# 117-hr-4977: Better Cybercrime Metrics Act

117-hr-4977, Better Cybercrime Metrics Act, is a 117th Congress bill sponsored by Rep. Spanberger, Abigail Davis [D-VA-7] (D-VA); status Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Voice Vote. (as of 2025-11-18).

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## Facts
- Bill: 117-hr-4977
- Congress: 117
- Title: Better Cybercrime Metrics Act
- Status: Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Voice Vote.
- Introduced: 2021-08-06
- Sponsor: Rep. Spanberger, Abigail Davis [D-VA-7] (D-VA)
- Cosponsors: 18
- Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
- Touches household money: no
- Last recorded action: 2025-11-18

## Summary

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.

## Cosponsors (18)

- Rep. Jackson Lee, Sheila [D-TX-18] (D-TX), 2021-08-06T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Moore, Blake D. [R-UT-1] (R-UT), 2021-08-06T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Garbarino, Andrew R. [R-NY-2] (R-NY), 2021-08-06T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Fitzpatrick, Brian K. [R-PA-1] (R-PA), 2021-08-17T00:00:00.000Z
- Del. Norton, Eleanor Holmes [D-DC-At Large] (D-DC), 2021-09-03T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Case, Ed [D-HI-1] (D-HI), 2021-09-03T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Trone, David J. [D-MD-6] (D-MD), 2021-10-05T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Mfume, Kweisi [D-MD-7] (D-MD), 2021-10-05T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Gottheimer, Josh [D-NJ-5] (D-NJ), 2021-10-05T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Brown, Anthony G. [D-MD-4] (D-MD), 2021-10-08T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Taylor, Van [R-TX-3] (R-TX), 2021-10-08T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Bacon, Don [R-NE-2] (R-NE), 2021-10-19T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Ruppersberger, C. A. Dutch [D-MD-2] (D-MD), 2021-10-19T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Salazar, Maria Elvira [R-FL-27] (R-FL), 2021-10-19T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Rice, Tom [R-SC-7] (R-SC), 2021-10-22T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Allred, Colin Z. [D-TX-32] (D-TX), 2021-10-22T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Joyce, David P. [R-OH-14] (R-OH), 2021-10-28T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Swalwell, Eric [D-CA-14] (D-CA), 2021-11-18T00:00:00.000Z

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## Sources
- [117-hr-4977 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/4977)

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- [117-hres-881: Condemning the heinous terrorist attack on Congregation Beth Israel in Colleyvi…](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/117-hres-881)
- [117-hr-1916: Ensuring Lasting Smiles Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/117-hr-1916)
- [117-hr-475: Health Care Fairness for Military Families Act of 2021](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/117-hr-475)
- [117-hr-3537: Accelerating Access to Critical Therapies for ALS Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/117-hr-3537)
- [117-hr-1842: Harriet Tubman Bicentennial Commemorative Coin Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/117-hr-1842)
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