PUBLIC LAW 115–76—NOV. 2, 2017 

STRENGTHENING STATE AND LOCAL CYBER 

CRIME FIGHTING ACT OF 2017 


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131 STAT. 1246 PUBLIC LAW 115–76—NOV. 2, 2017 

Public Law 115–76 

115th Congress 

An Act 

To amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to authorize the National Computer 

Forensics Institute, and for other purposes. 

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of 

the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Strengthening State and Local 

Cyber Crime Fighting Act of 2017’’. 

SEC. 2. AUTHORIZATION OF THE NATIONAL COMPUTER FORENSICS 

INSTITUTE OF THE DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY. 

(a) IN GENERAL.—Subtitle C of title VIII of the Homeland 

Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 381 et seq.) is amended by adding 

at the end the following new section: 

‘‘SEC. 822. NATIONAL COMPUTER FORENSICS INSTITUTE. 

‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—There is authorized for fiscal years 2017 

through 2022 within the United States Secret Service a National 

Computer Forensics Institute (in this section referred to as the 

‘Institute’). The Institute shall disseminate information related to 

the investigation and prevention of cyber and electronic crime and 

related threats, and educate, train, and equip State, local, tribal, 

and territorial law enforcement officers, prosecutors, and judges. 

‘‘(b) FUNCTIONS.—The functions of the Institute shall include 

the following: 

‘‘(1) Educating State, local, tribal, and territorial law 

enforcement officers, prosecutors, and judges on current— 

‘‘(A) cyber and electronic crimes and related threats; 

‘‘(B) methods for investigating cyber and electronic 

crime and related threats and conducting computer and 

mobile device forensic examinations; and 

‘‘(C) prosecutorial and judicial challenges related to 

cyber and electronic crime and related threats, and computer and mobile device forensic examinations. 

‘‘(2) Training State, local, tribal, and territorial law enforcement officers to— 

‘‘(A) conduct cyber and electronic crime and related 

threat investigations; 

‘‘(B) conduct computer and mobile device forensic 

examinations; and 

‘‘(C) respond to network intrusion incidents. 

‘‘(3) Training State, local, tribal, and territorial law enforcement officers, prosecutors, and judges on methods to obtain, 

process, store, and admit digital evidence in court. 

Establishment. 

6 USC 383. 

Strengthening 

State and Local 

Cyber Crime 

Fighting Act of 

2017. 

34 USC 10101 

note. 

Nov. 2, 2017 

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‘‘(c) PRINCIPLES.—In carrying out the functions specified in 

subsection (b), the Institute shall ensure, to the extent practicable, 

that timely, actionable, and relevant expertise and information 

related to cyber and electronic crime and related threats is shared 

with State, local, tribal, and territorial law enforcement officers 

and prosecutors. 

‘‘(d) EQUIPMENT.—The Institute may provide State, local, tribal, 

and territorial law enforcement officers with computer equipment, 

hardware, software, manuals, and tools necessary to conduct cyber 

and electronic crime and related threat investigations and computer 

and mobile device forensic examinations. 

‘‘(e) ELECTRONIC CRIME TASK FORCES.—The Institute shall 

facilitate the expansion of the network of Electronic Crime Task 

Forces of the United States Secret Service through the addition 

of State, local, tribal, and territorial law enforcement officers educated and trained at the Institute. 

‘‘(f) SAVINGS PROVISION.—All authorized activities and functions 

carried out by the Institute at any location as of the day before 

the date of the enactment of this section are authorized to continue 

to be carried out at any such location on and after such date.’’. 

(b) FUNDING.—For each of fiscal years 2018 through 2022, 

amounts appropriated for United States Secret Service, Operations 

and Support, may be used to carry out this Act and the amendments 

made by this Act. 

(c) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of contents in section 

1(b) of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 101 et seq.) 

is amended by inserting after the item relating to section 821 

the following new item: 

‘‘Sec. 822. National Computer Forensics Institute.’’. 

SEC. 3. PREVENTION, INVESTIGATION, AND PROSECUTION OF ECONOMIC, HIGH TECHNOLOGY, INTERNET, AND OTHER WHITE 

COLLAR CRIME. 

(a) IN GENERAL.—Title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and 

Safe Streets Act of 1968 (34 U.S.C. 10101 et seq.) is amended 

by adding at the end the following: 

‘‘PART MM—PREVENTION, INVESTIGATION, 

AND PROSECUTION OF WHITE COLLAR CRIME 

‘‘SEC. 3030. SHORT TITLE. 

‘‘This part may be cited as the ‘National White Collar Crime 

Control Act of 2017’. 

‘‘SEC. 3031. ESTABLISHMENT OF GRANT PROGRAM. 

‘‘(a) AUTHORIZATION.—The Director of the Bureau of Justice 

Assistance is authorized to enter into a cooperative agreement 

with or make a grant to an eligible entity for the purpose of 

improving the identification, investigation, and prosecution of white 

collar crime (including each category of such crimes set forth in 

paragraphs (1) through (3) of subsection (b)) by providing comprehensive, direct, and practical training and technical assistance 

to law enforcement officers, investigators, auditors and prosecutors 

in States and units of local government. 

