H.R. 4724 — Corporate Crime Database Act of 2025

This section establishes a corporate crime database at the Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS) by adding a new section 305 to Part C of title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (34 U.S.C. 10131 et seq.). (BJS, within the Department of Justice, collects, analyzes, and publishes statistical data on crime and justice.) The Director of BJS must, not later than one year after enactment of the Corporate Crime Database Act of 2025, (1) collect, aggregate, and analyze information on federal enforcement actions (i.e., administrative, civil, or criminal actions, declinations, settlements, deferred or non-prosecution agreements) regarding corporate offenses (i.e., federal law violations by business entities or their employees in occupational roles, plus others as determined by the Director, where federal agency is defined per 5 U.S.C. 551); (2) publish a searchable, downloadable public database on the BJS website including details such as involved entities or individuals, offenses, violated statutes or regulations, enforcing agencies, outcomes and documentation, unique identifiers, and other relevant data; and (3) not later than 180 days after enactment, issue guidance requiring identified federal agencies to submit such information (covering actions before, on, or after enactment), with ongoing updates to the database and annual reports to Congress analyzing data (including recidivism and victim impacts) and recommending actions to improve monitoring and deterrence. This section also amends section 3520A(b) of title 44, U.S. Code, to add a new duty for the Chief Data Officer Council to identify ways federal agencies can improve data collection, digitalization, sharing, publication, and standardization processes to implement new section 305.