,i  #aacth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #bfe  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of   
,,representatives  ,january #ae1 #bjac  
,mr4 ,lynch introduced the following    
bill2 which was referred to the         
,committee on the ,judiciary  ,a ,,bill 
,to require ,federal law enforcement    
agencies to report to ,congress serious 
crimes1 authorized as well as           
unauthorized1 committed by their        
confidential informants4  #a4 ,short    
title ,this ,act may be cited as the    
,confidential ,informant ,accountability
 ,act of #bjac4  #b4 ,report  7a7 ,in   
general ,not later than ,march #a and   
,september #a of each year1 the head of 
each department that contains a law     
enforcement agency shall1 with respect  
to each law enforcement agency within   
that ,department1 fully report to the   
,house ,committee on ,oversight and     
,government ,reform1 the ,house         
,committee on the ,judiciary1 the       
,senate ,committee on ,homeland         
,security and ,governmental ,affairs1   

and the ,senate ,committee on the       
,judiciary all serious crimes1          
authorized and unauthorized1 committed  
by informants maintained by the law     
enforcement agency4  7b7 ,period covered
 ,each report due on ,march #a of a year
 shall cover serious crimes that took   
place during the #f month period        
beginning ,july #a and ending ,december 
#ca of the preceding year4 ,each report 
due on ,september #a of a year shall    
cover serious crimes that took place    
beginning ,january #a and ending ,june  
#cj of that year4  7c7 ,contents  7#a7  
,required ,each report under subsection 
7a7 shall include a description of the  
total number of each type and category  
of crime2 the amount of drugs involved  
if the crime is a drug crime2 the amount
 of money involved if the crime is a    
theft or bribery crime2 whether the     
crime was authorized or unauthorized2   
and the ,state in which each crime took 
place4  7#b7 ,prohibited ,the report    
shall not contain individual informant  

names1 informant control numbers1 or    
other personal identification           
information that could reveal the       
identity of an individual informant4    
7d7 ,arrest or charge of informant not  
,to affect duty ,to report ,the duty to 
report crimes under this section exists 
regardless of whether the informant has 
or has not been arrested or charged with
 the reportable crime in any            
jurisdiction4  7e7 ,disclaimer ,nothing 
in this section limits the authority and
 responsibility of the appropriate      
committees of each ,house of ,congress  
to obtain such information as they may  
need to carry out their respective      
functions and duties4  7f7 ,definitions 
,in this section--  7#a7 the term       
department that contains a law          
enforcement agency means the ,department
 of ,justice1 the ,department of        
,homeland ,security1 and the ,department
 of the ,treasury2  7#b7 the term law   
enforcement agency means ,federal       
,bureau of ,investigation1 the ,drug    

,enforcement ,administration1 the       
,united ,states ,secret ,service1       
,united ,states ,immigration and        
,customs ,enforcement1 and the ,bureau  
of ,alcohol1 ,tobacco1 ,firearms and    
,explosives2  7#c7 the term informant   
means any individual who is believed to 
be providing useful and credible        
information to the law enforcement      
agency for any authorized information   
collection activity1 and from whom the  
law enforcement agency expects or       
intends to obtain additional useful and 
credible information in the future1 and 
whose identity1 information1 or         
relationship with the law enforcement   
agency warrants confidential handling2  
and  7#d7 the term serious crime means--
  7,a7 any serious violent felony as    
that term is defined in section         
#ceei7;c77#b77;,f7 of title #ah1 ,united
 ,states ,code2  7,b7 any serious drug  
offense as that term is defined in      
section #ceei7;c77#b77;,h7 of title #ah1
 ,united ,states ,code2 or  7,c7 an     

offense consisting of racketeering1     
bribery1 child pornography1 obstruction 
of justice1 or perjury2  that an agent  
or employee of the relevant law         
enforcement agency has reasonable       
grounds to believe that an informant has
 committed4