The record

LegislationLegislation· Apr 2026
HR 2159 Passed House — in Senate

Sponsored by Chip Roy (R)

Count the Crimes to Cut Act

Requires the federal government to create public databases of all criminal offenses it enforces.

Tradeoff

The bill does not authorize or require federal spending. It mandates the Department of Justice and 34 federal agencies report and catalog every criminal offense they enforce.

What's in it

See official bill text

Costs $7 million over 2026-2031 for federal criminal offense reporting requirements.

The $7 million is the federal cost to compile and report criminal offense data — the policy itself creates a reporting mandate on DOJ and 35 agencies with negligible direct financial impact on the private sector.

H.R. 2159, Count the Crimes to Cut Act · Apr 2026

Passed the House by on December 1, 2025 — sitting in the Senate.

  1. House

    Introduced

    (Mar 14, 2025)

  2. House

    Committee on the Judiciary(Mar 14, 2025)

  3. House

    The Committee on Judiciary voted to send it to the floor

    Reported by (Jun 10, 2025)

    Committee report H. Rept. 119-346.

  4. House

    Passage of the bill

    Passed by (Dec 1, 2025)

    No individual votes were recorded.

  5. Senate

    Received from the House

    on the Judiciary(Dec 2, 2025)

  6. Senate

    The Committee on the Judiciary voted to send it to the floor

    Reported(Mar 26, 2026)