I 
115TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1616 
To amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to authorize the National 
Computer Forensics Institute, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MARCH 17, 2017 
Mr. RATCLIFFE (for himself and Mr. PALMER) introduced the following bill; 
which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition 
to the Committee on Homeland Security, for a period to be subsequently 
determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provi-
sions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned 
A BILL 
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, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Strengthening State 
and Local Cyber Crime Fighting Act of 2017’’. 
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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 in the Department a 
National Computer Forensics Institute (in this section re-
ferred to as the ‘Institute’), to be operated by the United 
States Secret Service. The Institute shall disseminate 
homeland security 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-
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‘‘(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 activities and func-
tions carried out by the Institute at any location as of 
the day before the date of the enactment of this section 
are authorized to continue to be carried out at any such 
location on and after such date.’’. 
(b) NO ADDITIONAL FUNDING.—No additional funds 
are authorized to be appropriated to carry out this Act 
and the amendments made by this Act. This Act and such 
amendments shall be carried out using amounts otherwise 
available for such purposes. 
(c) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of contents 
in section 1(b) of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 
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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.’’. 
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