Cybercrime Statistics Act
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Latest action (26 Sep 2016): Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.
What this bill does
H.R. 6002, the Cybercrime Statistics Act, would direct the Attorney General to develop a national strategy aimed at reducing cybercrimes committed against individuals, improving coordination among federal law enforcement agencies investigating such crimes, and increasing federal prosecutions of them. The bill also directs the Director of the FBI to create a dedicated category, and where feasible subcategories, for "cybercrimes against individuals" within the Uniform Crime Reports, and to classify these offenses so they are tracked as a Part 1 crime and as a Group A offense under the National Incident-Based Reporting System. The Attorney General would be required to publish an annual public summary of the resulting data.
The bill defines "cybercrimes against individuals" broadly to include computer-facilitated harassment, threats, stalking, extortion, coercion, intimidation, nonconsensual distribution of intimate images, or privacy violations against a person, while excluding harms directed at businesses, government agencies, or other non-individual entities. It would primarily affect the Department of Justice and FBI, which would take on new data-collection and reporting duties, and would indirectly affect the public by improving the availability of statistics on this category of crime.
The bill was introduced by Rep. Katherine Clark on September 13, 2016, in the 114th Congress and referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary. It did not receive a vote and did not advance further before the end of that Congress.
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Official summary
Cybercrime Statistics Act
This bill directs the Department of Justice (DOJ) to develop a national strategy to reduce the incidence, coordinate federal investigations, and increase federal prosecutions of cybercrimes against individuals. The term "cybercrimes against individuals" means a crime that involves the use of a computer to cause personal harm to an individual.
The Federal Bureau of Investigation must design and create a category, in the Uniform Crime Reports, for an offense that constitutes a cybercrime against individuals.
DOJ must publish an annual summary of statistics related to cybercrimes against individuals.
Timeline
26 Sep 2016
Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.
Common questions
- What does H.R. 6002 do?
- H.R. 6002, the Cybercrime Statistics Act, would direct the Attorney General to develop a national strategy aimed at reducing cybercrimes committed against individuals, improving coordination among federal law enforcement agencies investigating such crimes, and increasing federal prosecutions of them. The bill also directs the Director of the FBI to create a dedicated category, and where feasible subcategories, for "cybercrimes against individuals" within the Uniform Crime Reports, and to classify these offenses so they are tracked as a Part 1 crime and as a Group A offense under the National Incident-Based Reporting System. The Attorney General would be required to publish an annual public summary of the resulting data. The bill defines "cybercrimes against individuals" broadly to include computer-facilitated harassment, threats, stalking, extortion, coercion, intimidation, nonconsensual distribution of intimate images, or privacy violations against a person, while excluding harms directed at businesses, government agencies, or other non-individual entities. It would primarily affect the Department of Justice and FBI, which would take on new data-collection and reporting duties, and would indirectly affect the public by improving the availability of statistics on this category of crime. The bill was introduced by Rep. Katherine Clark on September 13, 2016, in the 114th Congress and referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary. It did not receive a vote and did not advance further before the end of that Congress.
- Has H.R. 6002 become law?
- The source does not supply a confirmed lifecycle stage for H.R. 6002. Check the latest action and official source below.
- Who sponsored H.R. 6002?
- H.R. 6002 was sponsored by Rep. Clark, Katherine M. [D-MA-5] (D-MA), with 0 cosponsors.
- What's the latest action on H.R. 6002?
- Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations. (26 Sep 2016).
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