CONYERS introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Oversight 

and Government Reform, for a period to be subsequently determined by 

the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned 

A BILL 

To establish a corporate crime database, 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’’. 

6 SEC. 2. ATTORNEY GENERAL TO ACQUIRE DATA ON COR7 PORATE-RELATED CRIME. 

8 Under the authority of section 534 of title 28, United 

9 States Code, and in accordance with this Act, the Attorney 


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1 General shall acquire data, for each calendar year, regard2 ing all administrative, civil, and criminal judicial pro3 ceedings initiated or concluded by the Federal Government 

4 and State governments against any corporation or cor5 porate official acting in an official capacity involving a fel6 ony or misdemeanor charge or any civil charge where po7 tential fines may be $1,000 or more. 

8 SEC. 3. ADMINISTRATIVE DETAILS. 

9 (a) REPORTING BY FEDERAL AGENCIES.—Each de10 partment and agency within the Federal Government shall 

11 report details about all administrative, civil, and criminal 

12 judicial proceedings initiated or concluded in that depart13 ment or agency’s jurisdiction to the Attorney General in 

14 a uniform manner and in a form prescribed by the Attor15 ney General. 

16 (b) GUIDELINES.—The Attorney General shall estab17 lish guidelines for the collection of data and otherwise to 

18 carry out the purposes of this Act. 

19 (c) TREATMENT OF CAUSES OF ACTION.—Nothing in 

20 this Act creates a cause of action or a right to bring an 

21 action. This Act does not limit any existing cause of action 

22 or right to bring an action. 

23 SEC. 4. PUBLIC WEB SITE. 

24 The Attorney General shall establish and maintain a 

25 publicly available Web site with a database of information 


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1 regarding improper conduct by all corporations with reve2 nues, as determined under rules prescribed by the Attor3 ney General, of over $1,000,000,000 per annum. 

4 SEC. 5. INFORMATION INCLUDED IN DATABASE. 

5 The database— 

6 (1) shall consist of information regarding all 

7 administrative, civil, and criminal judicial pro8 ceedings initiated or concluded by the Federal Gov9 ernment and State governments against any cor10 poration or corporate official acting in an official ca11 pacity involving a felony or misdemeanor charge or 

12 any civil charge where potential fines may be $1,000 

13 or more; and 

14 (2) shall include, for each proceeding, a brief 

15 description of the proceeding, including the agency 

16 bringing the charge, the charge, the name of the 

17 company charged, the ultimate parent company of 

18 the company charged, the locations of both the com19 pany and parent company, and the outcome of the 

20 action if any, including plea agreements, consent de21 crees, findings of innocence, convictions, fines and 

22 other penalties. 

23 SEC. 6. INPUT OF DATA. 

24 The Attorney General shall design and maintain the 

25 database in a manner that allows the appropriate officials 


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1 of each Federal department or agency directly to input 

2 and update in the database information relating to actions 

3 that department or agency has taken with regard to crimi4 nal or civil enforcement actions. 

5 SEC. 7. REPORT. 

6 The Attorney General shall prepare an annual report 

7 to Congress detailing the number of civil, administrative, 

8 and criminal enforcement actions brought against any cor9 poration or corporate official acting in an official capacity 

10 as well as the ultimate disposition (including the mag11 nitude and category of any penalties assessed). 

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