S. 2629 — 117th Congress
Better Cybercrime Metrics Act
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Latest action
May 5, 2022Became Public Law No: 117-116.
CRS summary
As of May 5, 2022Public Law
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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Roll-call votes
1 on recordMar 29, 2022 · On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass
Full roll callYea — 377: 218 D · 159 R
Nay — 48: 48 R
Not Voting — 6: 3 D · 3 R
| Member | State |
|---|---|
| Norma J. Torres | CA |
| Cheri Bustos | IL |
| Steven Horsford | NV |
| Adam Kinzinger | IL |
| Steve Scalise | LA |
| Jeff Fortenberry | NE |
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