1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Confidential Informant Accountability Act of 2017 . 2. Report (a) In general Not later than March 1 and September 1 of each year, the head of each department that contains a law enforcement agency shall, with respect to each law enforcement agency within that Department, fully report to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, the House Committee on the Judiciary, the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs, and the Senate Committee on the Judiciary— (1) all serious crimes, authorized and unauthorized, committed by informants maintained by the law enforcement agency; (2) the amounts expended by the law enforcement agency on payments to such informants; and (3) the amounts received by the law enforcement agency through the information from or cooperation by the informant. (b) Period covered Each report due on March 1 of a year shall cover serious crimes that took place during the 6-month period beginning July 1 and ending December 31 of the preceding year. Each report due on September 1 of a year shall cover serious crimes that took place beginning January 1 and ending June 30 of that year. (c) Contents (1) Required Each report under subsection (a) shall include a description of the total number of each type and category of crime; the amount of drugs involved if the crime is a drug crime; the amount of money involved if the crime is a theft or bribery crime; whether the crime was authorized or unauthorized; the State in which each crime took place