Better Cybercrime Metrics Act
Bill: S.2629 | Sponsor: Sen. Schatz, Brian (D-HI)
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement

Summary:
Better Cybercrime Metrics Act
This bill establishes various requirements to improve the collection of data related to cybercrime and cyber-enabled crime (cybercrime). Among the requirements

[117th Congress Public Law 116]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]



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                      BETTER CYBERCRIME METRICS ACT

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Public Law 117-116
117th Congress

                                 An Act


 
      To establish cybercrime reporting mechanisms, and for other 
              purposes. <<NOTE: May 5, 2022 -  [S. 2629]>> 

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled, <<NOTE: Better 
Cybercrime Metrics Act. 34 USC 30109 note.>> 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Better Cybercrime Metrics Act''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.

    Congress finds the following:
            (1) Public polling indicates that cybercrime could be the 
        most common crime in the United States.
            (2) The United States lacks comprehensive cybercrime data 
        and monitoring, leaving the country less prepared to combat 
        cybercrime that threatens national and economic security.
            (3) In addition to existing cybercrime vulnerabilities, the 
        people of the United States and the United States have faced a 
        heightened risk of cybercrime during the COVID-19 pandemic.
            (4) Subsection (c) of the Uniform Federal Crime Reporting 
        Act of 1988 (34 U.S.C. 41303(c)) requires the Attorney General 
        to ``acquire, collect, classify, and preserve national data on 
        Federal criminal offenses as part of the Uniform Crime Reports'' 
        and requires all Federal departments and agencies that 
        investigate criminal activity to ``report details about crime 
        within their respective jurisdiction to the Attorney General in 
        a uniform matter and on a form prescribed by the Attorney 
        General''.
SEC. 3. CYBERCRIME TAXONOMY.

    (a) <<NOTE: Deadline. Contracts.>>  In General.--Not later than 90 
days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Attorney General shall 
seek to enter into an agreement with the National Academy of Sciences to 
develop a taxonomy for the purpose of categorizing different types of 
cybercrime and cyber-enabled crime faced by individuals and businesses.

    (b) Development.--In developing the taxonomy under subsection (a), 
the National Academy of Sciences shall--
            (1) ensure the taxonomy is useful for the Federal Bureau of 
        Investigation to classify cybercrime in the National Incident-
        Based Reporting System, or any successor system;
            (2) <<NOTE: Consultation.>>  consult relevant stakeholders, 
        including--
                    (A) the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security 
                Agency of the Department of Homeland Security;

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                    (B) Federal, State, and local law enforcement 
                agencies;
                    (C) criminologists and academics;
                    (D) cybercrime experts; and
                    (E) business leaders; and
            (3) take into consideration relevant taxonomies developed by 
        non-governmental organizations, international organizations, 
        academies, or other entities.

    (c) <<NOTE: Summaries.>>  Report.--Not later than 1 year after the 
date on which the Attorney General enters into an agreement under 
subsection (a), the National Academy of Sciences shall submit to the 
appropriate committees of Congress a report detailing and summarizing--
            (1) the taxonomy developed under subsection (a); and
            (2) any findings from the process of developing the taxonomy 
        under subsection (a).

    (d) Authorization of Appropriations.--There are authorized to be 
appropriated to carry out this section $1,000,000.
SEC. 4. CYBERCRIME REPORTING.

    (a) In General.--Not later than 2 years after the date of enactment 
of this Act, the Attorney General shall establish a category in the 
National Incident-Based Reporting System, or any successor system, for 
the collection of cybercrime and cyber-enabled crime reports from 
Federal, State, and local officials.
    (b) Recommendations.--In establishing the category required under 
subsection (a), the Attorney General shall, as appropriate, incorporate 
recommendations from the taxonomy developed under section 3(a).
SEC. 5. NATIONAL CRIME VICTIMIZATION SURVEY.

    (a) <<NOTE: Deadline. Coordination.>>  In General.--Not later than 
540 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Director of the 
Bureau of Justice Statistics, in coordination with the Director of the 
Bureau of the Census, shall include questions relating to cybercrime 
victimization in the National Crime Victimization Survey.

    (b) Authorization of Appropriations.--There are authorized to be 
appropriated to carry out this section $2,000,000.
SEC. 6. <<NOTE: Assessments.>>  GAO STUDY ON CYBERCRIME METRICS.

    Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the 
Comptroller General of the United States shall submit to Congress a 
report that assesses--
            (1) the effectiveness of reporting mechanisms for cybercrime 
        and cyber-enabled crime in the United States; and

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            (2) disparities in reporting data between--
                    (A) data relating to cybercrime and cyber-enabled 
                crime; and
                    (B) other types of crime data.

    Approved May 5, 2022.

LEGISLATIVE HISTORY--S. 2629:
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CONGRESSIONAL RECORD:
                                                        Vol. 167 (2021):
                                    Dec. 7, considered and passed 
                                        Senate.
                                                        Vol. 168 (2022):
                                    Mar. 28, 29, considered and passed 
                                        House.

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