IIB 
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. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Strengthening State 
and Local Cyber Crime Fighting Act’’. 
SEC. 2. AUTHORIZATION OF THE NATIONAL COMPUTER 
FORENSICS INSTITUTE OF THE DEPARTMENT 
OF HOMELAND SECURITY. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Subtitle C of title VIII of the 
Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 381 et seq.) 
is amended by adding at the end the following new section: 
‘‘SEC. 822. NATIONAL COMPUTER FORENSICS INSTITUTE. 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—There is established in the De-
partment a National Computer Forensics Institute (in this 
section referred to as the ‘Institute’), to be operated by 
the United States Secret Service, for the dissemination of 
homeland security information related to the investigation 
and prevention of cyber and electronic crime and related 
threats to educate, train, and equip State, local, tribal, 
and territorial law enforcement officers, prosecutors, and 
judges. 
‘‘(b) FUNCTIONS.—The functions of the Institute 
shall include the following: 
‘‘(1) Educating State, local, tribal, and terri-
torial law enforcement officers, prosecutors, and 
judges on current— 
‘‘(A) cyber and electronic crimes and re-
lated threats; 
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‘‘(B) methods for investigating cyber and 
electronic crime and related threats and con-
ducting computer and mobile device forensic ex-
aminations; and 
‘‘(C) prosecutorial and judicial challenges 
related to cyber and electronic crime and re-
lated threats, and computer and mobile device 
forensic examinations. 
‘‘(2) Training State, local, tribal, and territorial 
law enforcement officers to— 
‘‘(A) conduct cyber and electronic crime 
and related threat investigations; 
‘‘(B) conduct computer and mobile device 
forensic examinations; and 
‘‘(C) respond to network intrusion inci-
dents. 
‘‘(3) Training State, local, tribal, and territorial 
law enforcement officers, prosecutors, and judges on 
methods to obtain, process, store, and admit digital 
evidence in court. 
‘‘(c) PRINCIPLES.—In carrying out the functions 
under subsection (b), the Institute shall ensure, to the ex-
tent practicable, that timely, actionable, and relevant ex-
pertise and homeland security information related to cyber 
and electronic crime and related threats is shared with 
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State, local, tribal, and territorial law enforcement offi-
cers, prosecutors, and judges. 
‘‘(d) EQUIPMENT.—The Institute is authorized to 
provide State, local, tribal, and territorial law enforcement 
officers, prosecutors, and judges with computer equip-
ment, hardware, software, manuals, and tools necessary 
to conduct cyber and electronic crime and related threats 
investigations and computer and mobile device forensic ex-
aminations. 
‘‘(e) ELECTRONIC CRIME TASK FORCES.—The Insti-
tute shall facilitate the expansion of the Secret Service’s 
network of Electronic Crime Task Forces through the ad-
dition of task force officers of State, local, tribal, and ter-
ritorial law enforcement officers, prosecutors, and judges 
educated and trained at the Institute, in addition to aca-
demia and private sector stakeholders. 
‘‘(f) COORDINATION WITH FEDERAL LAW ENFORCE-
MENT TRAINING CENTER.—The Institute shall seek op-
portunities to coordinate with the Federal Law Enforce-
ment Training Center within the Department to help en-
hance, to the extent practicable, the training provided by 
the Center to stakeholders, including by helping to ensure 
that such training reflects timely, actionable, and relevant 
expertise in homeland security information related to 
cyber and electronic crime and related threats.’’. 
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(b) NO ADDITIONAL FUNDING.—No additional funds 
are authorized to be appropriated to carry out this Act 
and the amendment made by this Act. This Act and such 
amendment shall be carried out using amounts otherwise 
available for such purposes. 
(c) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of contents 
of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 is amended by in-
serting after the item relating to section 821 the following 
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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