Count the Crimes to Cut Act

United States119th CongressHR-2159House of Representatives
Updated: Apr 14, 2026

Summary

This bill, titled the "Count the Crimes to Cut Act," directs the Attorney General to compile a comprehensive report on all federal criminal statutory offenses . This report, due within one year of enactment, must be submitted to the Judiciary Committees of both the Senate and the House of Representatives. It will detail each offense's elements, potential criminal penalties, the number of Department of Justice prosecutions over the preceding 15 years, and its specific mens rea requirement . Concurrently, the heads of numerous specified federal agencies, including the Departments of Agriculture, Health and Human Services, and the Environmental Protection Agency, are mandated to submit similar reports. These agency-specific reports will list all criminal regulatory offenses they enforce, along with their potential penalties, the number of violations referred for prosecution over the past 15 years, and their mens rea requirements . Furthermore, within two years, both the Attorney General and the respective agency heads must establish publicly accessible online indexes of these criminal offenses on their websites.

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S-3868: Count the Crimes to Cut Act

Introduced in Senate

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

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

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

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

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