3.0.0 904 2023-01-11T13:36:57Z 2023-01-11T13:36:57Z Senate S 2017-04-07 115 hshm00 Homeland Security Committee House Standing Legislative interest 2018-02-23T15:26:00Z Legislative interest 2018-02-22T16:56:00Z ssju00 Judiciary Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2017-04-07T16:43:54Z Strengthening State and Local Cyber Crime Fighting Act of 2017 115 1616 HR 2017-11-02 Signed by President. Identical bill CRS 2017-04-07 ssju00 Judiciary Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. IntroReferral 2017-04-07 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress G000386 Sen. Grassley, Chuck [R-IA] Charles Grassley R IA E. N F000062 Sen. Feinstein, Dianne [D-CA] Dianne Feinstein D CA 2017-04-07 True S000320 Sen. Shelby, Richard C. [R-AL] Richard Shelby R AL C. 2017-04-07 True W000802 Sen. Whitehouse, Sheldon [D-RI] Sheldon Whitehouse D RI 2017-04-07 True S001202 Sen. Strange, Luther [R-AL] Luther Strange R AL 2017-04-07 True Crime and Law Enforcement Computer security and identity theft Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation Department of Homeland Security Executive agency funding and structure Homeland security Judges Law enforcement officers Crime and Law Enforcement 00 2017-04-07 Introduced in Senate 2017-07-24T18:55:37Z Strengthening State and Local Cyber Crime Fighting Act of 2017

This bill amends the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to establish within the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) a National Computer Forensics Institute, to be operated by the U.S. Secret Service.

The institute:

  • shall disseminate homeland security information related to the investigation and prevention of cyber and electronic crime and related threats;
  • shall educate, train, and equip state, local, tribal, and territorial law enforcement officers, prosecutors, and judges;
  • shall ensure that timely, actionable, and relevant expertise and homeland security information related to cyber and electronic crime and related threats is shared with such officers and prosecutors;
  • may provide such officers with computer equipment, hardware, software, manuals, and tools necessary to conduct cyber and electronic crime and related threat investigations and computer and mobile device forensic examinations; and
  • shall facilitate the expansion of the network of Electronic Crime Task Forces of the Secret Service through the addition of such officers educated and trained at the institute.
]]> Strengthening State and Local Cyber Crime Fighting Act of 2017 Display Title Strengthening State and Local Cyber Crime Fighting Act of 2017 Official Title as Introduced A bill to amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to authorize the National Computer Forensics Institute, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced Strengthening State and Local Cyber Crime Fighting Act of 2017 Introduced in Senate 2017-04-07T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-115s904is/xml/BILLS-115s904is.xml 2017-04-07 Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.