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117th Congress · Senate

Better Cybercrime Metrics Act

Subjects: Computer security and identity theft · Congressional oversight · Crime victims · Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation · Criminal justice information and records · Government information and archives · Government studies and investigations · Crime and Law Enforcement

In plain language

  • Senate bill in the 117th Congress.
  • Establishes various requirements to improve the collection of data related to cybercrime and cyber-enabled crime (cybercrime).
  • House passed it on Mar 29, 2022 (substantive).
Official summary (Congressional Research Service)

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.

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