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111TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 6545 
To establish a corporate crime database, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
DECEMBER 17, 2010 
Mr. CONYERS introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Com-
mittee 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 with-
in the jurisdiction of the committee concerned 
A BILL 
To establish a corporate crime database, 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’’. 
SEC. 2. ATTORNEY GENERAL TO ACQUIRE DATA ON COR-
PORATE-RELATED CRIME. 
Under the authority of section 534 of title 28, United 
States Code, and in accordance with this Act, the Attorney 
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General shall acquire data, for each calendar year, regard-
ing all administrative, civil, and criminal judicial pro-
ceedings initiated or concluded by the Federal Government 
and State governments against any corporation or cor-
porate official acting in an official capacity involving a fel-
ony or misdemeanor charge or any civil charge where po-
tential fines may be $1,000 or more. 
SEC. 3. ADMINISTRATIVE DETAILS. 
(a) REPORTING BY FEDERAL AGENCIES.—Each de-
partment and agency within the Federal Government shall 
report details about all administrative, civil, and criminal 
judicial proceedings initiated or concluded in that depart-
ment or agency’s jurisdiction to the Attorney General in 
a uniform manner and in a form prescribed by the Attor-
ney General. 
(b) GUIDELINES.—The Attorney General shall estab-
lish guidelines for the collection of data and otherwise to 
carry out the purposes of this Act. 
(c) TREATMENT OF CAUSES OF ACTION.—Nothing in 
this Act creates a cause of action or a right to bring an 
action. This Act does not limit any existing cause of action 
or right to bring an action. 
SEC. 4. PUBLIC WEB SITE. 
The Attorney General shall establish and maintain a 
publicly available Web site with a database of information 
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regarding improper conduct by all corporations with reve-
nues, as determined under rules prescribed by the Attor-
ney General, of over $1,000,000,000 per annum. 
SEC. 5. INFORMATION INCLUDED IN DATABASE. 
The database— 
(1) shall consist of information regarding all 
administrative, civil, and criminal judicial pro-
ceedings initiated or concluded by the Federal Gov-
ernment and State governments against any cor-
poration or corporate official acting in an official ca-
pacity involving a felony or misdemeanor charge or 
any civil charge where potential fines may be $1,000 
or more; and 
(2) shall include, for each proceeding, a brief 
description of the proceeding, including the agency 
bringing the charge, the charge, the name of the 
company charged, the ultimate parent company of 
the company charged, the locations of both the com-
pany and parent company, and the outcome of the 
action if any, including plea agreements, consent de-
crees, findings of innocence, convictions, fines and 
other penalties. 
SEC. 6. INPUT OF DATA. 
The Attorney General shall design and maintain the 
database in a manner that allows the appropriate officials 
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of each Federal department or agency directly to input 
and update in the database information relating to actions 
that department or agency has taken with regard to crimi-
nal or civil enforcement actions. 
SEC. 7. REPORT. 
The Attorney General shall prepare an annual report 
to Congress detailing the number of civil, administrative, 
and criminal enforcement actions brought against any cor-
poration or corporate official acting in an official capacity 
as well as the ultimate disposition (including the mag-
nitude and category of any penalties assessed). 
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