‘‘(b) WHITE COLLAR CRIME DEFINED.—For purposes of this part, 

the term ‘white collar crime’ includes— 

Contracts. 

34 USC 10721 

note. 

National White 

Collar Crime 

Control Act of 

2017. 

34 USC 10101 

note. 

Information 

sharing. 


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‘‘(1) high-tech crime, including cyber and electronic crime 

and related threats; 

‘‘(2) economic crime, including financial fraud and mortgage 

fraud; and 

‘‘(3) Internet-based crime against children and child pornography. 

‘‘SEC. 3032. PURPOSES. 

‘‘The purposes of this part include the following: 

‘‘(1) To ensure that training is available for State, local, 

tribal and territorial law enforcement agencies and officers 

nationwide to support local efforts to identify, prevent, investigate, and prosecute cyber and financial crimes, including those 

crimes facilitated via computer networks and other electronic 

means, and crimes involving financial and economic impacts 

such as intellectual property crimes. 

‘‘(2) To deliver training to State, local, tribal, and territorial 

law enforcement officers, and other criminal justice professionals concerning the use of proven methodologies to prevent, 

detect, and respond to such crimes, recognize emerging issues, 

manage electronic and financial crime evidence and to improve 

local criminal justice agency responses to such threats. 

‘‘(3) To provide operational and technical assistance and 

training concerning tools, products, resources, guidelines, and 

procedures to aid and enhance criminal intelligence analysis, 

conduct cyber crime and financial crime investigations, and 

related justice information sharing at the local and State levels. 

‘‘(4) To provide appropriate training on protections for privacy, civil rights, and civil liberties in the conduct of criminal 

intelligence analysis and cyber and electronic crime and financial crime investigations, including in the development of policies, guidelines, and procedures by State, local, tribal, and 

territorial law enforcement agencies to protect and enhance 

privacy, civil rights, and civil liberties protections and identify 

weaknesses and gaps in the protection of privacy, civil rights, 

and civil liberties. 

‘‘SEC. 3033. AUTHORIZED PROGRAMS. 

‘‘A grant or cooperative agreement awarded under this part 

may be made only for the following programs, with respect to 

the prevention, investigation, and prosecution of certain criminal 

activities: 

‘‘(1) Programs to provide a nationwide support system for 

State and local criminal justice agencies. 

‘‘(2) Programs to assist State and local criminal justice 

agencies to develop, establish, and maintain intelligence-focused 

policing strategies and related information sharing. 

‘‘(3) Programs to provide training and investigative support 

services to State and local criminal justice agencies to provide 

such agencies with skills and resources needed to investigate 

and prosecute such criminal activities and related criminal 

activities. 

‘‘(4) Programs to provide research support, to establish 

partnerships, and to provide other resources to aid State and 

local criminal justice agencies to prevent, investigate, and prosecute such criminal activities and related problems. 

34 USC 10723 

note. 

34 USC 10722 

note. 


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‘‘(5) Programs to provide information and research to the 

general public to facilitate the prevention of such criminal 

activities. 

‘‘(6) Programs to establish or support national training 

and research centers regionally to provide training and research 

services for State and local criminal justice agencies. 

‘‘(7) Programs to provide training and oversight to State 

and local criminal justice agencies to develop and comply with 

applicable privacy, civil rights, and civil liberties related policies, procedures, rules, laws, and guidelines. 

‘‘(8) Any other programs specified by the Attorney General 

as furthering the purposes of this part. 

‘‘SEC. 3034. APPLICATION. 

‘‘To be eligible for an award of a grant or cooperative agreement 

under this part, an entity shall submit to the Director of the 

Bureau of Justice Assistance an application in such form and 

manner, and containing such information, as required by the 

Director of the Bureau of Justice Assistance. 

‘‘SEC. 3035. ELIGIBILITY. 

‘‘States, units of local government, not-for-profit entities, and 

institutions of higher-education with demonstrated capacity and 

experience in delivering training, technical assistance and other 

resources including direct, practical laboratory training to law 

enforcement officers, investigators, auditors and prosecutors in 

States and units of local government and over the Internet shall 

be eligible to receive an award under this part. 

‘‘SEC. 3036. RULES AND REGULATIONS. 

‘‘The Director of the Bureau of Justice Assistance shall promulgate such rules and regulations as are necessary to carry out 

this part, including rules and regulations for submitting and 

reviewing applications under section 3035.’’. 

(b) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There are authorized 

to be appropriated $13,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2018 through 

2022 to carry out— 

(1) part MM of title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and 

Safe Streets Act of 1968, as added by subsection (a); and 

34 USC 10726 

note. 

34 USC 10725 

note. 

34 USC 10724 

note. 


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LEGISLATIVE HISTORY—H.R. 1616: 

CONGRESSIONAL RECORD, Vol. 163 (2017): 

May 16, considered and passed House. 

Oct. 2, considered and passed Senate, amended. 

Oct. 12, House concurred in Senate amendment. 

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(2) section 401(b) of the Prioritizing Resources and 

Organization for Intellectual Property Act of 2008 (34 U.S.C. 

30103(b)). 

Approved November 2, 2017. 


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