H.R. 4977 · 117th Congress · House

Better Cybercrime Metrics Act

Active· Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Voice Vote.
Introduced
Aug 6, 21
Passed House
Pending
Passed Senate
Pending
Sent to President
Pending
Signed into Law
Pending

Executive 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

  • the Department of Justice (DOJ) must enter into an agreement with the National Academy of Sciences to develop a taxonomy for categorizing different types of cybercrime faced by individuals and businesses;
  • DOJ must establish a category in the National Incident-Based Reporting System for collecting cybercrime reports from federal, state, and local officials;
  • DOJ's Bureau of Justice Statistics and the Bureau of the Census must include questions about cybercrime in the annual National Crime Victimization Survey; and
  • the Government Accountability Office must assess the effectiveness of reporting mechanisms for cybercrime and disparities in reporting cybercrime data and other types of crime data.

Action Timeline

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  1. DEC 08, 2021Committee

    Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.

  2. DEC 08, 2021Committee

    Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Voice Vote.

  3. AUG 06, 2021IntroReferral

    Introduced in House

  4. AUG 06, 2021IntroReferral

    Introduced in House

  5. AUG 06, 2021IntroReferral

    Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.

Committees

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Judiciary Committee

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Referred: Dec 8, 2021

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Judiciary Committee

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Referred: Aug 6, 2021

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