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H.R. 4977 117th Congress House

Better Cybercrime Metrics Act

Official title: To establish cybercrime reporting mechanisms, and for other purposes.

Introduced: September 3, 2021 See on congress.gov
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This bill died when the 117th Congress ended
It never became law before the 117th Congress (2021–2022) adjourned, and bills don't carry over to the next Congress. It would have to be reintroduced. You can still save it for reference, but it won't receive updates.
 Everywhere this bill has been 4 steps
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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
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 Latest action December 8, 2021

Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Voice Vote.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

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.
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 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 14
All 14 Democratic 4 Republican 6
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Joyce, David P.
Ohio · Oct 28, 2021
Rice, Tom
· Oct 22, 2021
 R
Bacon, Don
Nebraska · Oct 19, 2021
Ruppersberger, C.
· Oct 19, 2021
 R
Salazar, Maria Elvira
Florida · Oct 19, 2021
Brown, Anthony
· Oct 8, 2021
Taylor, Van
· Oct 8, 2021
 D
Gottheimer, Josh
New Jersey · Oct 5, 2021
 D
Mfume, Kweisi
Maryland · Oct 5, 2021
 D
Case, Ed
Hawaii · Sep 3, 2021
 D
Norton, Eleanor Holmes
District of Columbia · Sep 3, 2021
 R
Fitzpatrick, Brian K.
Pennsylvania · Aug 17, 2021
 R
Garbarino, Andrew R.
New York · Aug 6, 2021
 R
Moore, Blake D.
Utah · Aug 6, 2021
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 4977: Better Cybercrime Metrics Act. 117th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/117-HR-4977/
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"H.R. 4977: Better Cybercrime Metrics Act." 117th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/117-HR-4977/.
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H.R. 4977, 117th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/117-HR-4977/.
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