S 2629 United States Senate · 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 signed all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Aug 2021
Committee Review
Dec 2021
Senate Passage
Dec 2021
House Passage
Mar 2022
Signed into Law
May 2022
Introduced Aug 5, 2021 Signed May 5, 2022
Floor votes · House Mar 29, 2022

How they voted

This bill passed the Senate by voice vote (no roll call recorded).
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
21
Key actions
6
Committee
3
May 5, 2022
Signed into law
Signed by President.
executive
Mar 29, 2022
Lower · Passed
Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 377 - 48 (Roll no. 87).(text: 3/28/2022 CR H3868-3869)
lower
Dec 7, 2021
Upper · Passed
Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S8957-8958; text: S8957-8958)
upper
Dec 7, 2021
Upper · Passed
Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent.(consideration: CR S8957-8958; text: S8957-8958)
upper
Dec 1, 2021
Upper · Passed
Committee on the Judiciary. Reported by Senator Durbin without amendment. Without written report.
upper
Nov 18, 2021
Upper · Passed
Committee on the Judiciary. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.
upper
Aug 5, 2021
Committee
Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
upper
Aug 5, 2021
Introduced
Introduced in Senate
upper
1 primary · 5 co-sponsors

Sponsors