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H.R. 7270 116th Congress House

Count the Crimes to Cut Act of 2020

Official title: To direct the Attorney General of the United States to submit to the Congress a report on Federal criminal offenses, and for other purposes.

Introduced: June 18, 2020 Introduced by: Chip Roy Republican · Texas See on congress.gov
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Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
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Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Count the Crimes to Cut Act of 2020

This bill requires certain reports on federal criminal statutory and regulatory offenses.

Specifically, the Department of Justice (DOJ) must report to Congress a list of all criminal statutory offenses and the potential criminal penalty, the number of prosecutions brought by DOJ each year for the previous 15 years, and the mens rea (i.e., guilty mind) requirement for each offense. Further, the bill requires each specified federal agency to provide Congress with a similar list of all criminal regulatory offenses that are enforced by the agency.

Finally, the bill requires DOJ and each specified federal agency to establish a publicly accessible index of the crimes that are reported to Congress.

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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 7270: Count the Crimes to Cut Act of 2020. 116th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-7270/
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"H.R. 7270: Count the Crimes to Cut Act of 2020." 116th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-7270/.
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H.R. 7270, 116th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-7270/.
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