SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Strengthening State 
and Local Cyber Crime Fighting Act of 2017’’. 
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 authorized for fiscal 
years 2017 through 2022 within the United States Secret 
Service a National Computer Forensics Institute (in this 
section referred to as the ‘Institute’). The Institute shall 
disseminate information related to the investigation and 
prevention of cyber and electronic crime and related 
threats, and 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;
‘‘(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 
specified in subsection (b), the Institute shall ensure, to 
the extent practicable, that timely, actionable, and rel-
evant expertise and information related to cyber and elec-
tronic crime and related threats is shared with State, local,
tribal, and territorial law enforcement officers and pros-
ecutors. 
‘‘(d) EQUIPMENT.—The Institute may provide State, 
local, tribal, and territorial law enforcement officers with 
computer equipment, hardware, software, manuals, and 
tools necessary to conduct cyber and electronic crime and 
related threat investigations and computer and mobile de-
vice forensic examinations. 
‘‘(e) ELECTRONIC CRIME TASK FORCES.—The Insti-
tute shall facilitate the expansion of the network of Elec-
tronic Crime Task Forces of the United States Secret 
Service through the addition of State, local, tribal, and 
territorial law enforcement officers educated and trained 
at the Institute. 
‘‘(f) SAVINGS PROVISION.—All authorized activities 
and functions carried out by the Institute at any location 
as of the day before the date of the enactment of this sec-
tion are authorized to continue to be carried out at any 
such location on and after such date.’’. 
(b) FUNDING.—For each of fiscal years 2018 
through 2022, amounts appropriated for United States 
Secret Service, Operations and Support, may be used to 
carry out this Act and the amendments made by this Act. 
(c) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of contents 
in section 1(b) of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6
U.S.C. 101 et seq.) is amended by inserting after the item 
relating to section 821 the following new item: 
‘‘Sec. 822. National Computer Forensics Institute.’’. 
Passed the House of Representatives May 16, 2017. 
Attest: 
Clerk.
115TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 1616 
AN ACT 
To amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to 
authorize the National Computer Forensics Insti-
tute, and for other purposes.