S. 2629 · 117th Congress · enacted
Better Cybercrime Metrics Act
Became Public Law No: 117-116.
Latest official action 2022-05-05 · Enacted
The bill, briefly
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.
Congressional Research Service · 2022-05-05
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Politicians behind the bill
Sponsors and cosponsors from the official source, limited to members currently in office. Campaign amounts are cycle-wide and are not payments for this bill.
Sponsor
Brian Schatz
Senate · HI · Democratic
$427,197PAC receipts · 2025–2026
Cosponsor
Thom Tillis
Senate · NC · Republican
$950,975PAC receipts · 2025–2026
Cosponsor
John Cornyn
Senate · TX · Republican
$1,943,978PAC receipts · 2025–2026
Cosponsor
Richard Blumenthal
Senate · CT · Democratic
$109,550PAC receipts · 2025–2026
Cosponsor
Richard J. Durbin
Senate · IL · Democratic
-$24,800PAC receipts · 2025–2026
5 of 5 source cosponsor records retrieved; only current officials and unwithdrawn sponsorships appear.
PAC donors to the listed sponsors
These are all-cycle contributions to the listed sponsors’ and cosponsors’ campaigns. FEC does not attribute them to this bill. A donation plus sponsorship does not establish why a politician acted.
PRICEWATERHOUSECOOPERS POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE I$22,500
Brian Schatz · Sponsor · $2,500
Thom Tillis · Cosponsor · $5,000
John Cornyn · Cosponsor · $15,000
Official PAC recordAMERICAN BANKERS ASSOCIATION PAC (BANKPAC)$20,000
CAPITAL ONE FINANCIAL CORP. ASSOC. POLITICAL FUND$20,000
CONOCOPHILLIPS SPIRIT PAC$20,000
DENALI LEADERSHIP PAC$20,000
LOCKHEED MARTIN CORPORATION EMPLOYEES' POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE$20,000
Brian Schatz · Sponsor · $2,000
Thom Tillis · Cosponsor · $4,000
John Cornyn · Cosponsor · $14,000
Official PAC recordTOMORROW IS MEANINGFUL PAC$20,000
TEXAS FARM BUREAU AGFUND$19,238
John Cornyn · Cosponsor · $19,238
Official PAC recordEXXON MOBIL CORPORATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (EXXONMOBIL PAC)$18,500
TEXTRON INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE$17,000
Brian Schatz · Sponsor · $1,000
Thom Tillis · Cosponsor · $2,000
John Cornyn · Cosponsor · $14,000
Official PAC recordAMERICAN COUNCIL OF ENGINEERING COMPANIES (ACEC/PAC)$16,500
Thom Tillis · Cosponsor · $1,500
John Cornyn · Cosponsor · $10,000
Richard Blumenthal · Cosponsor · $5,000
Official PAC recordTHE CIGNA GROUP EMPLOYEE POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE$16,500
Brian Schatz · Sponsor · $2,500
Thom Tillis · Cosponsor · $2,500
John Cornyn · Cosponsor · $11,500
Official PAC recordDAVITA INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (DAPAC)$16,000
Thom Tillis · Cosponsor · $5,000
John Cornyn · Cosponsor · $10,000
Richard J. Durbin · Cosponsor · $1,000
Official PAC recordAKIN GUMP STRAUSS HAUER & FELD LLP CIVIC ACTION COMMITTEE (AKA AKIN GUMP PAC)$15,750
Brian Schatz · Sponsor · $3,250
Thom Tillis · Cosponsor · $2,500
John Cornyn · Cosponsor · $10,000
Official PAC recordABBOTT LABORATORIES EMPLOYEE POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE$15,000
AFLAC POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (AFLAC PAC)$15,000
AMERICAN DENTAL ASSOCIATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE$15,000
AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF CERTIFIED PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE$15,000
ARKANSAS FOR LEADERSHIP POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (ARKPAC)$15,000
CATERPILLAR INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (CATPAC)$15,000
CSX CORPORATION GOOD GOVERNMENT FUND$15,000
DAKOTA PAC$15,000
DEFEND OUR CONSERVATIVE SENATE PAC (DOC'S PAC)$15,000
EMPLOYEES OF NORTHROP GRUMMAN CORPORATION PAC$15,000
ENTERGY CORPORATION EMPLOYEE POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (ENPAC)$15,000
Brian Schatz · Sponsor · $2,500
Thom Tillis · Cosponsor · $2,500
John Cornyn · Cosponsor · $10,000
Official PAC recordGENERAL DYNAMICS CORPORATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (GENERAL DYNAMICS EMPLOYEE PAC)$15,000
GOOGLE LLC NETPAC$15,000
Thom Tillis · Cosponsor · $3,500
John Cornyn · Cosponsor · $12,500
Richard J. Durbin · Cosponsor · -$1,000
Official PAC recordHEWLETT PACKARD ENTERPRISE COMPANY PAC$15,000
NEXTERA ENERGY, INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE$15,000
OFFICE OF THE COMMISSIONER OF MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE$15,000
OORAH! POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE$15,000
PENNSYLVANIA HONOR$15,000
THE COUNCIL OF INSURANCE AGENTS & BROKERS POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE$15,000
Brian Schatz · Sponsor · $2,500
Thom Tillis · Cosponsor · $2,500
John Cornyn · Cosponsor · $10,000
Official PAC recordTHE HAWKEYE PAC$15,000
John Cornyn · Cosponsor · $15,000
Official PAC recordUBS AMERICAS INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (UBS PAC)$15,000
Brian Schatz · Sponsor · $2,500
John Cornyn · Cosponsor · $10,000
Richard Blumenthal · Cosponsor · $2,500
Official PAC recordWALMART INC. PAC FOR RESPONSIBLE GOVERNMENT$15,000
WESTERN ALLIANCE BANCORPORATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (WABPAC)$15,000
CORNING INCORPORATED EMPLOYEES POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (COREPAC)$14,500
Brian Schatz · Sponsor · $6,000
Thom Tillis · Cosponsor · $5,000
John Cornyn · Cosponsor · $3,500
Official PAC recordNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE$14,200
Thom Tillis · Cosponsor · $3,000
John Cornyn · Cosponsor · $10,000
Richard J. Durbin · Cosponsor · $1,200
Official PAC recordUNITEDHEALTH GROUP INCORPORATED PAC (UNITEDHEALTH GROUP PAC)$14,000
Brian Schatz · Sponsor · $2,500
Thom Tillis · Cosponsor · $1,500
John Cornyn · Cosponsor · $10,000
Official PAC recordThe largest 40 donor totals appear here. Open each politician for their complete, paginated PAC donor list.
What happened after enactment?
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