# 119-hr-2159: Count the Crimes to Cut Act

119-hr-2159, Count the Crimes to Cut Act, is a 119th Congress bill sponsored by Rep. Roy, Chip [R-TX-21] (R-TX); status passed_house (as of 2026-08-11).

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## Facts
- Bill: 119-hr-2159
- Congress: 119
- Title: Count the Crimes to Cut Act
- Status: passed_house
- Introduced: 2025-03-14
- Sponsor: Rep. Roy, Chip [R-TX-21] (R-TX)
- Cosponsors: 4
- Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
- Touches household money: no
- Last recorded action: 2026-08-11

## Summary

This bill would require the Attorney General and many federal agencies to create a **public catalog of federal criminal offenses**. It separates statutory offenses from regulatory offenses and asks for lists that include each offense's elements, potential penalties, mens rea, and 15 years of enforcement or referral data. - For the Department of Justice: The Attorney General would have to list every federal statutory crime, give the legal elements and mens rea for each, state possible penalties, and report the number of prosecutions for each of the past 15 years. - For federal agencies: Heads of many agencies would list criminal regulatory offenses they enforce, state potential penalties and mens rea, report yearly referrals to DOJ for the prior 15 years, and publish a searchable index on their agency websites. - For Congress and policymakers: Committees would receive standardized, comparable data to track enforcement patterns, penalties, and mens rea across statutes and regulations. - For the public, courts, and researchers: Free, searchable indexes on DOJ and agency websites would make it easier to find which federal rules are criminal, what elements must be proved, and what penalties apply.

## Cosponsors (4)

- Rep. McBath, Lucy [D-GA-6] (D-GA), 2025-03-14T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Biggs, Andy [R-AZ-5] (R-AZ), 2025-03-14T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Cohen, Steve [D-TN-9] (D-TN), 2025-03-14T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Self, Keith [R-TX-3] (R-TX), 2025-05-13T00:00:00.000Z

## Provisions PRIA read

- Public list of federal crimes and penalties: benefit, medium. This bill would require the Attorney General to send Congress a report within 1 year listing all federal criminal statutes. For each offense the report would list the elements, potential penalties, mens rea, and DOJ prosecutions for each year of the past 15 years. Heads of many federal agencies wou…
- No new money for agency reports: cost, low. If enacted, the bill would say that nothing in the reporting section requires or authorizes appropriations. Agencies would not get new spending authority from this section to produce the reports or public indexes.

## Related bills

- 119-hr-1422: Enhanced Iran Sanctions Act of 2025
- 119-hr-9200: Secure the Border Act of 2026
- 119-hr-6225: PAUSE Act of 2025
- 119-hr-3151: SHIPS for America Act of 2025
- 119-hr-21: Born-Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act
- 119-hr-10421: Transforming Education for the Future Act

## Sources
- [119-hr-2159 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/2159)

## Related
- [119-hr-1422: Enhanced Iran Sanctions Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-1422)
- [119-hr-9200: Secure the Border Act of 2026](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-9200)
- [119-hr-6225: PAUSE Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-6225)
- [119-hr-3151: SHIPS for America Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-3151)
- [119-hr-21: Born-Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-21)
- [119-hr-10421: Transforming Education for the Future Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-10421)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-2159 (as of 2026-08-11).