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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 2020 through 2024. 
(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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(A) provides documentation to the Attor-
ney General demonstrating experience working 
directly on issues of cybercrimes against indi-
viduals; and 
(B) includes on the entity’s advisory board 
representatives who have a documented history 
of working directly on issues of cybercrimes 
against individuals and who are geographically 
and culturally diverse. 
SEC. 1503. NATIONAL STRATEGY, CLASSIFICATION, AND RE-
PORTING ON CYBERCRIME. 
(a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) COMPUTER.—The term ‘‘computer’’ in-
cludes a computer network and any interactive elec-
tronic device. 
(2) CYBERCRIME AGAINST INDIVIDUALS.—The 
term ‘‘cybercrime against individuals’’ means a Fed-
eral, State, or local criminal offense that involves the 
use of a computer to cause personal harm to an in-
dividual, 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 the offense; and 
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(B) the term does not include the use of a 
computer to cause harm to a commercial entity, 
government agency, or non-natural person. 
(b) NATIONAL STRATEGY.—The Attorney General 
shall develop a national strategy to— 
(1) reduce the incidence of cybercrimes against 
individuals; 
(2) coordinate investigations of cybercrimes 
against individuals by Federal law enforcement 
agencies; and 
(3) increase the number of Federal prosecutions 
of cybercrimes against individuals. 
(c) CLASSIFICATION OF CYBERCRIMES AGAINST IN-
DIVIDUALS FOR PURPOSES OF CRIME REPORTS.—In ac-
cordance with the authority of the Attorney General under 
section 534 of title 28, United States Code, the Director 
of the Federal Bureau of Investigation shall— 
(1) design and create within the Uniform Crime 
Reports a category for offenses that constitute 
cybercrimes against individuals; 
(2) to the extent feasible, within the category 
established under paragraph (1), establish subcat-
egories for each type of cybercrime against individ-
uals that is an offense under Federal or State law; 
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(3) classify the category established under para-
graph (1) as a Part I crime in the Uniform Crime 
Reports; and 
(4) classify each type of cybercrime against in-
dividuals that is an offense under Federal or State 
law as a Group A offense for the purpose of the Na-
tional Incident-Based Reporting System. 
(d) ANNUAL SUMMARY.—The Attorney General shall 
publish an annual summary of the information reported 
in the Uniform Crime Reports and the National Incident- 
Based Reporting System relating to cybercrimes against 
individuals. 
Passed the House of Representatives April 4, 2019. 
Attest: 
CHERYL L. JOHNSON, 
Clerk. 
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Calendar No. 66 
116TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 1585 
AN ACT 
To reauthorize the Violence Against Women Act of 
1994, and for other purposes. 
APRIL 10, 2019 
Read the second time and placed on the calendar 
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