# 119-s-3868: Count the Crimes to Cut Act

119-s-3868, Count the Crimes to Cut Act, is a 119th Congress bill sponsored by Sen. Lee, Mike [R-UT] (R-UT); status introduced (as of 2026-08-11).

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## Facts
- Bill: 119-s-3868
- Congress: 119
- Title: Count the Crimes to Cut Act
- Status: introduced
- Introduced: 2026-02-12
- Sponsor: Sen. Lee, Mike [R-UT] (R-UT)
- Cosponsors: 13
- Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
- Touches household money: no
- Last recorded action: 2026-08-11

## Summary

**Create a public inventory of federal criminal offenses.** This bill would require the Attorney General and many federal agencies to compile reports listing statutory crimes and criminal regulatory offenses, with penalties, prosecution or referral counts for the prior 15 years, and the mens rea or mental-state requirement for each. - Congress and oversight: House and Senate Judiciary Committees would get a DOJ report within 1 year listing every federal statutory crime, its elements, potential penalties, and DOJ prosecution counts for the previous 15 years. - Federal agencies named in the bill, including the Environmental Protection Agency, Securities and Exchange Commission, Federal Communications Commission, and Department of Health and Human Services, would each submit within 1 year a list of the criminal regulatory offenses they enforce, with penalties, the number of referrals to DOJ over the prior 15 years, and the mens rea for each offense. - Public, researchers, and businesses: The Attorney General and each listed agency must publish free, searchable online indexes of the statutory and regulatory criminal offenses on their websites within 2 years.

## Cosponsors (13)

- Sen. Coons, Christopher A. [D-DE] (D-DE), 2026-02-12T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Cruz, Ted [R-TX] (R-TX), 2026-02-12T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Booker, Cory A. [D-NJ] (D-NJ), 2026-02-12T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Wicker, Roger F. [R-MS] (R-MS), 2026-02-12T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Welch, Peter [D-VT] (D-VT), 2026-02-12T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Padilla, Alex [D-CA] (D-CA), 2026-03-19T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Klobuchar, Amy [D-MN] (D-MN), 2026-03-26T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Graham, Lindsey [R-SC] (R-SC), 2026-03-26T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Blumenthal, Richard [D-CT] (D-CT), 2026-03-26T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Cornyn, John [R-TX] (R-TX), 2026-03-26T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Durbin, Richard J. [D-IL] (D-IL), 2026-03-26T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Scott, Rick [R-FL] (R-FL), 2026-04-20T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Paul, Rand [R-KY] (R-KY), 2026-04-27T00:00:00.000Z

## Provisions PRIA read

- Public online index of federal crimes: benefit, high. This bill would require the Attorney General to report every federal criminal statute to Congress, including each offense's elements, potential penalties, DOJ prosecutions over the prior 15 years, and mens rea rules. It would require many federal agencies to report agency rules that carry criminal…

## Related bills

- 119-s-1071: National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2026
- 119-s-2296: National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2026
- 119-s-5066: Health Equity and Accountability Act of 2026
- 119-s-4784: National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2027
- 119-sres-755: A resolution honoring the life of the Honorable Donald W. Riegle, Jr., former Senator for the State of Michigan.
- 119-sres-739: A resolution honoring the life and legacy of John Seymour, the late Senator for the State of California.

## Sources
- [119-s-3868 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/senate-bill/3868)

## Related
- [119-s-1071: National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2026](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-1071)
- [119-s-2296: National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2026](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-2296)
- [119-s-5066: Health Equity and Accountability Act of 2026](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-5066)
- [119-s-4784: National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2027](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-4784)
- [119-sres-755: A resolution honoring the life of the Honorable Donald W. Riegle, Jr., former S…](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-sres-755)
- [119-sres-739: A resolution honoring the life and legacy of John Seymour, the late Senator for…](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-sres-739)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-3868 (as of 2026-08-11).