In the Senate of the United States, 

October 2, 2017. 

Resolved, That the bill from the House of Representatives (H.R. 1616) entitled ‘‘An Act to amend the Homeland 

Security Act of 2002 to authorize the National Computer 

Forensics Institute, and for other purposes.’’, do pass with 

the following 

AMENDMENT: 

Strike all after the enacting clause and insert the 

following: 

1 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

2 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Strengthening State 

3 and Local Cyber Crime Fighting Act of 2017’’. 

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: 
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1 ‘‘SEC. 822. NATIONAL COMPUTER FORENSICS INSTITUTE. 

2 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—There is authorized for fiscal 

3 years 2017 through 2022 within the United States Secret 

4 Service a National Computer Forensics Institute (in this 

5 section referred to as the ‘Institute’). The Institute shall 

6 disseminate information related to the investigation and 

7 prevention of cyber and electronic crime and related 

8 threats, and educate, train, and equip State, local, tribal, 

9 and territorial law enforcement officers, prosecutors, and 

10 judges. 

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

12 shall include the following: 

13 ‘‘(1) Educating State, local, tribal, and terri14 torial law enforcement officers, prosecutors, and 

15 judges on current— 

16 ‘‘(A) cyber and electronic crimes and re17 lated threats; 

18 ‘‘(B) methods for investigating cyber and 

19 electronic crime and related threats and con20 ducting computer and mobile device forensic ex21 aminations; and 

22 ‘‘(C) prosecutorial and judicial challenges 

23 related to cyber and electronic crime and re24 lated threats, and computer and mobile device 

25 forensic examinations. 
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1 ‘‘(2) Training State, local, tribal, and territorial 

2 law enforcement officers to— 

3 ‘‘(A) conduct cyber and electronic crime 

4 and related threat investigations; 

5 ‘‘(B) conduct computer and mobile device 

6 forensic examinations; and 

7 ‘‘(C) respond to network intrusion inci8 dents. 

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

10 law enforcement officers, prosecutors, and judges on 

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

12 evidence in court. 

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

14 specified in subsection (b), the Institute shall ensure, to 

15 the extent practicable, that timely, actionable, and rel16 evant expertise and information related to cyber and elec17 tronic crime and related threats is shared with State, local, 

18 tribal, and territorial law enforcement officers and pros19 ecutors. 

20 ‘‘(d) EQUIPMENT.—The Institute may provide State, 

21 local, tribal, and territorial law enforcement officers with 

22 computer equipment, hardware, software, manuals, and 

23 tools necessary to conduct cyber and electronic crime and 

24 related threat investigations and computer and mobile de25 vice forensic examinations. 
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1 ‘‘(e) ELECTRONIC CRIME TASK FORCES.—The Insti2 tute shall facilitate the expansion of the network of Elec3 tronic Crime Task Forces of the United States Secret 

4 Service through the addition of State, local, tribal, and 

5 territorial law enforcement officers educated and trained 

6 at the Institute. 

7 ‘‘(f) SAVINGS PROVISION.—All authorized activities 

8 and functions carried out by the Institute at any location 

9 as of the day before the date of the enactment of this sec10 tion are authorized to continue to be carried out at any 

11 such location on and after such date.’’. 

12 (b) FUNDING.—For each of fiscal years 2018 

13 through 2022, amounts appropriated for United States 

14 Secret Service, Operations and Support, may be used to 

15 carry out this Act and the amendments made by this Act. 

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

17 in section 1(b) of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 

18 U.S.C. 101 et seq.) is amended by inserting after the item 

19 relating to section 821 the following new item: 

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

20 SEC. 3. PREVENTION, INVESTIGATION, AND PROSECUTION 

21 OF ECONOMIC, HIGH TECHNOLOGY, INTER22 NET, AND OTHER WHITE COLLAR CRIME. 

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

24 Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (34 U.S.C. 10101 

25 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following: 
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1 ‘‘PART MM—PREVENTION, INVESTIGATION, AND 

2 PROSECUTION OF WHITE COLLAR CRIME 

3 ‘‘SEC. 3030. SHORT TITLE. 

4 ‘‘This part may be cited as the ‘National White Collar 

5 Crime Control Act of 2017’. 

6 ‘‘SEC. 3031. ESTABLISHMENT OF GRANT PROGRAM. 

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

8 of Justice Assistance is authorized to enter into a coopera9 tive agreement with or make a grant to an eligible entity 

10 for the purpose of improving the identification, investiga11 tion, and prosecution of white collar crime (including each 

12 category of such crimes set forth in paragraphs (1) 

13 through (3) of subsection (b)) by providing comprehensive, 

14 direct, and practical training and technical assistance to 

15 law enforcement officers, investigators, auditors and pros16 ecutors in States and units of local government. 

17 ‘‘(b) WHITE COLLAR CRIME DEFINED.—For pur18 poses of this part, the term ‘white collar crime’ includes— 

19 ‘‘(1) high-tech crime, including cyber and elec20 tronic crime and related threats; 

21 ‘‘(2) economic crime, including financial fraud 

22 and mortgage fraud; and 

23 ‘‘(3) Internet-based crime against children and 

24 child pornography. 

