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Confidential Informant Accountability Act of 2013

Introduced: January 15, 2013 Introduced by: Lynch, Stephen F. Democratic · Massachusetts See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 3 steps
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Passed House
Passed Senate
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Became law
Feb 28, 2013
Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, And Investigations.
Jan 15, 2013
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Jan 15, 2013
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Confidential Informant Accountability Act of 2013 - Directs the Department of Justice (DOJ), the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), and the Department of the Treasury to report biannually to Congress on all serious crimes, authorized and unauthorized, committed by informants maintained by the respective law enforcement agencies of such Departments (the Federal Bureau of Investigation [FBI], the Drug Enforcement Administration [DEA], the U.S. Secret Service, the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement [ICE], and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives [ATF]).

Defines a "serious crime" as any serious violent felony or drug offense (as such terms are defined in the federal criminal code) or any offense of racketeering, bribery, child pornography, obstruction of justice, or perjury that an agent or employee of the relevant law enforcement agency has reasonable grounds to believe an informant has committed.

What's happening now February 28, 2013

Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, And Investigations.

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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 265: Confidential Informant Accountability Act of 2013. 113th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/113-HR-265/
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"H.R. 265: Confidential Informant Accountability Act of 2013." 113th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/113-HR-265/.
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H.R. 265, 113th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/113-HR-265/.
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