[Congressional Bills 111th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1779 Introduced in House (IH)]

111th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1779

   To provide for resources for the investigation and prosecution of 
               financial crimes, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             March 30, 2009

Mr. Scott of Virginia introduced the following bill; which was referred 
to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on 
Oversight and Government Reform and Financial Services, for a period to 
      be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for 
consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the 
                          committee concerned

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                                 A BILL


 
   To provide for resources for the investigation and prosecution of 
               financial crimes, and for other purposes.

    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 ``Financial Crimes Resources Act of 
2009''.

SEC. 2. ADDITIONAL FUNDING FOR RESOURCES TO INVESTIGATE AND PROSECUTE 
              CRIMINAL ACTIVITY INVOLVING COMPUTERS, CRIMES OF FRAUD 
              INVOLVING FEDERAL ECONOMIC ASSISTANCE AND RELIEF 
              PROGRAMS, AND FINANCIAL CRIMES.

    (a) Additional Funding for Resources.--
            (1) Authorization.--For the purposes described in 
        subsection (b), there are authorized to be appropriated for 
        each of the fiscal years 2010 through 2012--
                    (A) to the Director of the United States Secret 
                Service, $20,000,000;
                    (B) to the Director of the Federal Bureau of 
                Investigation, $100,000,000;
                    (C) to the Attorney General, for--
                            (i) the Criminal Division of the Department 
                        of Justice, $20,000,000;
                            (ii) the Civil Division of the Department 
                        of Justice, $15,000,000;
                            (iii) the Tax Division of the Department of 
                        Justice, $5,000,000; and
                            (iv) the offices of the United States 
                        Attorneys, $50,000,000;
                    (D) to the Inspector General of the Department of 
                Housing and Urban Development, $30,000,000;
                    (E) to the Chief Postal Inspector of the United 
                States Postal Inspection Service, $30,000,000; and
                    (F) to the Director of the Administrative Office of 
                the United States Courts, $20,000,000.
            (2) Additional funding and availability.--The amounts 
        authorized under paragraph (1) are in addition to amounts 
        otherwise authorized in other Acts, and shall remain available 
        until expended.
    (b) Use of Additional Funding.--Funds made available under 
subsection (a)(1) shall be used--
            (1) by the recipients described in subparagraphs (A) 
        through (E) of such subsection, to provide for resources to 
        investigate and prosecute criminal activity involving 
        computers, crimes of fraud involving Federal economic 
        assistance and relief programs, and financial crimes, including 
        mortgage fraud, securities fraud, and financial institution 
        fraud; and
            (2) by the recipient described in subparagraph (F) of such 
        subsection, for costs associated with providing defense 
        services in cases in which a defendant is charged with criminal 
        activity involving computers, crimes of fraud involving Federal 
        economic assistance and relief programs, and financial crimes, 
        including mortgage fraud, securities fraud, and financial 
        institution fraud.

SEC. 3. GRANTS FOR STATE AND LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT.

    (a) In General.--Subject to the availability of amounts provided in 
advance in appropriations Acts, the Assistant Attorney General for the 
Office of Justice Programs of the Department of Justice may award 
grants to States to establish and develop programs to increase and 
enhance enforcement against criminal activity involving computers and 
financial crimes, including mortgage fraud, securities fraud, and 
financial institution fraud.
    (b) Application.--To be eligible for a grant under subsection (a), 
a State shall submit an application to the Assistant Attorney General 
for the Office of Justice Programs of the Department of Justice at such 
time, in such manner, and containing such information, including as 
described in subsection (d), as the Assistant Attorney General may 
require.
    (c) Use of Grant Amounts.--A grant awarded to a State under 
subsection (a) shall be used by a State to establish and develop 
programs to--
            (1) assist State and local law enforcement agencies in 
        enforcing State and local criminal laws relating to criminal 
        activity involving computers and financial crimes;
            (2) assist State and local law enforcement agencies in 
        educating the public to prevent and identify criminal activity 
        involving computers and financial crimes;
            (3) educate and train State and local law enforcement 
        officers and prosecutors to conduct investigations, forensic 
        analyses of evidence, and prosecutions of criminal activity 
        involving computers and financial crimes;
            (4) assist State and local law enforcement officers and 
        prosecutors in acquiring computer and other equipment to 
        conduct investigations and forensic analysis of evidence of 
        criminal activity involving computers and financial crimes;
            (5) assist public defenders with providing defense services 
        to defendents in cases in which the defendant is charged with 
        criminal activity involving computers or a financial crime, 
        including mortgage fraud, securities fraud, and financial 
        institution fraud; and
            (6) facilitate and promote communication between Federal, 
        State, and local law enforcement to improve the sharing of 
        Federal law enforcement expertise and information about the 
        investigation, forensic analysis of evidence, and prosecution 
        of criminal activity involving computers and financial crimes 
        with State and local law enforcement officers and prosecutors, 
        including the use of multi-jurisdictional task forces.
    (d) Assurances and Eligibility.--To be eligible to receive a grant 
under subsection (a), a State shall provide assurances to the Assistant 
Attorney General for the Office of Justice Programs of the Department 
of Justice that the State--
            (1) will provide an assessment of the resource needs of the 
        State and units of local government within that State, 
        including criminal justice resources being devoted to the 
        investigation and enforcement of laws related to criminal 
        activity involving computers and financial crimes;
            (2) will develop a plan for coordinating the programs 
        funded under this section with other federally funded technical 
        assistance and training programs; and
            (3) will submit to the Assistant Attorney General for the 
        Office of Justice Programs of the Department of Justice 
        applicable reports in accordance with subsection (f).
    (e) Matching Funds.--The Federal share of a grant received under 
this section may not exceed 90 percent of the total cost of a program 
or proposal funded under this section unless the Assistant Attorney 
General for the Office of Justice Programs of the Department of Justice 
waives, wholly or in part, the requirements of this subsection.
    (f) Reports.--For each year that a State receives a grant under 
subsection (a) for a program, the State shall submit to the Assistant 
Attorney General for the Office of Justice Programs of the Department 
of Justice a report on the results, including the effectiveness, of 
such program during such year.
    (g) Authorization of Appropriations.--
            (1) In general.--There is authorized to be appropriated to 
        carry out this section $250,000,000 for each of the fiscal 
        years 2010 through 2012.
            (2) Limitations.--Of the amount made available to carry out 
        this section in any fiscal year, not more than 3 percent may be 
        used for salaries and administrative expenses for the 
        Department of Justice.
            (3) Minimum amount.--Each State submitting an application 
        for, and eligible to receive, a grant under this section for a 
        fiscal year shall be allocated under this section, in each such 
        fiscal year, not less than 0.75 percent of the total amount 
        appropriated in such fiscal year for grants pursuant to this 
        section, except that not less than 0.25 percent of such total 
        amount shall be allocated to the United States Virgin Islands, 
        American Samoa, Guam, and the Northern Mariana Islands, 
        collectively.
            (4) Grants to indian tribes.--Notwithstanding any other 
        provision of this section, the Assistant Attorney General for 
        the Office of Justice Programs of the Department of Justice may 
        use amounts made available under this section to make grants to 
        Indian tribes for use in accordance with this section.
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