117TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. 4673 

AN ACT 

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, 
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1 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

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

3 Forensics Institute Reauthorization Act of 2022’’. 

4 SEC. 2. REAUTHORIZATION OF THE NATIONAL COMPUTER 

5 FORENSICS INSTITUTE. 

6 Section 822 of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 

7 (6 U.S.C. 383) is amended— 

8 (1) in subsection (a)— 

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

10 through 2022’’ and inserting ‘‘2023 through 

11 2028’’; and 

12 (B) by striking the second sentence; 

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

14 following: 

15 ‘‘(b) FUNCTIONS.—The Institute shall provide infor16 mation and training to any State, local, Tribal, or terri17 torial law enforcement officer, prosecutor, or judge, any 

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

19 Federal Government, any member of the uniformed serv20 ices, or any State, local, Tribal, or territorial employee 

21 who might reasonably assist in the investigation and pre22 vention of cyber and electronic crime and related threats, 

23 on— 

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

25 threats; 
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1 ‘‘(2) methods for investigating cyber and elec2 tronic crime and related threats and conducting 

3 computer and mobile device forensic examinations; 

4 ‘‘(3) prosecutorial and judicial challenges re5 lated to cyber and electronic crime and related 

6 threats, and computer and mobile device forensic ex7 aminations; and 

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

9 admit digital evidence in court.’’; 

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

11 tribal, and territorial law enforcement officers and 

12 prosecutors’’ and inserting ‘‘members and partners 

13 of the network of Cyber Fraud Task Forces of the 

14 United States Secret Service, and, when selecting 

15 participants for the training specified in subsection 

16 (b), the Institute shall prioritize, to the extent rea17 sonable and practicable, State, local, tribal, and ter18 ritorial law enforcement officers, prosecutors, judges, 

19 and other employees.’’; 

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

21 tribal and territorial law enforcement officers’’ and 

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

23 (5) in subsection (e)— 
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1 (A) in the subsection heading, by striking 

2 ‘‘ELECTRONIC CRIME’’ and inserting 

3 ‘‘CYBER FRAUD’’; 

4 (B) by striking ‘‘Electronic Crime’’ and in5 serting ‘‘Cyber Fraud’’; and 

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

7 territorial’’; and 

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

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

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

11 expenses of the training and information provided by the 

12 Institute under subsection (b), including travel, transpor13 tation, and subsistence expenses for recipients of the infor14 mation and training. 

15 ‘‘(h) ANNUAL REPORTS TO CONGRESS.— 

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

17 in the annual report required under section 1116 of 

18 title 31, United States Code, information regarding 

19 the activities of the Institute, including, where pos20 sible— 

21 ‘‘(A) an identification of jurisdictions with 

22 recipients of the education and training pro23 vided pursuant to subsection (b) during such 

24 year; 
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1 ‘‘(B) information relating to the costs as2 sociated with that education and training; 

3 ‘‘(C) any information regarding projected 

4 future demand for the education and training 

5 provided pursuant to subsection (b); 

6 ‘‘(D) impacts of the activities of the Insti7 tute on the capability of jurisdictions to inves8 tigate and prevent cybersecurity incidents, elec9 tronic crimes, and related cybersecurity threats; 

10 ‘‘(E) a description of the nomination proc11 ess for potential recipients of the information 

12 and training provided pursuant to subsection 

13 (b); and 

14 ‘‘(F) any other issues determined to be rel15 evant by the Secretary. 

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

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

18 annual budget submitted by the President to Con19 gress under section 1105 of title 31, United States 
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1 Code, is not required to be included in the report de2 scribed in paragraph (1).’’. 

Passed the Senate September 27, 2022. 

Attest: 

Secretary. 

117TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. 4673 

AN ACT 

To reauthorize the National Computer Forensics 

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