The Corporate Prosecution Reform Act would reform the Department of Justice’s use of deferred prosecution agreements and non-prosecution agreements in corporate crime cases... Ensure corporate DPAs are being used for their intended purpose, by preventing their use for serious crimes or with repeat offenders, Require judicial review of corporate DPAs... Prohibit the use of NPAs... Improve transparency... Create a new Office of Corporate Enforcement at DOJ... Require DOJ to establish standardized guidance
Reform the Department of Justice's use of deferred prosecution agreements and non-prosecution agreements in corporate crime cases, including limiting their use for serious or repeat offenses, requiring judicial review, prohibiting non-prosecution agreements, increasing transparency, creating a corporate enforcement office, and setting standardized DOJ guidance.
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A bill to amend title 18, United States Code, to enhance prosecution of corporate crime, including limiting deferred prosecution agreements to cases serving the public interest, prohibiting non-prosecution agreements, requiring transparency, creating an Office of Corporate Enforcement, and directing DOJ guidance.
Evidence
The press release says the Corporate Prosecution Reform Act would reform DOJ’s use of deferred prosecution agreements and non-prosecution agreements in corporate crime cases by preventing DPAs for serious crimes or repeat offenders, requiring judicial review of corporate DPAs, prohibiting NPAs to settle corporate criminal cases, improving transparency by requiring DOJ to publish DPAs and NPAs, and setting up additional DOJ reporting and enforcement structures.
The bill text creates chapter 239, including section 3781 on prosecution guidance, section 3782 creating an Office of Corporate Enforcement, section 3784 on transparency in corporate enforcement, section 3785 prohibiting non-prosecution agreements, and section 3786 requiring annual reports to Congress. It also requires publication of agreement texts and related information on DOJ’s public website.
Assessments
The evidence shows Mary Gay Scanlon introduced the Corporate Prosecution Reform Act and that the bill text includes the specific reforms named in the promise: limiting DPAs for serious or repeat offenses, requiring judicial review, prohibiting NPAs, increasing transparency, creating an Office of Corporate Enforcement, and setting DOJ guidance and reporting rules. That demonstrates a serious legislative effort directly aligned with the promise. However, the record provided does not show enactment into law or implementation by DOJ, so the promised reform outcome was not fully delivered. Under the scoring rule, because she made a serious attempt but did not achieve the outcome, this merits partial credit rather than full delivery.