I 
111TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1779 
To provide for resources for the investigation and prosecution of financial 
crimes, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MARCH 30, 2009 
Mr. SCOTT of Virginia introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on Over-
sight and Government Reform and Financial Services, for a period to be 
subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration 
of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee con-
cerned 
A BILL 
To provide for resources for the investigation and prosecution 
of financial crimes, 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 ‘‘Financial Crimes Re-
sources Act of 2009’’. 
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SEC. 2. ADDITIONAL FUNDING FOR RESOURCES TO INVES-
TIGATE AND PROSECUTE CRIMINAL ACTIV-
ITY INVOLVING COMPUTERS, CRIMES OF 
FRAUD INVOLVING FEDERAL ECONOMIC AS-
SISTANCE AND RELIEF PROGRAMS, AND FI-
NANCIAL CRIMES. 
(a) ADDITIONAL FUNDING FOR RESOURCES.— 
(1) AUTHORIZATION.—For the purposes de-
scribed in subsection (b), there are authorized to be 
appropriated for each of the fiscal years 2010 
through 2012— 
(A) to the Director of the United States 
Secret Service, $20,000,000; 
(B) to the Director of the Federal Bureau 
of Investigation, $100,000,000; 
(C) to the Attorney General, for— 
(i) the Criminal Division of the De-
partment of Justice, $20,000,000; 
(ii) the Civil Division of the Depart-
ment of Justice, $15,000,000; 
(iii) the Tax Division of the Depart-
ment of Justice, $5,000,000; and 
(iv) the offices of the United States 
Attorneys, $50,000,000; 
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(D) to the Inspector General of the De-
partment of Housing and Urban Development, 
$30,000,000; 
(E) to the Chief Postal Inspector of the 
United 
States 
Postal 
Inspection 
Service, 
$30,000,000; and 
(F) to the Director of the Administrative 
Office 
of 
the 
United 
States 
Courts, 
$20,000,000. 
(2) 
ADDITIONAL
FUNDING
AND
AVAIL-
ABILITY.—The amounts authorized under paragraph 
(1) are in addition to amounts otherwise authorized 
in other Acts, and shall remain available until ex-
pended. 
(b) USE OF ADDITIONAL FUNDING.—Funds made 
available under subsection (a)(1) shall be used— 
(1) by the recipients described in subpara-
graphs (A) through (E) of such subsection, to pro-
vide for resources to investigate and prosecute crimi-
nal activity involving computers, crimes of fraud in-
volving Federal economic assistance and relief pro-
grams, and financial crimes, including mortgage 
fraud, securities fraud, and financial institution 
fraud; and 
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(2) by the recipient described in subparagraph 
(F) of such subsection, for costs associated with pro-
viding defense services in cases in which a defendant 
is charged with criminal activity involving com-
puters, crimes of fraud involving Federal economic 
assistance and relief programs, and financial crimes, 
including mortgage fraud, securities fraud, and fi-
nancial institution fraud. 
SEC. 3. GRANTS FOR STATE AND LOCAL LAW ENFORCE-
MENT. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Subject to the availability of 
amounts provided in advance in appropriations Acts, the 
Assistant Attorney General for the Office of Justice Pro-
grams of the Department of Justice may award grants 
to States to establish and develop programs to increase 
and enhance enforcement against criminal activity involv-
ing computers and financial crimes, including mortgage 
fraud, securities fraud, and financial institution fraud. 
(b) APPLICATION.—To be eligible for a grant under 
subsection (a), a State shall submit an application to the 
Assistant Attorney General for the Office of Justice Pro-
grams of the Department of Justice at such time, in such 
manner, and containing such information, including as de-
scribed in subsection (d), as the Assistant Attorney Gen-
eral may require. 
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(c) USE OF GRANT AMOUNTS.—A grant awarded to 
a State under subsection (a) shall be used by a State to 
establish and develop programs to— 
(1) assist State and local law enforcement agen-
cies in enforcing State and local criminal laws relat-
ing to criminal activity involving computers and fi-
nancial crimes; 
(2) assist State and local law enforcement agen-
cies in educating the public to prevent and identify 
criminal activity involving computers and financial 
crimes; 
(3) educate and train State and local law en-
forcement officers and prosecutors to conduct inves-
tigations, forensic analyses of evidence, and prosecu-
tions of criminal activity involving computers and fi-
nancial crimes; 
(4) assist State and local law enforcement offi-
cers and prosecutors in acquiring computer and 
other equipment to conduct investigations and foren-
sic analysis of evidence of criminal activity involving 
computers and financial crimes; 
(5) assist public defenders with providing de-
fense services to defendents in cases in which the de-
fendant is charged with criminal activity involving 
computers or a financial crime, including mortgage 
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fraud, securities fraud, and financial institution 
fraud; and 
(6) facilitate and promote communication be-
tween Federal, State, and local law enforcement to 
improve the sharing of Federal law enforcement ex-
pertise and information about the investigation, fo-
rensic analysis of evidence, and prosecution of crimi-
nal activity involving computers and financial crimes 
with State and local law enforcement officers and 
prosecutors, including the use of multi-jurisdictional 
task forces. 
(d) ASSURANCES AND ELIGIBILITY.—To be eligible 
to receive a grant under subsection (a), a State shall pro-
vide assurances to the Assistant Attorney General for the 
Office of Justice Programs of the Department of Justice 
that the State— 
(1) will provide an assessment of the resource 
needs of the State and units of local government 
within that State, including criminal justice re-
sources being devoted to the investigation and en-
forcement of laws related to criminal activity involv-
ing computers and financial crimes; 
(2) will develop a plan for coordinating the pro-
grams funded under this section with other federally 
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funded technical assistance and training programs; 
and 
(3) will submit to the Assistant Attorney Gen-
eral for the Office of Justice Programs of the De-
partment of Justice applicable reports in accordance 
with subsection (f). 
(e) MATCHING FUNDS.—The Federal share of a 
grant received under this section may not exceed 90 per-
cent of the total cost of a program or proposal funded 
under this section unless the Assistant Attorney General 
for the Office of Justice Programs of the Department of 
Justice waives, wholly or in part, the requirements of this 
subsection. 
(f) REPORTS.—For each year that a State receives 
a grant under subsection (a) for a program, the State shall 
submit to the Assistant Attorney General for the Office 
of Justice Programs of the Department of Justice a report 
on the results, including the effectiveness, of such program 
during such year. 
(g) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—There is authorized to be 
appropriated to carry out this section $250,000,000 
for each of the fiscal years 2010 through 2012. 
(2) LIMITATIONS.—Of the amount made avail-
able to carry out this section in any fiscal year, not 
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more than 3 percent may be used for salaries and 
administrative expenses for the Department of Jus-
tice. 
(3) MINIMUM AMOUNT.—Each State submitting 
an application for, and eligible to receive, a grant 
under this section for a fiscal year shall be allocated 
under this section, in each such fiscal year, not less 
than 0.75 percent of the total amount appropriated 
in such fiscal year for grants pursuant to this sec-
tion, except that not less than 0.25 percent of such 
total amount shall be allocated to the United States 
Virgin Islands, American Samoa, Guam, and the 
Northern Mariana Islands, collectively. 
(4) GRANTS
TO
INDIAN
TRIBES.—Notwith-
standing any other provision of this section, the As-
sistant Attorney General for the Office of Justice 
Programs of the Department of Justice may use 
amounts made available under this section to make 
grants to Indian tribes for use in accordance with 
this section. 
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