Corporate Crime Database Act of 2025

This bill, the Corporate Crime Database Act of 2025, would create a public, searchable database at the Bureau of Justice Statistics that tracks federal actions against companies and related individuals for corporate offenses. It covers court cases and other agency actions, including settlements, deferred or non‑prosecution agreements, and decisions not to prosecute. The database would list who was involved, their employer and parent company (when relevant), what the alleged offense was, which law was at issue, which federal agency acted, and the outcome, with documents and unique identifiers for each entry.

The Justice Department’s statistics office must set guidance for agencies within 180 days, and agencies must submit the required information. Within one year of enactment, the database must go online in a format the public can search and download, and it must be kept up to date. To the extent possible, it should include past as well as future cases. After the database is published, the office must report to Congress every year on repeat offenses, trends, the impact on victims and the public, and recommendations to improve enforcement. A federal data council would also look for ways to standardize and improve how agencies collect and share this information.

Key points

• Who is affected: Federal agencies that enforce corporate laws; businesses and individuals named in those actions; the public, who can access the data.
• What changes: A single, public database of corporate enforcement actions with details and documents; annual reports to Congress; better data standards across agencies .
• When: Guidance due within 180 days; database published within 1 year of enactment; annual reports after publication, with ongoing updates to the database.