‘‘SEC. 890A. CYBER CRIMES CENTER, CHILD EXPLOITATION 
INVESTIGATIONS 
UNIT, 
COMPUTER 
FORENSICS UNIT, AND CYBER CRIMES UNIT. 
‘‘(a) CYBER CRIMES CENTER.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall oper-
ate, within United States Immigration and Customs 
Enforcement, a Cyber Crimes Center (referred to in 
this section as the ‘Center’). 
‘‘(2) PURPOSE.—The purpose of the Center 
shall be to provide investigative assistance, training, 
and equipment to support United States Immigra-
tion and Customs Enforcement’s domestic and inter-
national investigations of cyber-related crimes. 
‘‘(b) 
CHILD
EXPLOITATION
INVESTIGATIONS 
UNIT.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall oper-
ate, within the Center, a Child Exploitation Inves-
tigations Unit (referred to in this subsection as the 
‘CEIU’). 
‘‘(2) FUNCTIONS.—The CEIU— 
‘‘(A) shall coordinate all United States Im-
migration and Customs Enforcement child ex-
ploitation initiatives, including investigations 
into— 
‘‘(i) child exploitation; 
‘‘(ii) child pornography; 
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‘‘(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, upon request; 
‘‘(C) shall provide training, technical ex-
pertise, support, or coordination of child exploi-
tation investigations, as needed, to cooperating 
law enforcement agencies and personnel; 
‘‘(D) shall provide psychological support 
and counseling services for United States Immi-
gration and Customs Enforcement personnel 
engaged in child exploitation prevention initia-
tives, including making available other existing 
services to assist employees who are exposed to 
child exploitation material during investigations; 
‘‘(E) is authorized to collaborate with the 
Department of Defense and the National Asso-
ciation to Protect Children for the purpose of 
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the recruiting, training, equipping and hiring of 
wounded, 
ill, 
and 
injured 
veterans 
and 
transitioning service members, through the 
Human Exploitation Rescue Operative (HERO) 
Child Rescue Corps program; and 
‘‘(F) shall collaborate with other govern-
mental, nongovernmental, and nonprofit entities 
approved by the Secretary for the sponsorship 
of, and participation in, outreach and training 
activities. 
‘‘(3) DATA COLLECTION.—The CEIU shall col-
lect and maintain data concerning— 
‘‘(A) the total number of suspects identi-
fied by United States Immigration and Customs 
Enforcement; 
‘‘(B) the number of arrests by United 
States Immigration and Customs Enforcement, 
disaggregated by type, including— 
‘‘(i) the number of victims identified 
through investigations carried out by 
United States Immigration and Customs 
Enforcement; and 
‘‘(ii) the number of suspects arrested 
who were in positions of trust or authority 
over children; 
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‘‘(C) the number of cases opened for inves-
tigation by United States Immigration and Cus-
toms 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 submitting the reports required under 
paragraph (7), the CEIU shall make the data col-
lected and maintained under paragraph (3) available 
to the committees of Congress described in para-
graph (7). 
‘‘(5) COOPERATIVE AGREEMENTS.—The CEIU 
is authorized to enter into cooperative agreements to 
accomplish the functions set forth in paragraphs (2) 
and (3). 
‘‘(6) ACCEPTANCE OF GIFTS.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary is au-
thorized to accept monies and in-kind donations 
from the Virtual Global Taskforce, national lab-
oratories, Federal agencies, not-for-profit orga-
nizations, and educational institutions to create 
and expand public awareness campaigns in sup-
port of the functions of the CEIU. 
‘‘(B) EXEMPTION FROM FEDERAL ACQUISI-
TION
REGULATION.—Gifts authorized under 
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subparagraph (A) shall not be subject to the 
Federal Acquisition Regulation for competition 
when the services provided by the entities re-
ferred to in such subparagraph are donated or 
of minimal cost to the Department. 
‘‘(7) REPORTS.—Not later than 1 year after the 
date of the enactment of the HERO Act of 2015, 
and annually for the following 4 years, the CEIU 
shall— 
‘‘(A) submit a report containing a sum-
mary of the data collected pursuant to para-
graph (3) during the previous year to— 
‘‘(i) the Committee on Homeland Se-
curity and Governmental Affairs of the 
Senate; 
‘‘(ii) the Committee on the Judiciary 
of the Senate; 
‘‘(iii) the Committee on Appropria-
tions of the Senate; 
‘‘(iv) the Committee on Homeland Se-
curity of the House of Representatives; 
‘‘(v) the Committee on the Judiciary 
of the House of Representatives; and 
‘‘(vi) the Committee on Appropria-
tions of the House of Representatives; 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 oper-
ate, within 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) 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; 
‘‘(B) shall provide computer hardware, 
software, and forensic licenses for all computer 
forensics personnel within United States Immi-
gration and Customs Enforcement; 
‘‘(C) shall participate in research and de-
velopment in the area of digital forensics, in co-
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