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
Committee Review
Floor Vote
President
Introduced Aug 6, 2021
Last action Dec 8, 2021
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Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
4
Key actions
1
Committee
2
Amendments
1
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
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Abigail Davis Spanberger
DDemocratic
Co
Andrew R. Garbarino
RRepublican
Co
Anthony G. Brown
DDemocratic
Co
Blake D. Moore
RRepublican
Co
Brian K. Fitzpatrick
RRepublican
Co
C. A. Dutch Ruppersberger
DDemocratic
Co
Colin Z. Allred
DDemocratic
Co
David J. Trone
DDemocratic
Co
David P. Joyce
RRepublican
Co
Don Bacon
RRepublican
Co
Ed Case
DDemocratic
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