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114TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 4740 
To direct the Attorney General to make grants to States and units of 
local government for the prevention, enforcement, and prosecution of 
cybercrimes against individuals, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MARCH 15, 2016 
Ms. CLARK of Massachusetts introduced the following bill; which was referred 
to the Committee on the Judiciary 
A BILL 
To direct the Attorney General to make grants to States 
and units of local government for the prevention, enforce-
ment, and prosecution of cybercrimes against individuals, 
and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Cybercrime Enforce-
ment Training Assistance Act of 2016’’. 
SEC. 2. LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT GRANTS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Subject to the availability of ap-
propriations, the Attorney General shall award grants 
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under this section to States and units of local government 
for the prevention, enforcement, and prosecution of 
cybercrimes against individuals. 
(b) APPLICATION.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—To request a grant under 
this section, the chief executive officer of a State or 
unit of local government shall submit an application 
to the Attorney General within 90 days after the 
date on which funds to carry out this section are ap-
propriated for a fiscal year, in such form as the At-
torney General may require. Such application shall 
include the following: 
(A) A certification that Federal funds 
made available under this section will not be 
used to supplant State or local funds, but will 
be used to increase the amounts of such funds 
that would, in the absence of Federal funds, be 
made available for law enforcement activities. 
(B) An assurance that, not fewer than 30 
days before the application (or any amendment 
to the application) was submitted to the Attor-
ney General, the application (or amendment) 
was submitted for review to the governing body 
of the State or unit of local government (or to 
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an organization designated by that governing 
body). 
(C) An assurance that, before the applica-
tion (or any amendment to the application) was 
submitted to the Attorney General— 
(i) the application (or amendment) 
was made public; and 
(ii) an opportunity to comment on the 
application (or amendment) was provided 
to citizens and to neighborhood or commu-
nity-based organizations, to the extent ap-
plicable law or established procedure 
makes such an opportunity available. 
(D) An assurance that, for each fiscal year 
covered by an application, the applicant shall 
maintain and report such data, records, and in-
formation (programmatic and financial) as the 
Attorney General may reasonably require. 
(E) A certification, made in a form accept-
able to the Attorney General and executed by 
the chief executive officer of the applicant (or 
by another officer of the applicant, if qualified 
under regulations promulgated by the Attorney 
General), that— 
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(i) the programs to be funded by the 
grant meet all the requirements of this sec-
tion; 
(ii) all the information contained in 
the application is correct; 
(iii) there has been appropriate co-
ordination with affected agencies; and 
(iv) the applicant will comply with all 
provisions of this section and all other ap-
plicable Federal laws. 
(F) A certification that the State or in the 
case of a unit of local government, the State in 
which the unit of local government is located, 
has in effect criminal laws which prohibit 
cybercrimes against individuals. 
(G) A certification that any equipment de-
scribed in subsection (c)(7) purchased using 
grant funds awarded under this section will be 
used primarily for investigations and forensic 
analysis of evidence in matters involving 
cybercrimes against individuals. 
(c) USE OF FUNDS.—Grants awarded under this sec-
tion may only be used for programs that provide— 
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(1) training for State or local law enforcement 
personnel relating to cybercrimes against individuals, 
including— 
(A) training such personnel to identify and 
protect victims of cybercrimes against individ-
uals; 
(B) training such personnel to utilize Fed-
eral, State, local, and other resources to assist 
victims of cybercrimes against individuals; 
(C) training such personnel to identify and 
investigate cybercrimes against individuals; 
(D) training such personnel to enforce and 
utilize the laws that prohibit cybercrimes 
against individuals; 
(E) training such personnel to utilize tech-
nology to assist in the investigation of 
cybercrimes against individuals and enforce-
ment of laws that prohibit such crimes; and 
(F) the payment of overtime incurred as a 
result of such training; 
(2) training for State or local prosecutors, 
judges, 
and 
judicial 
personnel, 
relating 
to 
cybercrimes against individuals, including— 
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(A) training such personnel to identify, in-
vestigate, prosecute, or adjudicate cybercrimes 
against individuals; 
(B) training such personnel to utilize laws 
that prohibit cybercrimes against individuals; 
(C) training such personnel to utilize Fed-
eral, State, local, and other resources to assist 
