I 
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 fol-
lowing bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and 
in addition to the Committee on Oversight and Accountability, for a pe-
riod to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for con-
sideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the com-
mittee 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. 
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 ‘‘Corporate Crime Data-
base Act of 2023’’. 
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SEC. 2. CORPORATE CRIME DATABASE AT THE BUREAU OF 
JUSTICE STATISTICS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Part C of title I of the Omnibus 
Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (34 U.S.C. 
10131 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘SEC. 305. CORPORATE CRIME DATABASE. 
‘‘(a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
‘‘(1) BUSINESS
ENTITY.—The term ‘business 
entity’ means a corporation, association, partnership, 
limited liability company, limited liability partner-
ship, or other legal entity. 
‘‘(2) CORPORATE
OFFENSE.—The term ‘cor-
porate offense’ means— 
‘‘(A) a violation or alleged violation of Fed-
eral law committed by— 
‘‘(i) a business entity; or 
‘‘(ii) an individual employed by a busi-
ness entity within the conduct of the indi-
vidual’s occupational role; and 
‘‘(B) any other violation determined by the 
Director to be a corporate offense. 
‘‘(3) DIRECTOR.—The term ‘Director’ means 
the Director of the Bureau. 
‘‘(4) ENFORCEMENT
ACTION.—The term ‘en-
forcement action’ includes any concluded administra-
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tive, civil, or criminal enforcement action or any dec-
lination, settlement, deferred prosecution agreement, 
or non-prosecution agreement entered into by a Fed-
eral agency to enforce a law or regulation. 
‘‘(5) FEDERAL
AGENCY.—The term ‘Federal 
agency’ has the meaning given the term ‘agency’ in 
section 551 of title 5, United States Code. 
‘‘(b) ESTABLISHMENT.—Beginning not later than 1 
year after the date of enactment of the Corporate Crime 
Database Act of 2023, the Director shall— 
‘‘(1) collect, aggregate, and analyze information 
regarding enforcement actions taken with respect to 
corporate offenses; and 
‘‘(2) publish on the internet website of the Bu-
reau a database of the enforcement actions described 
in paragraph (1). 
‘‘(c) INFORMATION INCLUDED.—The database estab-
lished under subsection (b) shall include the following in-
formation on an enforcement action with respect to cor-
porate offenses: 
‘‘(1) Each business entity or individual identi-
fied by the enforcement action. 
‘‘(2) The employer of an individual identified 
under paragraph (1), as determined relevant by the 
Director. 
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‘‘(3) The parent company of a business entity 
identified under paragraph (1) or the parent com-
pany of any employer identified under paragraph 
(2), as determined relevant by the Director. 
‘‘(4) The type of offense or alleged offense com-
mitted by the business entity or individual. 
‘‘(5) Any relevant statute or regulation violated 
by the business entity or individual. 
‘‘(6) Each Federal agency bringing the enforce-
ment action. 
‘‘(7) The outcome of the enforcement action, if 
any, including all documentation relevant to the out-
come. 
‘‘(8) An unique identifier for each business enti-
ty, individual, employer, or parent company identi-
fied by the enforcement action. 
‘‘(9) Any additional information the Director 
determines necessary to carry out the purposes of 
this section. 
‘‘(d) INFORMATION COLLECTION BY DIRECTOR.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days 
after the date of enactment of the Corporate Crime 
Database Act of 2023, the Director shall establish 
guidance for the collection of information from each 
Federal agency that carries out an enforcement ac-
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tion with respect to corporate offenses, including 
identification of each Federal agency that shall sub-
mit information to the Director and the manner in 
which, time at which, and frequency with which the 
information shall be submitted. 
‘‘(2) COOPERATION BY FEDERAL AGENCIES.— 
Each Federal agency identified in the guidance es-
tablished under paragraph (1) shall submit to the 
Director the information specified by the Director, 
in accordance with that guidance. 
‘‘(3) TIMING OF INFORMATION INCLUDED.—To 
the extent to which information is available, the 
database established under subsection (b) shall in-
clude the information described in subsection (c) on 
each enforcement action with respect to corporate 
offenses taken by a Federal agency before, on, or 
after the date of enactment of the Corporate Crime 
Database Act of 2023. 
‘‘(e) PUBLICATION DETAILS.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 1 year after 
the date of enactment of the Corporate Crime Data-
base Act of 2023, the Director shall publish on the 
internet website of the Bureau the database estab-
lished under subsection (b) in a format that is 
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searchable, downloadable, and accessible to the pub-
lic. 
‘‘(2) UPDATE OF INFORMATION.—The Director 
shall update the information included in the data-
base established under subsection (b) each time the 
information is collected under subsection (d). 
‘‘(f) REPORT REQUIRED.—Not later than 1 year 
after the publication of the database established under 
subsection (b), and annually thereafter, the Director shall 
submit to Congress a report including— 
‘‘(1) a description of the data collected and 
analyzed under this section related to corporate of-
fenses, including an analysis of recidivism, offenses 
and alleged offenses, and enforcement actions; 
‘‘(2) an estimate of the impact of corporate of-
fenses on victims and the public; and 
‘‘(3) recommendations, developed in consulta-
tion with the Attorney General, for legislative or ad-
ministrative actions to improve the ability of Federal 
agencies to monitor, respond to, and deter instances 
of corporate offenses.’’. 
(b) CHIEF
DATA
OFFICER
COUNCIL.—Section 
3520A(b) of title 44, United States Code, is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (4), by striking ‘‘; and’’ and 
inserting a semicolon; 
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(2) in paragraph (5), by striking the period at 
the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 
(3) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(6) identify ways in which a Federal agency 
(as defined in section 305 of title I of the Omnibus 
Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968) that 
carries out an enforcement action (as defined in that 
section) with respect to a corporate offense (as de-
fined in that section) can improve the collection, dig-
italization, tabulation, sharing, and publishing of in-
formation under that section, and the standardiza-
tion of those processes, in order to carry out that 
section.’’. 
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