Better Cybercrime Metrics Act became law 273 days after introduction, with cosponsors split almost evenly between the parties
Written by the Congressional Research Service [2]. 126 words.
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.
- Committees
- Senate Judiciary Committee
- Policy area
- Crime and Law Enforcement: 118 of 4,553 bills became law, 113th–118th (2.6%)
- Sponsor
- 5 of 345 bills enacted since 2013
- Text versions
- 5, from enrolled bill to public law · 808 words
- Subjects
- Computer security and identity theftCongressional oversightCrime victimsCriminal investigation, prosecution, interrogationCriminal justice information and recordsGovernment information and archives +1 more
- Latest action
- May 5, 2022: Became Public Law No: 117-116.
- Records
- Congress.gov · Bill text
Each bill appears once, under its strongest link. 1 in all.
Identical or companion · 1
- 117th H.R. 4977 Better Cybercrime Metrics Act D · Reported