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Summary
This bill, titled the "Count the Crimes to Cut Act," requires the Attorney General and 33 specified federal agencies to submit reports to Congress cataloging all Federal criminal offenses within one year of enactment. The Attorney General's report must list all criminal statutory offenses and include the potential penalties, 15-year prosecution history, and criminal intent requirements for each offense. Each agency's report must list all criminal regulatory offenses it enforces and include the potential penalties, 15-year referral history for prosecution, and criminal intent requirements. Within two years of enactment, the Attorney General and each agency must establish publicly accessible, searchable indexes of their respective criminal offenses on their websites.
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Sponsor (1)
- Rep. Roy, Chip [R-TX-21] (R-TX)
4 cosponsors
- Rep. Biggs, Andy [R-AZ-5] (R-AZ)
- Rep. Cohen, Steve [D-TN-9] (D-TN)
- Rep. McBath, Lucy [D-GA-6] (D-GA)
- Rep. Self, Keith [R-TX-3] (R-TX)
Money behind the sponsor
Top reported contributors to Chip Roy’s campaign committee (2024 cycle) — who funds the bill’s sponsor, not a claim about this bill. Data from FEC.
- NULL $112,464
- SBG $13,200
- HUFFINES COMMUNITIES $10,250
- Q2 BANKING $9,900
- WOODFOREST FINANCIAL GROUP $8,700
Organizations whose employees gave the most — itemized individual contributions grouped by the donor’s reported employer (FEC Schedule A). Full finance for Chip Roy → · Outside spending →
Actions (16)
- Apr 14, 2026 Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 370. · senate
- Apr 14, 2026 Committee on the Judiciary. Reported by Senator Grassley without amendment. Without written report. · senate
- Mar 26, 2026 Committee on the Judiciary. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably. · senate
- Dec 2, 2025 Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. · senate
- Dec 1, 2025 Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection. · house
- Dec 1, 2025 On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H4923) · house
- Dec 1, 2025 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)
- Dec 1, 2025 DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 2159. · house
- Dec 1, 2025 Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H4923-4926) · house
- Dec 1, 2025 Mr. Roy moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended. · house
- Oct 17, 2025 Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 298. · house
- Oct 17, 2025 Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Judiciary. H. Rept. 119-346. · house
- Jun 10, 2025 Ordered to be Reported in the Nature of a Substitute by Voice Vote. · house
- Jun 10, 2025 Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held · house
- Mar 14, 2025 Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary. · house
- Mar 14, 2025 Introduced in House
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Text versions (5)
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Committee action
What happened to this bill in committee — the meetings where it was considered and every recorded vote taken on it.
Meetings where this bill was on the agenda
- Business meeting to consider S.545, to prohibit certain uses of xylazine, H.R.2159, to direct the Attorney General of the United States to submit to the Congress a report on Federal criminal offenses, S.2934, to limit the availability of civil actions affected by United States sanctions, and the nominations of Brian Gootkin, to be United States Marshal for the District of Montana, and James Stuart, to be United States Marshal for the District of Minnesota.
- Business meeting to consider S.545, to prohibit certain uses of xylazine, H.R.2159, to direct the Attorney General of the United States to submit to the Congress a report on Federal criminal offenses, S.2934, to limit the availability of civil actions affected by United States sanctions, and the nominations of Colin McDonald, of California, to be an Assistant Attorney General, James Bishop, to be United States Attorney for the Middle District of North Carolina, Brian Barber, to be United States Marshal for the Western District of Louisiana, Steven Lewis, to be United States Marshal for the Eastern District of Missouri, Priscilla Lopez, to be United States Marshal for the Southern District of Florida, Brian Gootkin, to be United States Marshal for the District of Montana, and James Stuart, to be United States Marshal for the District of Minnesota, all of the Department of Justice.
