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(1) The term ‘‘cybercrimes against individuals’’ 
means the criminal offenses applicable in the rel-
evant State or unit of local government that involve 
the use of a computer to cause personal harm to an 
individual, such as the use of a computer to harass, 
threaten, stalk, extort, coerce, cause fear, intimidate, 
without consent distribute intimate images of, or vio-
late the privacy of, an individual, except that— 
(A) use of a computer need not be an ele-
ment of such an offense; and 
(B) such term does not include the use of 
a computer to cause harm to a commercial enti-
ty, government agency, or any non-natural per-
sons. 
(2) The term ‘‘computer’’ includes a computer 
network and an interactive electronic device. 
SEC. 1502. NATIONAL RESOURCE CENTER GRANT. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Subject to the availability of ap-
propriations, the Attorney General shall award a grant 
under this section to an eligible entity for the purpose of 
the establishment and maintenance of a National Re-
source Center on Cybercrimes Against Individuals to pro-
vide resource information, training, and technical assist-
ance to improve the capacity of individuals, organizations, 
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governmental entities, and communities to prevent, en-
force, and prosecute cybercrimes against individuals. 
(b) APPLICATION.—To request a grant under this 
section, an eligible entity shall submit an application to 
the Attorney General not later than 90 days after the date 
on which funds to carry out this section are appropriated 
for fiscal year 2022 in such form as the Attorney General 
may require. Such application shall include the following: 
(1) An assurance that, for each fiscal year cov-
ered by an application, the applicant shall maintain 
and report such data, records, and information (pro-
grammatic and financial) as the Attorney General 
may reasonably require. 
(2) A certification, made in a form acceptable 
to the Attorney General, that— 
(A) the programs funded by the grant 
meet all the requirements of this section; 
(B) all the information contained in the 
application is correct; and 
(C) the applicant will comply with all pro-
visions of this section and all other applicable 
Federal laws. 
(c) USE OF FUNDS.—The eligible entity awarded a 
grant under this section shall use such amounts for the 
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establishment and maintenance of a National Resource 
Center on Cybercrimes Against Individuals, which shall— 
(1) offer a comprehensive array of technical as-
sistance and training resources to Federal, State, 
and local governmental agencies, community-based 
organizations, and other professionals and interested 
parties, related to cybercrimes against individuals, 
including programs and research related to victims; 
(2) maintain a resource library which shall col-
lect, prepare, analyze, and disseminate information 
and statistics related to— 
(A) the incidence of cybercrimes against 
individuals; 
(B) the enforcement, and prosecution of 
laws relating to cybercrimes against individuals; 
and 
(C) the provision of supportive services and 
resources for victims of cybercrimes against in-
dividuals; and 
(3) conduct research related to— 
(A) the causes of cybercrimes against indi-
viduals; 
(B) the effect of cybercrimes against indi-
viduals on victims of such crimes; and 
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(C) model solutions to prevent or deter 
cybercrimes against individuals or to enforce 
the laws relating to cybercrimes against individ-
uals. 
(d) DURATION OF GRANT.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The grant awarded under 
this section shall be awarded for a period of 5 years. 
(2) RENEWAL.—A grant under this section may 
be renewed for additional 5-year periods if the At-
torney General determines that the funds made 
available to the recipient were used in a manner de-
scribed in subsection (c), and if the recipient resub-
mits an application described in subsection (b) in 
such form, and at such time as the Attorney General 
may reasonably require. 
(e) SUBGRANTS.—The eligible entity awarded a grant 
under this section may make subgrants to other nonprofit 
private organizations with relevant subject matter exper-
tise in order to establish and maintain the National Re-
source Center on Cybercrimes Against Individuals in ac-
cordance with subsection (c). 
(f) REPORT TO THE SECRETARY.—On the date that 
is 1 year after the date on which an eligible entity receives 
a grant under this section, and annually thereafter for the 
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duration of the grant period, the entity shall submit to 
the Attorney General a report which contains— 
(1) a summary of the activities carried out 
under the grant program during the previous year; 
(2) an evaluation of the results of such activi-
ties; and 
(3) such other information as the Attorney 
General may reasonably require. 
(g) REPORT TO CONGRESS.—Not later than Novem-
ber 1 of each even-numbered fiscal year, the Attorney 
General shall submit to the Committee on the Judiciary 
of the House of Representatives and the Committee on 
the Judiciary of the Senate a report that contains a com-
pilation of the information contained in the report sub-
mitted under subsection (d). 
(h) AUTHORIZATION
OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 
are authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section 
$4,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2022 through 2026. 
(i) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) CYBERCRIMES AGAINST INDIVIDUALS.—The 
term ‘‘cybercrimes against individuals’’ has the 
meaning given such term in section 1501(g). 
(2) ELIGIBLE ENTITY.—The term ‘‘eligible enti-
ty’’ means a nonprofit private organization that fo-
cuses on cybercrimes against individuals and that— 
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