victims of cybercrimes against individuals; and 
(D) training such personnel to utilize tech-
nology to assist in the prosecution or adjudica-
tion of acts of cybercrimes against individuals, 
including the use of technology to protect vic-
tims of such crimes; 
(3) training for State or local emergency dis-
patch personnel relating to cybercrimes against indi-
viduals, including— 
(A) training such personnel to identify and 
protect victims of cybercrimes against individ-
uals; 
(B) training such personnel to utilize Fed-
eral, State, local, and other resources to assist 
victims of cybercrimes against individuals; 
(C) training such personnel to utilize tech-
nology to assist in the identification of and re-
sponse to cybercrimes against individuals; and 
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(D) the payment of overtime incurred as a 
result of such training; 
(4) assistance to State or local law enforcement 
agencies in enforcing laws that prohibit cybercrimes 
against individuals, including expenses incurred in 
performing enforcement operations, such as overtime 
payments; 
(5) assistance to State or local law enforcement 
agencies in educating the public in order to prevent, 
deter, and identify violations of laws that prohibit 
cybercrimes against individuals; 
(6) assistance to State or local law enforcement 
agencies to establish task forces that operate solely 
to conduct investigations, forensic analyses of evi-
dence, and prosecutions in matters involving 
cybercrimes against individuals; 
(7) assistance to State or local law enforcement 
and prosecutors in acquiring computers, computer 
equipment, and other equipment necessary to con-
duct investigations and forensic analysis of evidence 
in matters involving cybercrimes against individuals, 
including expenses incurred in the training, mainte-
nance, or acquisition of technical updates necessary 
for the use of such equipment for the duration of a 
reasonable period of use of such equipment; 
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(8) assistance in the facilitation and promotion 
of sharing, with State and local law enforcement of-
ficers and prosecutors, of the expertise and informa-
tion of Federal law enforcement agencies about the 
investigation, analysis, and prosecution of matters 
involving laws that prohibit cybercrimes against indi-
viduals, including the use of multijurisdictional task 
forces; or 
(9) assistance to State and local law enforce-
ment and prosecutors in processing interstate extra-
dition requests for violations of laws involving 
cybercrimes against individuals, including expenses 
incurred in the extradition of an offender from one 
State to another. 
(d) REPORT TO THE SECRETARY.—On the date that 
is one year after the date on which a State or unit of local 
government receives a grant under this section, and annu-
ally thereafter, the chief executive of such State or unit 
of local government shall submit to the Attorney General 
a report which contains— 
(1) a summary of the activities carried out dur-
ing the previous year with any grant received by 
such State or unit of local government; 
(2) an evaluation of the results of such activi-
ties; and 
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(3) such other information as the Attorney 
General may reasonably require. 
(e) REPORT TO CONGRESS.—Not later than Novem-
ber 1 of each even-numbered fiscal year, the Attorney 
General shall submit to the Committee on the Judiciary 
of the House of Representatives and the Committee on 
the Judiciary of the Senate a report that contains a com-
pilation of the information contained in the report sub-
mitted under subsection (d). 
(f) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—There are authorized to be 
appropriated to carry out this section $20,000,000 
for each of fiscal years 2017 through 2021. 
(2) LIMITATION.—Of the amount made avail-
able under paragraph (1) in any fiscal year, not 
more than 5 percent may be used for evaluation, 
monitoring, technical assistance, salaries, and ad-
ministrative expenses. 
(g) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) The term ‘‘cybercrimes against individuals’’ 
means the criminal offenses applicable in the rel-
evant State or unit of local government that involve 
the use of a computer to cause personal harm to an 
individual, such as the use of a computer to harass, 
threaten, stalk, extort, coerce, cause fear, intimidate, 
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without consent distribute intimate images of, or vio-
late the privacy of, an individual, except that— 
(A) use of a computer need not be an ele-
ment of such an offense; and 
(B) such term does not include the use of 
a computer to cause harm to a commercial enti-
ty, government agency, or any non-natural per-
sons. 
(2) The term ‘‘computer’’ includes a computer 
network and an interactive electronic device. 
SEC. 3. NATIONAL RESOURCE CENTER GRANT. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Subject to the availability of ap-
propriations, the Attorney General shall award a grant 
under this section to an eligible entity for the purpose of 
the establishment and maintenance of a National Re-
source Center on Cybercrimes Against Individuals to pro-
vide resource information, training, and technical assist-
ance to improve the capacity of individuals, organizations, 
governmental entities, and communities to prevent, en-
force, and prosecute cybercrimes against individuals. 