25 ‘‘SEC. 3032. PURPOSES. 

26 ‘‘The purposes of this part include the following: 
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1 ‘‘(1) To ensure that training is available for 

2 State, local, tribal and territorial law enforcement 

3 agencies and officers nationwide to support local ef4 forts to identify, prevent, investigate, and prosecute 

5 cyber and financial crimes, including those crimes 

6 facilitated via computer networks and other elec7 tronic means, and crimes involving financial and eco8 nomic impacts such as intellectual property crimes. 

9 ‘‘(2) To deliver training to State, local, tribal, 

10 and territorial law enforcement officers, and other 

11 criminal justice professionals concerning the use of 

12 proven methodologies to prevent, detect, and respond 

13 to such crimes, recognize emerging issues, manage 

14 electronic and financial crime evidence and to im15 prove local criminal justice agency responses to such 

16 threats. 

17 ‘‘(3) To provide operational and technical as18 sistance and training concerning tools, products, re19 sources, guidelines, and procedures to aid and en20 hance criminal intelligence analysis, conduct cyber 

21 crime and financial crime investigations, and related 

22 justice information sharing at the local and State 

23 levels. 

24 ‘‘(4) To provide appropriate training on protec25 tions for privacy, civil rights, and civil liberties in 
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1 the conduct of criminal intelligence analysis and 

2 cyber and electronic crime and financial crime inves3 tigations, including in the development of policies, 

4 guidelines, and procedures by State, local, tribal, 

5 and territorial law enforcement agencies to protect 

6 and enhance privacy, civil rights, and civil liberties 

7 protections and identify weaknesses and gaps in the 

8 protection of privacy, civil rights, and civil liberties. 

9 ‘‘SEC. 3033. AUTHORIZED PROGRAMS. 

10 ‘‘A grant or cooperative agreement awarded under 

11 this part may be made only for the following programs, 

12 with respect to the prevention, investigation, and prosecu13 tion of certain criminal activities: 

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

15 system for State and local criminal justice agencies. 

16 ‘‘(2) Programs to assist State and local crimi17 nal justice agencies to develop, establish, and main18 tain intelligence-focused policing strategies and re19 lated information sharing. 

20 ‘‘(3) Programs to provide training and inves21 tigative support services to State and local criminal 

22 justice agencies to provide such agencies with skills 

23 and resources needed to investigate and prosecute 

24 such criminal activities and related criminal activi25 ties. 
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1 ‘‘(4) Programs to provide research support, to 

2 establish partnerships, and to provide other re3 sources to aid State and local criminal justice agen4 cies to prevent, investigate, and prosecute such 

5 criminal activities and related problems. 

6 ‘‘(5) Programs to provide information and re7 search to the general public to facilitate the preven8 tion of such criminal activities. 

9 ‘‘(6) Programs to establish or support national 

10 training and research centers regionally to provide 

11 training and research services for State and local 

12 criminal justice agencies. 

13 ‘‘(7) Programs to provide training and over14 sight to State and local criminal justice agencies to 

15 develop and comply with applicable privacy, civil 

16 rights, and civil liberties related policies, procedures, 

17 rules, laws, and guidelines. 

18 ‘‘(8) Any other programs specified by the Attor19 ney General as furthering the purposes of this part. 

20 ‘‘SEC. 3034. APPLICATION. 

21 ‘‘To be eligible for an award of a grant or cooperative 

22 agreement under this part, an entity shall submit to the 

23 Director of the Bureau of Justice Assistance an applica24 tion in such form and manner, and containing such infor-
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1 mation, as required by the Director of the Bureau of Jus2 tice Assistance. 

3 ‘‘SEC. 3035. ELIGIBILITY. 

4 ‘‘States, units of local government, not-for-profit enti5 ties, and institutions of higher-education with dem6 onstrated capacity and experience in delivering training, 

7 technical assistance and other resources including direct, 

8 practical laboratory training to law enforcement officers, 

9 investigators, auditors and prosecutors in States and units 

10 of local government and over the Internet shall be eligible 

11 to receive an award under this part. 

12 ‘‘SEC. 3036. RULES AND REGULATIONS. 

13 ‘‘The Director of the Bureau of Justice Assistance 

14 shall promulgate such rules and regulations as are nec15 essary to carry out this part, including rules and regula16 tions for submitting and reviewing applications under sec17 tion 3035.’’. 

18 (b) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 

19 are authorized to be appropriated $13,000,000 for each 

20 of fiscal years 2018 through 2022 to carry out — 

21 (1) part MM of title I of the Omnibus Crime 

22 Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968, as added by 

23 subsection (a); and 
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1 (2) section 401(b) of the Prioritizing Resources 

2 and Organization for Intellectual Property Act of 

3 2008 (34 U.S.C. 30103(b)). 

Attest: 

Secretary. 

115TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H.R. 1616 

AMENDMENT