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111TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 1292 

To amend title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 

1968 to establish a National White Collar Crime Center grants program 

for purposes of improving the identification, investigation, and prosecution of certain criminal conspiracies and activities and terrorist conspiracies and activities. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

MARCH 4, 2009 

Mr. SCOTT of Virginia (for himself, Mr. CONYERS, Mr. SMITH of Texas, Mr. 

GOHMERT, Mr. FORBES, and Ms. JACKSON-LEE of Texas) introduced the 

following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary 

A BILL 

To amend title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe 

Streets Act of 1968 to establish a National White Collar 

Crime Center grants program for purposes of improving 

the identification, investigation, and prosecution of certain criminal conspiracies and activities and terrorist conspiracies and activities. 

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. AUTHORIZATION AND EXPANSION OF NA2 TIONAL WHITE COLLAR CRIME CENTER. 

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

4 Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 3711 

5 et seq.) is amended— 

6 (1) by redesignating part JJ, as added by sec7 tion 952 of Public Law 110–315 (relating to Loan 

8 Repayment for Prosecutors and Public Defenders), 

9 as part LL, and moving such part so that such part 

10 follows part KK; 

11 (2) in part LL, as so redesignated and moved 

12 by paragraph (1), by redesignating section 3001 as 

13 section 3021; and 

14 (3) by adding at the end the following new part: 

15 ‘‘PART MM—NATIONAL WHITE COLLAR CRIME 

16 CENTER GRANTS 

17 ‘‘SEC. 3031. ESTABLISHMENT OF GRANTS PROGRAM. 

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

19 of Justice Assistance is authorized to make grants and 

20 enter into contracts with State and local criminal justice 

21 agencies and nonprofit organizations for the purpose of 

22 improving the identification, investigation, and prosecu23 tion of certain criminal activities. 

24 ‘‘(b) CERTAIN CRIMINAL ACTIVITIES DEFINED.— 

25 For purposes of this part, the term ‘certain criminal activ26 ity’ means a criminal conspiracy or activity or a terrorist 


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1 conspiracy or activity that spans jurisdictional boundaries, 

2 including the following: 

3 ‘‘(1) Terrorism. 

4 ‘‘(2) Economic crime, including financial fraud 

5 and mortgage fraud. 

6 ‘‘(3) High-tech crime, also known as cybercrime 

7 or computer crime, including internet-based crime 

8 against children and child pornography. 

9 ‘‘(c) CRIMINAL JUSTICE AGENCY DEFINED.—For 

10 purposes of this part, the term ‘criminal justice agency’, 

11 with respect to a State or a unit of local government with12 in such State, includes a law enforcement agency, a State 

13 regulatory body with criminal investigative authority, and 

14 a State or local prosecution office to the extent that such 

15 agency, body, or office, respectively, is involved in the pre16 vention, investigation, and prosecution of certain criminal 

17 activities. 

18 ‘‘SEC. 3032. AUTHORIZED PROGRAMS. 

19 ‘‘Grants and contracts awarded under this part may 

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

21 the prevention, investigation, and prosecution of certain 

22 criminal activities: 

23 ‘‘(1) Programs to provide a nationwide support 

24 system for State and local criminal justice agencies. 


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1 ‘‘(2) Programs to assist State and local crimi2 nal justice agencies to develop, establish, and main3 tain intelligence-focused policing strategies and re4 lated information sharing. 

5 ‘‘(3) Programs to provide training and inves6 tigative support services to State and local criminal 

7 justice agencies to provide such agencies with skills 

8 and resources needed to investigate and prosecute 

9 such criminal activities and related criminal activi10 ties. 

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

12 establish partnerships, and to provide other re13 sources to aid State and local criminal justice agen14 cies to prevent, investigate, and prosecute such 

15 criminal activities and related problems. 

16 ‘‘(5) Programs to provide information and re17 search to the general public to facilitate the preven18 tion of such criminal activities. 

19 ‘‘(6) Programs to establish National training 

20 and research centers regionally, including within Vir21 ginia, Texas, and Michigan, to provide training and 

22 research services for State and local criminal justice 

23 agencies. 

24 ‘‘(7) Any other programs specified by the Attor25 ney General as furthering the purposes of this part. 


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1 ‘‘SEC. 3033. APPLICATION. 

2 ‘‘To be eligible for an award of a grant or contract 

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

4 the Bureau of Justice Assistance an application in such 

5 form and manner, and containing such information, as re6 quired by the Director. 

7 ‘‘SEC. 3034. RULES AND REGULATIONS. 

8 ‘‘The Director of the Bureau of Justice Assistance 

9 shall promulgate such rules and regulations as are nec10 essary to carry out this part, including rules and regula11 tions for submitting and reviewing applications under sec12 tion 3033.’’. 

13 (b) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATION.—Section 

14 1001(a) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 3793) is amended by add15 ing at the end the following new paragraph: 

16 ‘‘(26) There is authorized to be appropriated to 

17 carry out part MM— 

18 ‘‘(A) $25,000,000 for fiscal year 2010; 

19 ‘‘(B) $28,000,000 for fiscal year 2011; 

20 ‘‘(C) $31,000,000 for fiscal year 2012; 

21 ‘‘(D) $34,000,000 for fiscal year 2013; 

22 ‘‘(E) $37,000,000 for fiscal year 2014; and 

23 ‘‘(F) $40,000,000 for fiscal year 2015.’’. 

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