(b) APPLICATION.—To request a grant under this 
section, an eligible entity shall submit an application to 
the Attorney General not later than 90 days after the date 
on which funds to carry out this section are appropriated 
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for fiscal year 2017 in such form as the Attorney General 
may require. Such application shall include the following: 
(1) An assurance that, for each fiscal year cov-
ered by an application, the applicant shall maintain 
and report such data, records, and information (pro-
grammatic and financial) as the Attorney General 
may reasonably require. 
(2) A certification, made in a form acceptable 
to the Attorney General, that— 
(A) the programs funded by the grant 
meet all the requirements of this section; 
(B) all the information contained in the 
application is correct; and 
(C) the applicant will comply with all pro-
visions of this section and all other applicable 
Federal laws. 
(c) USE OF FUNDS.—The eligible entity awarded a 
grant under this section shall use such amounts for the 
establishment and maintenance of a National Resource 
Center on Cybercrimes Against Individuals, which shall— 
(1) offer a comprehensive array of technical as-
sistance and training resources to Federal, State, 
and local governmental agencies, community-based 
organizations, and other professionals and interested 
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parties, related to cybercrimes against individuals, 
including programs and research related to victims; 
(2) maintain a resource library which shall col-
lect, prepare, analyze, and disseminate information 
and statistics related to— 
(A) the incidence of cybercrimes against 
individuals; 
(B) the enforcement, and prosecution of 
laws relating to cybercrimes against individuals; 
and 
(C) the provision of supportive services and 
resources for victims of cybercrimes against in-
dividuals; and 
(3) conduct research related to— 
(A) the causes of cybercrimes against indi-
viduals; 
(B) the effect of cybercrimes against indi-
viduals on victims of such crimes; and 
(C) model solutions to prevent or deter 
cybercrimes against individuals or to enforce 
the laws relating to cybercrimes against individ-
uals. 
(d) DURATION OF GRANT.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The grant awarded under 
this section shall be awarded for a period of 5 years. 
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(2) RENEWAL.—A grant under this section may 
be renewed for additional 5-year periods if the At-
torney General determines that the funds made 
available to the recipient were used in a manner de-
scribed in subsection (c), and if the recipient resub-
mits an application described in subsection (b) in 
such form, and at such time as the Attorney General 
may reasonably require. 
(e) SUBGRANTS.—The eligible entity awarded a grant 
under this section may make subgrants to other nonprofit 
private organizations with relevant subject matter exper-
tise in order to establish and maintain the National Re-
source Center on Cybercrimes Against Individuals in ac-
cordance with subsection (c). 
(f) REPORT TO THE SECRETARY.—On the date that 
is one year after the date on which an eligible entity re-
ceives a grant under this section, and annually thereafter 
for the duration of the grant period, the entity shall sub-
mit to the Attorney General a report which contains— 
(1) a summary of the activities carried out 
under the grant program during the previous year; 
(2) an evaluation of the results of such activi-
ties; and 
(3) such other information as the Attorney 
General may reasonably require. 
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(g) REPORT TO CONGRESS.—Not later than Novem-
ber 1 of each even-numbered fiscal year, the Attorney 
General shall submit to the Committee on the Judiciary 
of the House of Representatives and the Committee on 
the Judiciary of the Senate a report that contains a com-
pilation of the information contained in the report sub-
mitted under subsection (d). 
(h) AUTHORIZATION
OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 
are authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section 
$4,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2017 through 2021. 
(i) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) CYBERCRIMES AGAINST INDIVIDUALS.—The 
term ‘‘cybercrimes against individuals’’ has the 
meaning given such term in section 2(g). 
(2) ELIGIBLE ENTITY.—The term ‘‘eligible enti-
ty’’ means a nonprofit private organization that fo-
cuses on cybercrimes against individuals and that— 
(A) provides documentation to the Attor-
ney General demonstrating experience working 
directly on issues of cybercrimes against indi-
viduals; and 
(B) includes on the entity’s advisory board 
representatives who have a documented history 
of working directly on issues of cybercrimes 
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against individuals and who are geographically 
and culturally diverse. 
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