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117TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. 4673 

To reauthorize the National Computer Forensics Institute of the United 

States Secret Service, and for other purposes. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

JULY 28, 2022 

Mr. GRASSLEY (for himself, Mrs. FEINSTEIN, Mr. SHELBY, Ms. KLOBUCHAR, 

Mr. CORNYN, Mr. WHITEHOUSE, Mr. TUBERVILLE, and Ms. HASSAN) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary 

A BILL 

To reauthorize the National Computer Forensics Institute 

of the United States Secret Service, and for other purposes. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘National Computer 

5 Forensics Institute Reauthorization Act of 2022’’. 

6 SEC. 2. REAUTHORIZATION OF THE NATIONAL COMPUTER 

7 FORENSICS INSTITUTE. 

8 Section 822 of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 

9 (6 U.S.C. 383) is amended— 


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1 (1) in subsection (a)— 

2 (A) in the first sentence, by striking ‘‘2017 

3 through 2022’’ and inserting ‘‘2023 through 

4 2028’’; and 

5 (B) by striking the second sentence; 

6 (2) by striking subsection (b) and inserting the 

7 following: 

8 ‘‘(b) FUNCTIONS.—The Institute shall provide infor9 mation and training to any State, local, Tribal, or terri10 torial law enforcement officer, prosecutor, or judge, any 

11 officer or employee of any agency in any branch of the 

12 Federal Government, any member of the uniformed serv13 ices, or any State, local, Tribal, or territorial employee 

14 who might reasonably assist in the investigation and pre15 vention of cyber and electronic crime and related threats, 

16 on— 

17 ‘‘(1) cyber and electronic crimes and related 

18 threats; 

19 ‘‘(2) methods for investigating cyber and elec20 tronic crime and related threats and conducting 

21 computer and mobile device forensic examinations; 

22 ‘‘(3) prosecutorial and judicial challenges re23 lated to cyber and electronic crime and related 

24 threats, and computer and mobile device forensic ex25 aminations; and 


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1 ‘‘(4) methods to obtain, process, store, and 

2 admit digital evidence in court.’’; 

3 (3) in subsection (c), by striking ‘‘State, local, 

4 tribal, and territorial law enforcement officers and 

5 prosecutors’’ and inserting ‘‘members and partners 

6 of the network of Cyber Fraud Task Forces of the 

7 United States Secret Service, and, when selecting 

8 participants for the training specified in subsection 

9 (b), the Institute shall prioritize, to the extent rea10 sonable and practicable, State, local, tribal, and ter11 ritorial law enforcement officers, prosecutors, judges, 

12 and other employees.’’; 

13 (4) in subsection (d), by striking ‘‘State, local, 

14 tribal and territorial law enforcement officers’’ and 

15 inserting ‘‘the individuals listed in subsection (b)’’; 

16 (5) in subsection (e)— 

17 (A) in the subsection heading, by striking 

18 ‘‘ELECTRONIC CRIME’’ and inserting 

19 ‘‘CYBER FRAUD’’; 

20 (B) by striking ‘‘Electronic Crime’’ and in21 serting ‘‘Cyber Fraud’’; and 

22 (C) by striking ‘‘State, local, tribal, and 

23 territorial’’; and 

24 (6) by adding at the end the following: 


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1 ‘‘(g) EXPENSES.—The Director of the United States 

2 Secret Service may pay for all or a part of the necessary 

3 expenses of the training and information provided by the 

4 Institute under subsection (b), including travel, transpor5 tation, and subsistence expenses for recipients of the infor6 mation and training. 

7 ‘‘(h) ANNUAL REPORTS TO CONGRESS.— 

8 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall include 

9 in the annual report required under section 1116 of 

10 title 31, United States Code, information regarding 

11 the activities of the Institute, including, where pos12 sible— 

13 ‘‘(A) an identification of jurisdictions with 

14 recipients of the education and training pro15 vided pursuant to subsection (b) during such 

16 year; 

17 ‘‘(B) information relating to the costs as18 sociated with that education and training; 

19 ‘‘(C) any information regarding projected 

20 future demand for the education and training 

21 provided pursuant to subsection (b); 

22 ‘‘(D) impacts of the activities of the Insti23 tute on the capability of jurisdictions to inves24 tigate and prevent cybersecurity incidents, elec25 tronic crimes, and related cybersecurity threats; 


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1 ‘‘(E) a description of the nomination proc2 ess for potential recipients of the information 

3 and training provided pursuant to subsection 

4 (b); and 

5 ‘‘(F) any other issues determined to be rel6 evant by the Secretary. 

7 ‘‘(2) EXCEPTION.—Any information required 

8 under paragraph (1) that is submitted as part of the 

9 annual budget submitted by the President to Con10 gress under section 1105 of title 31, United States 

11 Code, is not required to be included in the report de12 scribed in paragraph (1).’’. 

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