Computer Crime Enforcement Act
PL 106-572 (H.R.2816), enacted 12/28/2000

114 STAT. 3058 
PUBLIC LAW 106-572—DEC. 28, 2000 
Public Law 106-572 
106th Congress 
An Act 
Dec. 28, 2000 
To establish a grant program to assist State and local law enforcement in deterring, 
[H.R. 2816] 
investigating, and prosecuting computer crimes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives 
of 
Computer Crime 
the United States of America in Congress assembled. 
Enforcement Act. 
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the "Computer Crime Enforcement 
Act". 
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SEC. 2. STATE GRANT PROGRAM FOR TRAINING AND PROSECUTION 
OF COMPUTER CRIMES. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Subject to the availabiUty of amounts pro-
vided in advance in appropriations Acts, the Of^ce of Justice Pro-
grams shall make a grant to each State, which shall be used 
by the State, in conjunction with units of local government. State 
and local courts, other States, or combinations thereof in accordance 
with subsection (b). 
(b) USE OF GRANT AMOUNTS.—Grants under this section may 
be used to establish and develop programs to— 
(1) assist State and local law enforcement agencies in 
enforcing State and local criminal laws relating to computer 
crime; 
(2) assist State and local law enforcement agencies in edu-
cating the public to prevent and identify computer crime; 
(3) educate and train State and local law enforcement 
officers and prosecutors to conduct investigations and forensic 
analyses of evidence and prosecutions of computer crime; 
(4) assist State and local law enforcement officers and 
prosecutors in acquiring computer and other equipment to con-
duct investigations and forensic analysis of evidence of com-
puter crimes; and 
(5) facilitate and promote the sharing of Federal law 
enforcement expertise and information about the investigation, 
analysis, and prosecution of computer crimes with State and 
local law enforcement officers and prosecutors, including the 
use of multijurisdictional task forces. 
(c) ASSURANCES.—^To be eligible to receive a grant under this 
section, a State shall provide assurances to the Attorney General 
that the State— 
(1) has in effect laws that penalize computer crime, such 
as criminal laws prohibiting— 
(A) fraudulent schemes executed by means of a com-
puter system or network; 
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(B) the unlawful 
damaging, destroying, 
altering, 
deleting, removing of computer software, or data contained 
in a computer, computer system, computer program, or 
computer network; or 
(C) the unlawful interference with the operation of 
or denial of access to a computer, computer program, com-
puter system, or computer network; 
(2) an assessment of the State and local resource needs, 
including criminal justice resources being devoted to the inves-
tigation and enforcement of computer crime laws; and 
(3) a plan for coordinating the programs funded under 
this section with other federally funded technical assistant 
and training programs, including directly funded local programs 
such as the Local Law Enforcement Block Grant program 
(described under the heading "Violent Crime Reduction Pro-
grams, State and Local Law Enforcement Assistance" of the 
Departments of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, 
and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1998 (Public Law 
105-119)). 
(d) MATCHING FUNDS.—^The Federal share of a grant received 
under this section may not exceed 90 percent of the costs of a 
program or proposal funded under this section unless the Attorney 
General waives, wholly or in part, the requirements of this sub-
section. 
(e) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—^There is authorized to be appropriated 
to carry out this section $25,000,000 for each of fiscal years 
2001 through 2004. 
(2) LIMITATIONS.—Of the amount made available to carry 
out this section in any fiscal year not more than 3 percent 
may be used by the Attorney General for salaries and adminis-
trative expenses. 
(3) MINIMUM AMOUNT.—^Unless all eligible applications sub-
mitted by any State or unit of local government within such 
State for a grant under this section have been funded, such 
State, together with grantees within the State (other than 
Indian tribes), shall be allocated in each fiscal year under 
this section not less than 0.75 percent of the total amount 
appropriated in the fiscal year for grants pursuant to this 
section, except that the United States Virgin Islands, American 
Samoa, Guam, and the Northern Mariana Islands each shall 
be allocated 0.25 percent. 
(f) GRANTS TO INDIAN TRIBES.—Notwithstanding any other 
provision of this section, the Attorney General may use amounts 
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made available under this section to make grants to Indian tribes 
for use in accordance with this section. 
Approved December 28, 2000. 
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY—H.R. 2816 (S. 1314): 
CONGRESSIONAL RECORD, Vol. 146 (2000): 
Dec. 15, considered and passed House and Senate.