HR 4977
117th Congress
House
Crime and Law Enforcement
Computer security and identity theft
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Better Cybercrime Metrics Act
Introduced: August 6, 2021
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Everywhere this bill has been
4 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Dec 8, 2021
Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Voice Vote.
Dec 8, 2021
Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
Aug 6, 2021
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Aug 6, 2021
Introduced in House
Plain-English 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.
What's happening now
Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Voice Vote.
Committees of jurisdiction
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