In the Senate of the United States, 
October 2, 2017. 
Resolved, That the bill from the House of Representa-
tives (H.R. 1616) entitled ‘‘An Act to amend the Homeland 
Security Act of 2002 to authorize the National Computer 
Forensics Institute, and for other purposes.’’, do pass with 
the following 
AMENDMENT: 
Strike all after the enacting clause and insert the 
following: 
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:
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‘‘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.
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‘‘(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.
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‘‘(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.’’. 
SEC. 3. PREVENTION, INVESTIGATION, AND PROSECUTION 
OF ECONOMIC, HIGH TECHNOLOGY, INTER-
NET, AND OTHER WHITE COLLAR CRIME. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Title I of the Omnibus Crime 
Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (34 U.S.C. 10101 
et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following:
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‘‘PART MM—PREVENTION, INVESTIGATION, AND 
PROSECUTION OF WHITE COLLAR CRIME 
‘‘SEC. 3030. SHORT TITLE. 
‘‘This part may be cited as the ‘National White Collar 
Crime Control Act of 2017’. 
‘‘SEC. 3031. ESTABLISHMENT OF GRANT PROGRAM. 
‘‘(a) AUTHORIZATION.—The Director of the Bureau 
of Justice Assistance is authorized to enter into a coopera-
tive agreement with or make a grant to an eligible entity 
for the purpose of improving the identification, investiga-
tion, and prosecution of white collar crime (including each 
category of such crimes set forth in paragraphs (1) 
through (3) of subsection (b)) by providing comprehensive, 
direct, and practical training and technical assistance to 
law enforcement officers, investigators, auditors and pros-
ecutors in States and units of local government. 
‘‘(b) WHITE COLLAR CRIME DEFINED.—For pur-
poses of this part, the term ‘white collar crime’ includes— 
‘‘(1) high-tech crime, including cyber and elec-
tronic crime and related threats; 
‘‘(2) economic crime, including financial fraud 
and mortgage fraud; and 
‘‘(3) Internet-based crime against children and 
child pornography. 
‘‘SEC. 3032. PURPOSES. 
‘‘The purposes of this part include the following:
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‘‘(1) To ensure that training is available for 
State, local, tribal and territorial law enforcement 
agencies and officers nationwide to support local ef-
forts to identify, prevent, investigate, and prosecute 
cyber and financial crimes, including those crimes 
facilitated via computer networks and other elec-
tronic means, and crimes involving financial and eco-
nomic impacts such as intellectual property crimes. 
‘‘(2) To deliver training to State, local, tribal, 
and territorial law enforcement officers, and other 
criminal justice professionals concerning the use of 
proven methodologies to prevent, detect, and respond 
to such crimes, recognize emerging issues, manage 
electronic and financial crime evidence and to im-
prove local criminal justice agency responses to such 
threats. 
‘‘(3) To provide operational and technical as-
sistance and training concerning tools, products, re-
sources, guidelines, and procedures to aid and en-
hance criminal intelligence analysis, conduct cyber 
crime and financial crime investigations, and related 
justice information sharing at the local and State 
levels. 
‘‘(4) To provide appropriate training on protec-
tions for privacy, civil rights, and civil liberties in
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the conduct of criminal intelligence analysis and 
cyber and electronic crime and financial crime inves-
tigations, including in the development of policies, 
guidelines, and procedures by State, local, tribal, 
and territorial law enforcement agencies to protect 
and enhance privacy, civil rights, and civil liberties 
protections and identify weaknesses and gaps in the 
protection of privacy, civil rights, and civil liberties. 
‘‘SEC. 3033. AUTHORIZED PROGRAMS. 
‘‘A grant or cooperative agreement awarded under 
this part may be made only for the following programs, 
with respect to the prevention, investigation, and prosecu-
tion of certain criminal activities: 
‘‘(1) Programs to provide a nationwide support 
system for State and local criminal justice agencies. 
‘‘(2) Programs to assist State and local crimi-
nal justice agencies to develop, establish, and main-
tain intelligence-focused policing strategies and re-
lated information sharing. 
‘‘(3) Programs to provide training and inves-
tigative support services to State and local criminal 
justice agencies to provide such agencies with skills 
and resources needed to investigate and prosecute 
such criminal activities and related criminal activi-
ties.
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‘‘(4) Programs to provide research support, to 
establish partnerships, and to provide other re-
sources to aid State and local criminal justice agen-
cies to prevent, investigate, and prosecute such 
criminal activities and related problems. 
‘‘(5) Programs to provide information and re-
search to the general public to facilitate the preven-
tion of such criminal activities. 
‘‘(6) Programs to establish or support national 
training and research centers regionally to provide 
training and research services for State and local 
criminal justice agencies. 
‘‘(7) Programs to provide training and over-
sight to State and local criminal justice agencies to 
develop and comply with applicable privacy, civil 
rights, and civil liberties related policies, procedures, 
rules, laws, and guidelines. 
‘‘(8) Any other programs specified by the Attor-
ney General as furthering the purposes of this part. 
‘‘SEC. 3034. APPLICATION. 
‘‘To be eligible for an award of a grant or cooperative 
agreement under this part, an entity shall submit to the 
Director of the Bureau of Justice Assistance an applica-
tion in such form and manner, and containing such infor-
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mation, as required by the Director of the Bureau of Jus-
tice Assistance. 
‘‘SEC. 3035. ELIGIBILITY. 
‘‘States, units of local government, not-for-profit enti-
ties, and institutions of higher-education with dem-
onstrated capacity and experience in delivering training, 
technical assistance and other resources including direct, 
practical laboratory training to law enforcement officers, 
investigators, auditors and prosecutors in States and units 
of local government and over the Internet shall be eligible 
to receive an award under this part. 
‘‘SEC. 3036. RULES AND REGULATIONS. 
‘‘The Director of the Bureau of Justice Assistance 
shall promulgate such rules and regulations as are nec-
essary to carry out this part, including rules and regula-
tions for submitting and reviewing applications under sec-
tion 3035.’’. 
(b) AUTHORIZATION
OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 
are authorized to be appropriated $13,000,000 for each 
of fiscal years 2018 through 2022 to carry out — 
(1) part MM of title I of the Omnibus Crime 
Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968, as added by 
subsection (a); and
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(2) section 401(b) of the Prioritizing Resources 
and Organization for Intellectual Property Act of 
2008 (34 U.S.C. 30103(b)). 
Attest: 
Secretary.