US Congress House Bill 4002 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Republican 7-2)
Status: Introduced on November 16 2015 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2016-12-23 - Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 699.
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Criminal Code Improvement Act of 2015 This bill amends the federal criminal code to establish a default mens rea standard (i.e., a state of mind requirement) for a federal criminal offense whose defining statute does not specify a required state of mind. A conviction for such federal criminal offense requires proof that a defendant acted knowingly. Additionally, if the offense consists of conduct that a reasonable person would not know or have reason to believe was unlawful, then a conviction requires proof that the defendant knew or had reason to believe such conduct was unlawful. Finally, the bill amends the federal judicial code to require the Department of Justice to develop and update, index, and publish an inventory of all federal criminal offenses, including violations of agency rules or regulations that constitute or define federal criminal offenses.

Criminal Code Improvement Act of 2015

Rep. James Sensenbrenner [R-WI]	Rep. Bob Goodlatte [R-VA]	Rep. John Conyers [D-MI]	Rep. Raul Labrador [R-ID]
Rep. Sheila Jackson-Lee [D-TX]	Rep. Doug Collins [R-GA]	Rep. Randy Forbes [R-VA]	Rep. Mike Bishop [R-MI]
Rep. Louie Gohmert [R-TX]

Date	Chamber	Action
2016-12-23	House	Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 699.
2016-12-23	House	Reported by the Committee on Judiciary. H. Rept. 114-889.
2015-11-18	House	Ordered to be Reported by Voice Vote.
2015-11-18	House	Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
2015-11-17	House	Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations Discharged.
2015-11-16	House	Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
2015-11-16	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.
2015-11-16	House	Introduced in House

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/114th-congress/house-bill/4002/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/114/bills/hr4002/BILLS-114hr4002ih.pdf
Text	https://www.congress.gov/114/bills/hr4002/BILLS-114hr4002rh.pdf