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HR 2159 · introduced · significant

Count the Crimes to Cut Act

What this bill does

  • The bill requires the Department of Justice to create a public database listing all federal criminal offenses.
  • Federal agencies that enforce criminal regulations must also create and maintain public databases of their offenses.
  • Agencies must report on their criminal regulatory offenses to enable public access to this information.

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    How would a centralized federal crimes database affect citizens' ability to understand which regulations carry criminal penalties?

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    What challenges might agencies face in standardizing and maintaining accurate criminal offense information across different departments?

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    Should the public database include enforcement data like conviction rates, or only the list of criminal offenses themselves?

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Sponsor · R-TX-21

Chip Roy

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Introduced 2026-04-14

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Legislative timeline

  1. 2026-04-14 · senate · Calendars

    Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 370.

  2. 2026-04-14 · senate · Committee

    Committee on the Judiciary. Reported by Senator Grassley without amendment. Without written report.

  3. 2026-04-14 · Committee

    Committee on the Judiciary. Reported by Senator Grassley without amendment. Without written report.

  4. 2026-03-26 · senate · Committee

    Committee on the Judiciary. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.

  5. 2025-12-02 · senate · IntroReferral

    Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.

  6. 2025-12-01 · house · Floor

    Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.

  7. 2025-12-01 · house · Floor

    On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H4923)

  8. 2025-12-01 · Floor

    Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H4923)

  9. 2025-12-01 · house · Floor

    DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 2159.

  10. 2025-12-01 · house · Floor

    Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H4923-4926)

  11. 2025-12-01 · house · Floor

    Mr. Roy moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.

  12. 2025-10-17 · house · Calendars

    Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 298.

  13. 2025-10-17 · house · Committee

    Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Judiciary. H. Rept. 119-346.

  14. 2025-10-17 · Committee

    Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Judiciary. H. Rept. 119-346.

  15. 2025-06-10 · house · Committee

    Ordered to be Reported in the Nature of a Substitute by Voice Vote.

  16. 2025-06-10 · house · Committee

    Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held

  17. 2025-03-14 · house · IntroReferral

    Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.

  18. 2025-03-14 · IntroReferral

    Introduced in House

  19. 2025-03-14 · IntroReferral

    Introduced in House

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