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114TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 3490 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

DECEMBER 1, 2015 

Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary 

AN ACT 

To amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to authorize 

the National Computer Forensics Institute, 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 ‘‘Strengthening State 

3 and Local Cyber Crime Fighting Act’’. 

4 SEC. 2. AUTHORIZATION OF THE NATIONAL COMPUTER 

5 FORENSICS INSTITUTE OF THE DEPARTMENT 

6 OF HOMELAND SECURITY. 

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

8 Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 381 et seq.) 

9 is amended by adding at the end the following new section: 

10 ‘‘SEC. 822. NATIONAL COMPUTER FORENSICS INSTITUTE. 

11 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—There is established in the De12 partment a National Computer Forensics Institute (in this 

13 section referred to as the ‘Institute’), to be operated by 

14 the United States Secret Service, for the dissemination of 

15 homeland security information related to the investigation 

16 and prevention of cyber and electronic crime and related 

17 threats to educate, train, and equip State, local, tribal, 

18 and territorial law enforcement officers, prosecutors, and 

19 judges. 

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

21 shall include the following: 

22 ‘‘(1) Educating State, local, tribal, and terri23 torial law enforcement officers, prosecutors, and 

24 judges on current— 

25 ‘‘(A) cyber and electronic crimes and re26 lated threats; 


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1 ‘‘(B) methods for investigating cyber and 

2 electronic crime and related threats and con3 ducting computer and mobile device forensic ex4 aminations; and 

5 ‘‘(C) prosecutorial and judicial challenges 

6 related to cyber and electronic crime and re7 lated threats, and computer and mobile device 

8 forensic examinations. 

9 ‘‘(2) Training State, local, tribal, and territorial 

10 law enforcement officers to— 

11 ‘‘(A) conduct cyber and electronic crime 

12 and related threat investigations; 

13 ‘‘(B) conduct computer and mobile device 

14 forensic examinations; and 

15 ‘‘(C) respond to network intrusion inci16 dents. 

17 ‘‘(3) Training State, local, tribal, and territorial 

18 law enforcement officers, prosecutors, and judges on 

19 methods to obtain, process, store, and admit digital 

20 evidence in court. 

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

22 under subsection (b), the Institute shall ensure, to the ex23 tent practicable, that timely, actionable, and relevant ex24 pertise and homeland security information related to cyber 

25 and electronic crime and related threats is shared with 


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1 State, local, tribal, and territorial law enforcement offi2 cers, prosecutors, and judges. 

3 ‘‘(d) EQUIPMENT.—The Institute is authorized to 

4 provide State, local, tribal, and territorial law enforcement 

5 officers, prosecutors, and judges with computer equip6 ment, hardware, software, manuals, and tools necessary 

7 to conduct cyber and electronic crime and related threats 

8 investigations and computer and mobile device forensic ex9 aminations. 

10 ‘‘(e) ELECTRONIC CRIME TASK FORCES.—The Insti11 tute shall facilitate the expansion of the Secret Service’s 

12 network of Electronic Crime Task Forces through the ad13 dition of task force officers of State, local, tribal, and ter14 ritorial law enforcement officers, prosecutors, and judges 

15 educated and trained at the Institute, in addition to aca16 demia and private sector stakeholders. 

17 ‘‘(f) COORDINATION WITH FEDERAL LAW ENFORCE18 MENT TRAINING CENTER.—The Institute shall seek op19 portunities to coordinate with the Federal Law Enforce20 ment Training Center within the Department to help en21 hance, to the extent practicable, the training provided by 

22 the Center to stakeholders, including by helping to ensure 

23 that such training reflects timely, actionable, and relevant 

24 expertise in homeland security information related to 

25 cyber and electronic crime and related threats.’’. 


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1 (b) NO ADDITIONAL FUNDING.—No additional funds 

2 are authorized to be appropriated to carry out this Act 

3 and the amendment made by this Act. This Act and such 

4 amendment shall be carried out using amounts otherwise 

5 available for such purposes. 

6 (c) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of contents 

7 of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 is amended by in8 serting after the item relating to section 821 the following 

9 new item: 

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

Passed the House of Representatives November 30, 

2015. 

Attest: KAREN L. HAAS, 

Clerk. 


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