[Congressional Bills 111th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 481 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

111th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                 S. 481

To authorize additional Federal Bureau of Investigation field agents to 
                     investigate financial crimes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                           February 25, 2009

  Ms. Snowe (for herself and Mr. Whitehouse) introduced the following 
    bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on the 
                               Judiciary

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                                 A BILL


 
To authorize additional Federal Bureau of Investigation field agents to 
                     investigate financial crimes.

    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 ``FBI Priorities Act of 2009''.

SEC. 2. FINDINGS.

    Congress finds the following:
            (1) The Federal Bureau of Investigation is the premier 
        Federal crime-fighting agency in the United States.
            (2) Since September 11, 2001, the Federal Bureau of 
        Investigation understandably has redirected resources to 
        counterterrorism and counterintelligence activities.
            (3) Criminal activity, including fraud, misrepresentation, 
        self-dealing, and insider trading, may have played a role in 
        the financial industry upheaval of 2008 and 2009.

SEC. 3. AUTHORIZATION FOR ADDITIONAL AGENTS.

    There are authorized to be appropriated $150,000,000 for each of 
the fiscal years 2010 through 2014 to fund 1,000 Federal Bureau of 
Investigation field agents to investigate financial crimes. These 
agents shall be in addition to the number of field agents serving on 
the date of enactment of this Act.
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