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111TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 1779 

To provide for resources for the investigation and prosecution of financial 

crimes, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

MARCH 30, 2009 

Mr. SCOTT of Virginia introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 

Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on Oversight and Government Reform and Financial Services, for a period to be 

subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration 

of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned 

A BILL 

To provide for resources for the investigation and prosecution 

of financial crimes, 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 ‘‘Financial Crimes Re5 sources Act of 2009’’. 

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1 SEC. 2. ADDITIONAL FUNDING FOR RESOURCES TO INVES2 TIGATE AND PROSECUTE CRIMINAL ACTIV3 ITY INVOLVING COMPUTERS, CRIMES OF 

4 FRAUD INVOLVING FEDERAL ECONOMIC AS5 SISTANCE AND RELIEF PROGRAMS, AND FI6 NANCIAL CRIMES. 

7 (a) ADDITIONAL FUNDING FOR RESOURCES.— 

8 (1) AUTHORIZATION.—For the purposes de9 scribed in subsection (b), there are authorized to be 

10 appropriated for each of the fiscal years 2010 

11 through 2012— 

12 (A) to the Director of the United States 

13 Secret Service, $20,000,000; 

14 (B) to the Director of the Federal Bureau 

15 of Investigation, $100,000,000; 

16 (C) to the Attorney General, for— 

17 (i) the Criminal Division of the De18 partment of Justice, $20,000,000; 

19 (ii) the Civil Division of the Depart20 ment of Justice, $15,000,000; 

21 (iii) the Tax Division of the Depart22 ment of Justice, $5,000,000; and 

23 (iv) the offices of the United States 

24 Attorneys, $50,000,000; 

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1 (D) to the Inspector General of the De2 partment of Housing and Urban Development, 

3 $30,000,000; 

4 (E) to the Chief Postal Inspector of the 

5 United States Postal Inspection Service, 

6 $30,000,000; and 

7 (F) to the Director of the Administrative 

8 Office of the United States Courts, 

9 $20,000,000. 

10 (2) ADDITIONAL FUNDING AND AVAIL11 ABILITY.—The amounts authorized under paragraph 

12 (1) are in addition to amounts otherwise authorized 

13 in other Acts, and shall remain available until ex14 pended. 

15 (b) USE OF ADDITIONAL FUNDING.—Funds made 

16 available under subsection (a)(1) shall be used— 

17 (1) by the recipients described in subpara18 graphs (A) through (E) of such subsection, to pro19 vide for resources to investigate and prosecute crimi20 nal activity involving computers, crimes of fraud in21 volving Federal economic assistance and relief pro22 grams, and financial crimes, including mortgage 

23 fraud, securities fraud, and financial institution 

24 fraud; and 

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1 (2) by the recipient described in subparagraph 

2 (F) of such subsection, for costs associated with pro3 viding defense services in cases in which a defendant 

4 is charged with criminal activity involving com5 puters, crimes of fraud involving Federal economic 

6 assistance and relief programs, and financial crimes, 

7 including mortgage fraud, securities fraud, and fi8 nancial institution fraud. 

9 SEC. 3. GRANTS FOR STATE AND LOCAL LAW ENFORCE10 MENT. 

11 (a) IN GENERAL.—Subject to the availability of 

12 amounts provided in advance in appropriations Acts, the 

13 Assistant Attorney General for the Office of Justice Pro14 grams of the Department of Justice may award grants 

15 to States to establish and develop programs to increase 

16 and enhance enforcement against criminal activity involv17 ing computers and financial crimes, including mortgage 

18 fraud, securities fraud, and financial institution fraud. 

19 (b) APPLICATION.—To be eligible for a grant under 

20 subsection (a), a State shall submit an application to the 

21 Assistant Attorney General for the Office of Justice Pro22 grams of the Department of Justice at such time, in such 

23 manner, and containing such information, including as de24 scribed in subsection (d), as the Assistant Attorney Gen25 eral may require. 

