HR 4977 United States House · 117th Congress

Better Cybercrime Metrics Act

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.
Bill status in committee 1 of 4 stages cleared
Introduction
Aug 2021
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Floor Vote
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Introduced Aug 6, 2021 Last action Dec 8, 2021
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Dec 8, 2021
Introduced
Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Voice Vote.
lower
Dec 8, 2021
Lower · Passed
Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
lower
Aug 6, 2021
Committee
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
lower
Aug 6, 2021
Introduced
Introduced in House
lower
1 primary · 18 co-sponsors

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