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118TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 6713 

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 HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

DECEMBER 11, 2023 

Ms. SCANLON (for herself, Ms. BALINT, Mr. EVANS, Ms. JAYAPAL, Mr. 

NEGUSE, Ms. NORTON, Mr. RASKIN, and Ms. TLAIB) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and 

in addition to the Committee on Oversight and Accountability, 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 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 2023’’. 


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

2 JUSTICE STATISTICS. 

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

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

5 10131 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the fol6 lowing: 

7 ‘‘SEC. 305. CORPORATE CRIME DATABASE. 

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

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

10 entity’ means a corporation, association, partnership, 

11 limited liability company, limited liability partner12 ship, or other legal entity. 

13 ‘‘(2) CORPORATE OFFENSE.—The term ‘cor14 porate offense’ means— 

15 ‘‘(A) a violation or alleged violation of Fed16 eral law committed by— 

17 ‘‘(i) a business entity; or 

18 ‘‘(ii) an individual employed by a busi19 ness entity within the conduct of the indi20 vidual’s occupational role; and 

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

22 Director to be a corporate offense. 

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

24 the Director of the Bureau. 

25 ‘‘(4) ENFORCEMENT ACTION.—The term ‘en26 forcement action’ includes any concluded administraVerDate Sep 11 2014 01:56 Dec 28, 2023 Jkt 049200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H6713.IH H6713

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1 tive, civil, or criminal enforcement action or any dec2 lination, settlement, deferred prosecution agreement, 

3 or non-prosecution agreement entered into by a Fed4 eral agency to enforce a law or regulation. 

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

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

7 section 551 of title 5, United States Code. 

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

9 year after the date of enactment of the Corporate Crime 

10 Database Act of 2023, the Director shall— 

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

12 regarding enforcement actions taken with respect to 

13 corporate offenses; and 

14 ‘‘(2) publish on the internet website of the Bu15 reau a database of the enforcement actions described 

16 in paragraph (1). 

17 ‘‘(c) INFORMATION INCLUDED.—The database estab18 lished under subsection (b) shall include the following in19 formation on an enforcement action with respect to cor20 porate offenses: 

21 ‘‘(1) Each business entity or individual identi22 fied by the enforcement action. 

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

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

25 Director. 


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

2 identified under paragraph (1) or the parent com3 pany of any employer identified under paragraph 

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

5 ‘‘(4) The type of offense or alleged offense com6 mitted by the business entity or individual. 

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

8 by the business entity or individual. 

9 ‘‘(6) Each Federal agency bringing the enforce10 ment action. 

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

12 any, including all documentation relevant to the out13 come. 

14 ‘‘(8) An unique identifier for each business enti15 ty, individual, employer, or parent company identi16 fied by the enforcement action. 

17 ‘‘(9) Any additional information the Director 

18 determines necessary to carry out the purposes of 

19 this section. 

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

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

22 after the date of enactment of the Corporate Crime 

23 Database Act of 2023, the Director shall establish 

24 guidance for the collection of information from each 

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1 tion with respect to corporate offenses, including 

2 identification of each Federal agency that shall sub3 mit information to the Director and the manner in 

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

5 information shall be submitted. 

6 ‘‘(2) COOPERATION BY FEDERAL AGENCIES.— 

7 Each Federal agency identified in the guidance es8 tablished under paragraph (1) shall submit to the 

9 Director the information specified by the Director, 

10 in accordance with that guidance. 

11 ‘‘(3) TIMING OF INFORMATION INCLUDED.—To 

12 the extent to which information is available, the 

13 database established under subsection (b) shall in14 clude the information described in subsection (c) on 

15 each enforcement action with respect to corporate 

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

17 after the date of enactment of the Corporate Crime 

18 Database Act of 2023. 

19 ‘‘(e) PUBLICATION DETAILS.— 

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

21 the date of enactment of the Corporate Crime Data22 base Act of 2023, the Director shall publish on the 

23 internet website of the Bureau the database estab24 lished under subsection (b) in a format that is 


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1 searchable, downloadable, and accessible to the pub2 lic. 

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

4 shall update the information included in the data5 base established under subsection (b) each time the 

6 information is collected under subsection (d). 

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

8 after the publication of the database established under 

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

10 submit to Congress a report including— 

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

12 analyzed under this section related to corporate of13 fenses, including an analysis of recidivism, offenses 

14 and alleged offenses, and enforcement actions; 

15 ‘‘(2) an estimate of the impact of corporate of16 fenses on victims and the public; and 

17 ‘‘(3) recommendations, developed in consulta18 tion with the Attorney General, for legislative or ad19 ministrative actions to improve the ability of Federal 

20 agencies to monitor, respond to, and deter instances 

21 of corporate offenses.’’. 

22 (b) CHIEF DATA OFFICER COUNCIL.—Section 

23 3520A(b) of title 44, United States Code, is amended— 

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

25 inserting a semicolon; 


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

2 the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 

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

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

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

6 Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968) that 

7 carries out an enforcement action (as defined in that 

8 section) with respect to a corporate offense (as de9 fined in that section) can improve the collection, dig10 italization, tabulation, sharing, and publishing of in11 formation under that section, and the standardiza12 tion of those processes, in order to carry out that 

13 section.’’. 

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