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Union Calendar No. 298 
119TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2159 
[Report No. 119–346] 
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 
MARCH 14, 2025 
Mr. ROY (for himself, Mrs. MCBATH, Mr. BIGGS of Arizona, and Mr. COHEN) 
introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the 
Judiciary 
OCTOBER 17, 2025 
Additional sponsor: Mr. SELF 
OCTOBER 17, 2025 
Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole 
House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed 
[Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic] 
[For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on March 14, 2025] 
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A BILL 
To direct the Attorney General of the United States to 
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offenses, and for other purposes. 
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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’’. 
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 
(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 statu-
tory offense; and 
(2) for each criminal statutory offense listed 
under paragraph (1)— 
(A) the potential criminal penalty for the 
criminal statutory offense; 
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(B) the number of prosecutions for the 
criminal statutory offense brought by the Depart-
ment 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 crimi-
nal statutory offense. 
(c) REPORT ON CRIMINAL REGULATORY OFFENSES.— 
(1) REPORTS.—Not later than 1 year after the 
date of enactment of this Act, the head of each Federal 
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 Rep-
resentatives a report, which shall include— 
(A) a list of all criminal regulatory offenses 
enforceable by the agency; and 
(B) for each criminal regulatory offense list-
ed 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 
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(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 De-
partment of Education, the Department of Energy, 
the Department of Health and Human Services, the 
Department of Homeland Security, the Department of 
Housing and Urban Development, the Department of 
the Interior, the Department of Labor, the Depart-
ment of Transportation, the Department of the Treas-
ury, 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 Com-
mission, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, 
the Federal Election Commission, the Federal Labor 
Relations Authority, the Federal Maritime Commis-
sion, the Federal Mine Safety and Health Review 
Commission, the Federal Trade Commission, the Na-
tional Labor Relations Board, the National Transpor-
tation Safety Board, the Nuclear Regulatory Commis-
sion, the Occupational Safety and Health Review 
Commission, the Office of Compliance, the Postal Reg-
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ulatory Commission, the Securities and Exchange 
Commission, the Securities Investor Protection Cor-
poration, the Environmental Protection Agency, the 
Small Business Administration, the Federal Housing 
Finance Agency, and the Office of Government Ethics. 
(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 accessible 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 section 
shall be construed to require or authorize appropriations. 
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Union Calendar No. 298 
119TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 2159 
[Report No. 119–346] 
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. 
OCTOBER 17, 2025 
Reported with an amendment, committed to the Com-
mittee of the Whole House on the State of the Union, 
and ordered to be printed 
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