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(C) the extent to which border security threats are having a sig-
nificant harmful impact in the jurisdiction in which the BEST 
unit is to be established, and other jurisdictions in the country; 
and 
(D) whether or not an Integrated Border Enforcement Team al-
ready exists in the area in which the BEST unit would be estab-
lished. 
(3) DUPLICATION OF EFFORTS.—In determining whether to establish 
a new BEST unit or to expand an existing BEST unit in a given juris-
diction, the Secretary shall ensure that the BEST unit under consider-
ation does not duplicate the efforts of other existing interagency task 
forces or centers within that jurisdiction. 
(c) OPERATION.—After determining the jurisdictions in which to establish 
BEST units under subsection (b)(2), and in order to provide Federal assist-
ance to the jurisdictions, the Secretary may— 
(1) direct the assignment of Federal personnel to BEST, subject to 
the approval of the head of the department or agency that employs 
such personnel; and 
(2) take other actions to assist Federal, State, local, and tribal enti-
ties to participate in BEST, including providing financial assistance, as 
appropriate, for operational, administrative, and technological costs as-
sociated with the participation of Federal, State, local, and tribal law 
enforcement agencies in BEST 
(d) REPORT.—Not later than June 6, 2017, and 2018, the Secretary 
shall submit a report to Congress that describes the effectiveness of BEST 
in enhancing border security and reducing the drug trafficking, arms smug-
gling, illegal alien trafficking and smuggling, violence, and kidnapping along 
and across the international borders of the United States, as measured by 
crime statistics, including violent deaths, incidents of violence, and drug-re-
lated arrests. 
§ 10986. Cyber Crimes Center 
(a) IN GENERAL.— 
(1) ESTABLISHMENT.—The Secretary shall operate, in U.S. Immi-
gration and Customs Enforcement, a Cyber Crimes Center (referred to 
in this section as the ‘‘Center’’). 
(2) PURPOSE.—The purpose of the Center is to provide investigative 
assistance, training, and equipment to support U.S. Immigration and 
Customs Enforcement’s domestic and international investigations of 
cyber-related crimes. 
(b) CHILD EXPLOITATION INVESTIGATIONS UNIT 
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(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall operate, in the Center, a 
Child Exploitation Investigations Unit (referred to in this subsection as 
the ‘‘CEIU’’). 
(2) FUNCTIONS.—The CEIU— 
(A) shall coordinate all U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforce-
ment child exploitation initiatives, including investigations into— 
(i) child exploitation; 
(ii) child pornography; 
(iii) child victim identification; 
(iv) traveling child sex offenders; and 
(v) forced child labor, including the sexual exploitation of 
minors; 
(B) shall, among other things, focus on— 
(i) child exploitation prevention; 
(ii) investigative capacity building; 
(iii) enforcement operations; and 
(iv) training for Federal, State, local, tribal, and foreign 
law enforcement agency personnel, on request; 
(C) shall provide training, technical expertise, support, or co-
ordination of child exploitation investigations, as needed, to co-
operating law enforcement agencies and personnel; 
(D) shall provide psychological support and counseling services 
for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement personnel en-
gaged in child exploitation prevention initiatives, including making 
available other existing services to assist employees who are ex-
posed to child exploitation material during investigations; 
(E) may collaborate with the Department of Defense and the 
National Association to Protect Children for the purpose of the re-
cruiting, training, equipping and hiring of wounded, ill, and in-
jured veterans and transitioning service members, through the 
Human Exploitation Rescue Operative (HERO) Child Rescue 
Corps program; and 
(F) shall collaborate with other governmental, nongovernmental, 
and nonprofit entities approved by the Secretary for the sponsor-
ship of, and participation in, outreach and training activities. 
