# 2025-10939: DOJ Wants a Catalog of Every Federal Crime It Enforces

2025-10939, Guidance on Referrals for Potential Criminal Enforcement, is a Federal Register notice from Justice Department published 2025-06-16, effective 2026-05-09; PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-11-02).

- Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/federal-register/2025-10939
- As of: 2026-11-02
- Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts.

## Facts
- Document number: 2025-10939
- Title: Guidance on Referrals for Potential Criminal Enforcement
- Type: Notice
- Agencies: Justice Department
- Citation: 90 FR 25375
- Published: 2025-06-16
- Effective: 2026-05-09
- Comments close: not stated
- Significant: no
- Touches household money: yes
- Regulation identifier numbers: none
- Last updated: 2026-11-02

## In one line

DOJ Wants a Catalog of Every Federal Crime It Enforces

## Summary

The Department of Justice is updating how it handles criminal cases tied to federal rules, following a new President’s order to fight overcriminalization. By May 9, 2026, they’ll report all criminal regulatory offenses they enforce, including penalties and proof standards. This affects anyone dealing with federal regulations and aims to make enforcement fairer and clearer, with no immediate cost changes announced.

## Abstract

This notice describes the Department of Justice's plans to address criminally liable regulatory offenses under Executive Order 14294 on Fighting Overcriminalization in Federal Regulations.

## Effects PRIA read

- DOJ to List All Criminal Regulatory Offenses: benefit, low. The Department of Justice will give the Office of Management and Budget a report by May 9, 2026 that lists every Federal regulation enforceable by criminal penalty and, for each one, the range of possible criminal penalties and the mens rea (state of mind) required to convict.
- New Factors DOJ Will Consider Before Prosecuting: benefit, high. When deciding whether to prosecute alleged violations of criminal regulatory offenses, the Department will consider factors such as the harm or risk of harm (including pecuniary harm), the potential gain to the defendant, whether the defendant had specialized knowledge or a related license, and whe…
- Policy Does Not Create Enforceable Rights: cost, low. The notice says the Department's general policy about considering specific factors before prosecution does not create any substantive or procedural right that is enforceable in court against the United States or its officials.

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## Sources
- [2025-10939 on federalregister.gov](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/06/16/2025-10939/guidance-on-referrals-for-potential-criminal-enforcement)
- [2025-10939 as published (PDF)](https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-06-16/pdf/2025-10939.pdf)

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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/federal-register/2025-10939 (as of 2026-11-02).