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1 (c) USE OF GRANT AMOUNTS.—A grant awarded to 

2 a State under subsection (a) shall be used by a State to 

3 establish and develop programs to— 

4 (1) assist State and local law enforcement agen5 cies in enforcing State and local criminal laws relat6 ing to criminal activity involving computers and fi7 nancial crimes; 

8 (2) assist State and local law enforcement agen9 cies in educating the public to prevent and identify 

10 criminal activity involving computers and financial 

11 crimes; 

12 (3) educate and train State and local law en13 forcement officers and prosecutors to conduct inves14 tigations, forensic analyses of evidence, and prosecu15 tions of criminal activity involving computers and fi16 nancial crimes; 

17 (4) assist State and local law enforcement offi18 cers and prosecutors in acquiring computer and 

19 other equipment to conduct investigations and foren20 sic analysis of evidence of criminal activity involving 

21 computers and financial crimes; 

22 (5) assist public defenders with providing de23 fense services to defendents in cases in which the de24 fendant is charged with criminal activity involving 

25 computers or a financial crime, including mortgage 

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1 fraud, securities fraud, and financial institution 

2 fraud; and 

3 (6) facilitate and promote communication be4 tween Federal, State, and local law enforcement to 

5 improve the sharing of Federal law enforcement ex6 pertise and information about the investigation, fo7 rensic analysis of evidence, and prosecution of crimi8 nal activity involving computers and financial crimes 

9 with State and local law enforcement officers and 

10 prosecutors, including the use of multi-jurisdictional 

11 task forces. 

12 (d) ASSURANCES AND ELIGIBILITY.—To be eligible 

13 to receive a grant under subsection (a), a State shall pro14 vide assurances to the Assistant Attorney General for the 

15 Office of Justice Programs of the Department of Justice 

16 that the State— 

17 (1) will provide an assessment of the resource 

18 needs of the State and units of local government 

19 within that State, including criminal justice re20 sources being devoted to the investigation and en21 forcement of laws related to criminal activity involv22 ing computers and financial crimes; 

23 (2) will develop a plan for coordinating the pro24 grams funded under this section with other federally 

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1 funded technical assistance and training programs; 

2 and 

3 (3) will submit to the Assistant Attorney Gen4 eral for the Office of Justice Programs of the De5 partment of Justice applicable reports in accordance 

6 with subsection (f). 

7 (e) MATCHING FUNDS.—The Federal share of a 

8 grant received under this section may not exceed 90 per9 cent of the total cost of a program or proposal funded 

10 under this section unless the Assistant Attorney General 

11 for the Office of Justice Programs of the Department of 

12 Justice waives, wholly or in part, the requirements of this 

13 subsection. 

14 (f) REPORTS.—For each year that a State receives 

15 a grant under subsection (a) for a program, the State shall 

16 submit to the Assistant Attorney General for the Office 

17 of Justice Programs of the Department of Justice a report 

18 on the results, including the effectiveness, of such program 

19 during such year. 

20 (g) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.— 

21 (1) IN GENERAL.—There is authorized to be 

22 appropriated to carry out this section $250,000,000 

23 for each of the fiscal years 2010 through 2012. 

24 (2) LIMITATIONS.—Of the amount made avail25 able to carry out this section in any fiscal year, not 

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1 more than 3 percent may be used for salaries and 

2 administrative expenses for the Department of Jus3 tice. 

4 (3) MINIMUM AMOUNT.—Each State submitting 

5 an application for, and eligible to receive, a grant 

6 under this section for a fiscal year shall be allocated 

7 under this section, in each such fiscal year, not less 

8 than 0.75 percent of the total amount appropriated 

9 in such fiscal year for grants pursuant to this sec10 tion, except that not less than 0.25 percent of such 

11 total amount shall be allocated to the United States 

12 Virgin Islands, American Samoa, Guam, and the 

13 Northern Mariana Islands, collectively. 

14 (4) GRANTS TO INDIAN TRIBES.—Notwith15 standing any other provision of this section, the As16 sistant Attorney General for the Office of Justice 

17 Programs of the Department of Justice may use 

18 amounts made available under this section to make 

19 grants to Indian tribes for use in accordance with 

20 this section. 

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