- Business meeting to consider the nominations of Melissa Holyoak, to be United States Attorney for the District of Utah for the term of four years, Phillip Williams, Jr., to be United States Attorney for the Northern District of Alabama for the term of four years, Colin McDonald, of California, to be an Assistant Attorney General, James Bishop, to be United States Attorney for the Middle District of North Carolina for the term of four years, Brian Barber, to be United States Marshal for the Western District of Louisiana for the term of four years, Steven Lewis, to be United States Marshal for the Eastern District of Missouri, for the term of four years, and Priscilla Lopez, to be United States Marshal for the Southern District of Florida for the term of four years, all of the Department of Justice, S.545, to prohibit certain uses of xylazine, and H.R.2159, to direct the Attorney General of the United States to submit to the Congress a report on Federal criminal offenses.
Full text
AN ACT
To direct the Attorney General of the United States to submit to the Congress a report on Federal criminal offenses, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the “Count the Crimes to Cut Act”.
SEC. 2. REPORT ON FEDERAL CRIMINAL OFFENSES.
(a) Definitions.—In this section—
(1) the term “criminal regulatory offense” means a Federal regulation that is enforceable by a criminal penalty; and
(2) the term “criminal statutory offense” means a criminal offense under a Federal statute.
(b) Report on Criminal Statutory Offenses.—Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act, the Attorney General shall submit to the Committee on the Judiciary of the Senate and the Committee on the Judiciary of the House of Representatives a report, which shall include—
(1) a list of all criminal statutory offenses, including a list of the elements for each criminal statutory offense; and
(2) for each criminal statutory offense listed under paragraph (1)—
(A) the potential criminal penalty for the criminal statutory offense;
(B) the number of prosecutions for the criminal statutory offense brought by the Department of Justice each year for the 15-year period preceding the date of enactment of this Act; and
(C) the mens rea requirement for the criminal statutory offense.
(c) Report on Criminal Regulatory Offenses.—
(1) Reports.—Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act, the head of each Federal agency described in paragraph (2) shall submit to the Committee on the Judiciary of the Senate and the Committee on the Judiciary of the House of Representatives a report, which shall include—
(A) a list of all criminal regulatory offenses enforceable by the agency; and
(B) for each criminal regulatory offense listed under subparagraph (A)—
(i) the potential criminal penalty for a violation of the criminal regulatory offense;
(ii) the number of violations of the criminal regulatory offense referred to the Department of Justice for prosecution in each of the years during the 15-year period preceding the date of enactment of this Act; and
(iii) the mens rea requirement for the criminal regulatory offense.
(2) Agencies described.—The Federal agencies described in this paragraph are the Department of Agriculture, the Department of Commerce, the Department of Education, the Department of Energy, the Department of Health and Human Services, the Department of Homeland Security, the Department of Housing and Urban Development, the Department of the Interior, the Department of Labor, the Department of Transportation, the Department of the Treasury, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, the Consumer Product Safety Commission, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, the Export-Import Bank of the United States, the Farm Credit Administration, the Federal Communications Commission, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, the Federal Election Commission, the Federal Labor Relations Authority, the Federal Maritime Commission, the Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission, the Federal Trade Commission, the National Labor Relations Board, the National Transportation Safety Board, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, the Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission, the Office of Compliance, the Postal Regulatory Commission, the Securities and Exchange Commission, the Securities Investor Protection Corporation, the Environmental Protection Agency, the Small Business Administration, the Federal Housing Finance Agency, and the Office of Government Ethics.
(d) Index.—Not later than 2 years after the date of enactment of this Act—
(1) the Attorney General shall establish a publically accessible index of each criminal statutory offense listed in the report required under subsection (b) and make the index available and freely accessible on the website of the Department of Justice; and
(2) the head of each agency described in subsection (c)(2) shall establish a publically accessible index of each criminal regulatory offense listed in the report required under subsection (c)(1) and make the index available and freely accessible on the website of the agency.
(e) Rule of Construction.—Nothing in this section shall be construed to require or authorize appropriations.
Passed the House of Representatives December 1, 2025.
Attest:
Clerk. 119th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 2159
AN ACT
To direct the Attorney General of the United States to submit to the Congress a report on Federal criminal offenses, and for other purposes.
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