[Congressional Bills 106th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3871 Introduced in House (IH)]







106th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 3871

   To establish a Federal Internet Crimes Against Children computer 
                           training facility.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             March 9, 2000

   Mr. Franks of New Jersey introduced the following bill; which was 
               referred to the Committee on the Judiciary

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                                 A BILL


 
   To establish a Federal Internet Crimes Against Children computer 
                           training facility.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Internet Crimes Against Children 
Prevention Act of 2000''.

SEC. 2. FEDERAL INTERNET CRIMES AGAINST CHILDREN COMPUTER TRAINING 
              FACILITY.

    (a) Establishment.--The Attorney General shall establish within the 
Federal Bureau of Investigation a Federal Internet Crimes Against 
Children computer training facility to be known as the ``Innocent 
Images Online Training Center'' (in this section referred to as the 
``IIOTC'').
    (b) Purpose.--The IIOTC shall be responsible for training local, 
State, and Federal law enforcement officers who investigate Internet 
and on-line crimes against children. The IIOTC shall be located in or 
around the Innocent Images operation in Calverton, Maryland, and shall 
be managed by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (in this section 
referred to as the ``FBI'') as the lead agency. The staff of the IIOTC 
shall include representatives from the Federal agencies that have 
statutory authority to investigate Internet and on-line crimes against 
children, including the FBI, United States Customs Service, and the 
United States Postal Inspection Service, and the Criminal Division, 
United States Department of Justice.
    (c) Duties of the IIOTC.--The FBI shall perform such duties as the 
Attorney General determines appropriate to carry out the purpose of the 
IIOTC, including the following:
            (1) Educate and train local, State, and Federal law 
        enforcement officers and prosecutors who investigate and 
        prosecute Internet and on-line crimes against children 
        investigations. This training shall consist of teaching these 
        law enforcement officers the Innocent Images national 
        initiative investigative techniques and protocols. The training 
        facility shall include classrooms and computers to facilitate 
        ``hands-on'' training for participants. Consideration may be 
        given to train international law enforcement officers on a 
        limited basis.
            (2) Travel throughout the United States to teach local law 
        enforcement officers in a local or regional basis when 
        requested.
            (3) Provide advice and guidance in the application of 
        current and emerging computer technology and other 
        investigative techniques.
            (4) In a classroom environment and as part of the 
        curriculum, provide investigative support and advice to 
        Federal, State, and local officers and prosecutors on current 
        and complex investigations.
            (5) In a private setting and upon request, provide 
        consultation and advice on multifaceted Internet crimes against 
        children investigations.
            (6) Conduct research related to the detection and 
        investigation of Internet and on-line crimes against children, 
        including identification and investigative application of 
        current and emerging technologies, identification of 
        investigative searching technologies and methods for 
        investigating Internet crimes against children.
            (7) Work with the approved Department of Justice, Office of 
        Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Program, Internet 
        Crimes Against Children task forces to train these officers on 
        the use of FBI Innocent Images National Initiative 
        investigative techniques and protocols.
            (8) Within the training curriculum, the IIOTC shall 
        strongly encourage State and local adoption of the protocol 
        consistent with the FBI's Innocent Images National Case 
        Management System.
    (d) Appointment of Personnel to the IIOTC.--
            (1) Selection of staff.--The Director of the Federal Bureau 
        of Investigation shall appoint the staff of the IIOTC. The 
        training facility staff shall include experienced investigators 
        and specialists from the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the 
        United States Customs Service, the United States Postal 
        Inspection Service, and the Criminal Division, Department of 
        Justice. The Commissioner of the United States Customs Service 
        and the Chief Postal Inspector for the United States Postal 
        Inspection Service shall nominate to the Director their 
        representatives to work at the IIOTC. The IIOTC shall also be 
        staffed by FBI support employees who will assist with the 
        administrative functions associated with the center. Each 
        respective agency will be responsible for their costs of 
        providing staff to the IIOTC.
            (2) Additional support personnel.--The Director of the 
        Federal Bureau of Investigation is authorized to employ 33 
        additional FBI support personnel employees necessary to provide 
        for a 24-hour operation, staff a toll-free number for law 
        enforcement personnel, and assist in processing casework 
        generated and received at the FBI's Innocent Images National 
        Initiative.
            (3) Authorization of appropriations.--There are authorized 
        to be appropriated for fiscal year 2001 and each of the 4 
        succeeding fiscal years--
                    (A) $4,200,000 to carry out subsection this 
                section, other than subsection (d)(2); and
                    (B) $4,200,000 to carry out subsection (d)(2).
            (4) Report.--Not later than 120 days after the date of the 
        enactment of this Act, the Director of the Federal Bureau of 
        Investigation shall submit to the Congress an implementation 
        plan for the IIOTC.
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