(3) DATA COLLECTION.—The CEIU shall collect and maintain data 
concerning— 
(A) the total number of suspects identified by U.S. Immigration 
and Customs Enforcement; 
(B) the number of arrests by U.S. Immigration and Customs 
Enforcement, disaggregated by type, including— 
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(i) the number of victims identified through investigations 
carried out by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement; 
and 
(ii) the number of suspects arrested who were in positions 
of trust or authority over children; 
(C) the number of cases opened for investigation by U.S. Immi-
gration and Customs Enforcement; and 
(D) the number of cases resulting in a Federal, State, foreign, 
or military prosecution. 
(4) AVAILABILITY OF DATA TO CONGRESS.—In addition to submit-
ting the reports required under paragraph (7), the CEIU shall make 
the data collected and maintained under paragraph (3) available to the 
committees of Congress described in paragraph (7). 
(5) COOPERATIVE AGREEMENTS.—The CEIU may enter into cooper-
ative agreements to accomplish the functions set forth in paragraphs 
(2) and (3). 
(6) ACCEPTANCE OF GIFTS.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary may accept money and in- 
kind donations from the Virtual Global Taskforce, national labora-
tories, Federal agencies, not-for-profit organizations, and edu-
cational institutions to create and expand public awareness cam-
paigns in support of the functions of the CEIU. 
(B) EXEMPTION FROM FEDERAL ACQUISITION REGULATION.— 
Gifts authorized under subparagraph (A) are not subject to the 
Federal Acquisition Regulation for competition when the services 
provided by the entities referred to in subparagraph (A) are do-
nated or of minimal cost to the Department. 
(7) REPORTS.—Not later than May 29, 2017, 2018, 2019, and 
2020, the CEIU shall— 
(A) submit a report containing a summary of the data collected 
pursuant to paragraph (3) during the previous year to— 
(i) the Committee on Homeland Security and Govern-
mental Affairs of the Senate; 
(ii) the Committee on the Judiciary of the Senate; 
(iii) the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate; 
(iv) the Committee on Homeland Security of the House of 
Representatives; 
(v) the Committee on the Judiciary of the House of Rep-
resentatives; and 
(vi) the Committee on Appropriations of the House of Rep-
resentatives; and 
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(B) make a copy of each report submitted under subparagraph 
(A) publicly available on the website of the Department. 
(c) COMPUTER FORENSICS UNIT.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall operate, in the Center, a 
Computer Forensics Unit (referred to in this subsection as the 
‘‘CFU’’). 
(2) FUNCTIONS.—The CFU— 
(A) shall provide training and technical support in digital 
forensics to— 
(i) U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement personnel; 
and 
(ii) Federal, State, local, tribal, military, and foreign law 
enforcement agency personnel engaged in the investigation of 
crimes within their respective jurisdictions, on request and 
subject to the availability of funds; 
(B) shall provide computer hardware, software, and forensic li-
censes for all computer forensics personnel in U.S. Immigration 
and Customs Enforcement; 
(C) shall participate in research and development in the area of 
digital forensics, in coordination with appropriate components of 
the Department; and 
(D) may collaborate with the Department of Defense and the 
National Association to Protect Children for the purpose of re-
cruiting, training, equipping, and hiring wounded, ill, and injured 
veterans and transitioning service members, through the Human 
Exploitation Rescue Operative (HERO) Child Rescue Corps pro-
gram. 
(3) COOPERATIVE AGREEMENTS.—The CFU may enter into coopera-
tive agreements to accomplish the functions set forth in paragraph (2). 
(4) ACCEPTANCE OF GIFTS.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary may accept money and in- 
kind donations from the Virtual Global Task Force, national lab-
oratories, Federal agencies, not-for-profit organizations, and edu-
cational institutions to create and expand public awareness cam-
paigns in support of the functions of the CFU. 
(B) EXEMPTION FROM FEDERAL ACQUISITION REGULATION.— 
Gifts authorized under subparagraph (A) are not subject to the 
Federal Acquisition Regulation for competition when the services 
provided by the entities referred to in subparagraph (A) are do-
nated or of minimal cost to the Department. 
(d) CYBER CRIMES UNIT.— 
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