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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. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives 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 2020’’. 
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 
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(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, in-
cluding a list of the elements for each criminal stat-
utory 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 De-
partment 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
OF-
FENSES.— 
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(1) REPORTS.—Not later than 1 year after the 
date of enactment of this Act, the head of each Fed-
eral 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 of-
fenses 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 agen-
cies described in this paragraph are the Department 
of Agriculture, the Department of Commerce, the 
Department of Education, the Department of En-
ergy, the Department of Health and Human Serv-
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ices, the Department of Homeland Security, the De-
partment of Housing and Urban Development, the 
Department of the Interior, the Department of 
Labor, the Department of Transportation, the De-
partment 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 Com-
mission, 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 Occupa-
tional Safety and Health Review Commission, the 
Office of Compliance, the Postal Regulatory Com-
mission, the Securities and Exchange Commission, 
the Securities Investor Protection Corporation, the 
Environmental Protection Agency, the Small Busi-
ness Administration, the Federal Housing Finance 
Agency, and the Office of Government Ethics. 
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(d) INDEX.—Not later than 2 years after the date 
of enactment of this Act— 
(1) the Attorney General shall establish a pub-
lically accessible index of each criminal statutory of-
fense listed in the report required under subsection 
(b) and make the index available and freely acces-
sible on the website of the Department of Justice; 
and 
(2) the head of each agency described in sub-
section (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 sec-
tion shall be construed to require or authorize appropria-
tions. 
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