[Congressional Bills 112th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 323 Introduced in House (IH)]

112th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 323

    To establish a corporate crime database, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            January 19, 2011

 Mr. Conyers introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
    Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on 
   Oversight and Government Reform, for a period to be subsequently 
   determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such 
 provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned

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                                 A BILL


 
    To establish a corporate crime database, and for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Corporate Crime Database Act''.

SEC. 2. ATTORNEY GENERAL TO ACQUIRE DATA ON CORPORATE-RELATED CRIME.

    Under the authority of section 534 of title 28, United States Code, 
and in accordance with this Act, the Attorney General shall acquire 
data, for each calendar year, regarding all administrative, civil, and 
criminal judicial proceedings initiated or concluded by the Federal 
Government and State governments against any corporation or corporate 
official acting in an official capacity involving a felony or 
misdemeanor charge or any civil charge where potential fines may be 
$1,000 or more.

SEC. 3. ADMINISTRATIVE DETAILS.

    (a) Reporting by Federal Agencies.--Each department and agency 
within the Federal Government shall report details about all 
administrative, civil, and criminal judicial proceedings initiated or 
concluded in that department or agency's jurisdiction to the Attorney 
General in a uniform manner and in a form prescribed by the Attorney 
General.
    (b) Guidelines.--The Attorney General shall establish guidelines 
for the collection of data and otherwise to carry out the purposes of 
this Act.
    (c) Treatment of Causes of Action.--Nothing in this Act creates a 
cause of action or a right to bring an action. This Act does not limit 
any existing cause of action or right to bring an action.

SEC. 4. PUBLIC WEB SITE.

    The Attorney General shall establish and maintain a publicly 
available Web site with a database of information regarding improper 
conduct by all corporations with revenues, as determined under rules 
prescribed by the Attorney General, of over $1,000,000,000 per annum.

SEC. 5. INFORMATION INCLUDED IN DATABASE.

    The database--
            (1) shall consist of information regarding all 
        administrative, civil, and criminal judicial proceedings 
        initiated or concluded by the Federal Government and State 
        governments against any corporation or corporate official 
        acting in an official capacity involving a felony or 
        misdemeanor charge or any civil charge where potential fines 
        may be $1,000 or more; and
            (2) shall include, for each proceeding, a brief description 
        of the proceeding, including the agency bringing the charge, 
        the charge, the name of the company charged, the ultimate 
        parent company of the company charged, the locations of both 
        the company and parent company, and the outcome of the action 
        if any, including plea agreements, consent decrees, findings of 
        innocence, convictions, fines and other penalties.

SEC. 6. INPUT OF DATA.

    The Attorney General shall design and maintain the database in a 
manner that allows the appropriate officials of each Federal department 
or agency directly to input and update in the database information 
relating to actions that department or agency has taken with regard to 
criminal or civil enforcement actions.

SEC. 7. REPORT.

    The Attorney General shall prepare an annual report to Congress 
detailing the number of civil, administrative, and criminal enforcement 
actions brought against any corporation or corporate official acting in 
an official capacity as well as the ultimate disposition (including the 
magnitude and category of any penalties assessed).
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