ordination with appropriate components of the 
Department; and 
‘‘(D) is authorized to collaborate with the 
Department of Defense and the National Asso-
ciation to Protect Children for the purpose of 
recruiting, training, equipping, and hiring 
wounded, 
ill, 
and 
injured 
veterans 
and 
transitioning service members, through the 
Human Exploitation Rescue Operative (HERO) 
Child Rescue Corps program. 
‘‘(3) COOPERATIVE
AGREEMENTS.—The CFU 
is authorized to enter into cooperative agreements to 
accomplish the functions set forth in paragraph (2). 
‘‘(4) ACCEPTANCE OF GIFTS.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary is au-
thorized to accept monies and in-kind donations 
from the Virtual Global Task Force, national 
laboratories, Federal agencies, not-for-profit or-
ganizations, and educational institutions to cre-
ate and expand public awareness campaigns in 
support of the functions of the CFU. 
‘‘(B) EXEMPTION FROM FEDERAL ACQUISI-
TION
REGULATION.—Gifts authorized under 
subparagraph (A) shall not be subject to the 
Federal Acquisition Regulation for competition 
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when the services provided by the entities re-
ferred to in such subparagraph are donated or 
of minimal cost to the Department. 
‘‘(d) CYBER CRIMES UNIT.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall oper-
ate, within the Center, a Cyber Crimes Unit (re-
ferred to in this subsection as the ‘CCU’). 
‘‘(2) FUNCTIONS.—The CCU— 
‘‘(A) shall oversee the cyber security strat-
egy and cyber-related operations and programs 
for United States Immigration and Customs 
Enforcement; 
‘‘(B) shall enhance United States Immi-
gration and Customs Enforcement’s ability to 
combat criminal enterprises operating on or 
through the Internet, with specific focus in the 
areas of— 
‘‘(i) cyber economic crime; 
‘‘(ii) digital theft of intellectual prop-
erty; 
‘‘(iii) illicit e-commerce (including hid-
den marketplaces); 
‘‘(iv) internet-facilitated proliferation 
of arms and strategic technology; and 
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‘‘(v) cyber-enabled smuggling and 
money laundering; 
‘‘(C) shall provide training and technical 
support in cyber investigations to— 
‘‘(i) United States Immigration and 
Customs Enforcement personnel; and 
‘‘(ii) Federal, State, local, tribal, mili-
tary, and foreign law enforcement agency 
personnel engaged in the investigation of 
crimes within their respective jurisdictions, 
upon request and subject to the availability 
of funds; 
‘‘(D) shall participate in research and de-
velopment in the area of cyber investigations, in 
coordination with appropriate components of 
the Department; and 
‘‘(E) is authorized to recruit participants 
of the Human Exploitation Rescue Operative 
(HERO) Child Rescue Corps program for inves-
tigative and forensic positions in support of the 
functions of the CCU. 
‘‘(3) COOPERATIVE AGREEMENTS.—The CCU is 
authorized to enter into cooperative agreements to 
accomplish the functions set forth in paragraph 
(2).’’. 
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(b) TABLE OF CONTENTS AMENDMENT.—The table 
of contents in section 1(b) of the Homeland Security Act 
of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 101 note) is amended by adding after 
the item relating to section 890 the following: 
‘‘Sec. 890A. Cyber crimes center, child exploitation investigations unit, com-
puter forensics unit, and cyber crimes unit.’’. 
(c) HERO CORPS HIRING.—It is the sense of Con-
gress that Homeland Security Investigations of the United 
States Immigration and Customs Enforcement should 
hire, recruit, train, and equip wounded, ill, or injured mili-
tary veterans (as defined in section 101, title 38, United 
States Code) who are affiliated with the HERO Child Res-
cue Corps program for investigative, intelligence, analyst, 
and forensic positions. 
(d) INVESTIGATING CHILD EXPLOITATION.—Section 
307(b)(3) of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 
U.S.C. 187(b)(3)) is amended— 
(1) in subparagraph (B), by striking ‘‘and’’ at 
the end; 
(2) in subparagraph (C), by striking the period 
at the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 
(3) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(D) conduct research and development for 
the purpose of advancing technology for the in-
vestigation of child exploitation crimes, includ-
ing child victim identification, trafficking in 
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persons, and child pornography, and for ad-
vanced forensics.’’. 
Æ 
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