[Congressional Record Volume 168, Number 156 (Tuesday, September 27, 2022)]
[Senate]
[Pages S5112-S5113]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




   NATIONAL COMPUTER FORENSICS INSTITUTE REAUTHORIZATION ACT OF 2022

  Mr. SCHUMER. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the 
Committee on the Judiciary be discharged from further consideration of 
S. 4673 and the Senate proceed to its immediate consideration.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
  The clerk will report the bill by title.
  The senior assistant legislative clerk read as follows:

       A bill (S. 4673) to reauthorize the National Computer 
     Forensics Institute of the United States Secret Service, and 
     for other purposes.

  There being no objection, the committee was discharged, and the 
Senate proceeded to consider the bill.
  Mr. SCHUMER. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the bill be 
considered read a third time.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
  The bill was ordered to be engrossed for a third reading and was read 
the third time.
  Mr. SCHUMER. I know of no further debate on the bill.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. If there is no further debate on the bill, the 
bill having been read the third time, the question is, Shall the bill 
pass?
  The bill (S. 4673) was passed, as follows:

                                S. 4673

       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 ``National Computer Forensics 
     Institute Reauthorization Act of 2022''.

     SEC. 2. REAUTHORIZATION OF THE NATIONAL COMPUTER FORENSICS 
                   INSTITUTE.

       Section 822 of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 
     383) is amended--
       (1) in subsection (a)--
       (A) in the first sentence, by striking ``2017 through 
     2022'' and inserting ``2023 through 2028''; and
       (B) by striking the second sentence;
       (2) by striking subsection (b) and inserting the following:
       ``(b) Functions.--The Institute shall provide information 
     and training to any State, local, Tribal, or territorial law 
     enforcement officer, prosecutor, or judge, any officer or 
     employee of any agency in any branch of the Federal 
     Government, any member of the uniformed services, or any 
     State, local, Tribal, or territorial employee who might 
     reasonably assist in the investigation and prevention of 
     cyber and electronic crime and related threats, on--
       ``(1) cyber and electronic crimes and related threats;
       ``(2) methods for investigating cyber and electronic crime 
     and related threats and conducting computer and mobile device 
     forensic examinations;
       ``(3) prosecutorial and judicial challenges related to 
     cyber and electronic crime and related threats, and computer 
     and mobile device forensic examinations; and
       ``(4) methods to obtain, process, store, and admit digital 
     evidence in court.'';
       (3) in subsection (c), by striking ``State, local, tribal, 
     and territorial law enforcement officers and prosecutors'' 
     and inserting ``members and partners of the network of Cyber 
     Fraud Task Forces of the United States Secret Service, and, 
     when selecting participants for the training specified in 
     subsection (b), the Institute shall prioritize, to the extent 
     reasonable and practicable, State, local, tribal, and 
     territorial law enforcement officers, prosecutors, judges, 
     and other employees.'';
       (4) in subsection (d), by striking ``State, local, tribal 
     and territorial law enforcement officers'' and inserting 
     ``the individuals listed in subsection (b)'';
       (5) in subsection (e)--
       (A) in the subsection heading, by striking ``electronic 
     crime'' and inserting ``cyber fraud'';
       (B) by striking ``Electronic Crime'' and inserting ``Cyber 
     Fraud''; and
       (C) by striking ``State, local, tribal, and territorial''; 
     and
       (6) by adding at the end the following:
       ``(g) Expenses.--The Director of the United States Secret 
     Service may pay for all or a part of the necessary expenses 
     of the training and information provided by the Institute 
     under subsection (b), including travel, transportation, and 
     subsistence expenses for recipients of the information and 
     training.
       ``(h) Annual Reports to Congress.--
       ``(1) In general.--The Secretary shall include in the 
     annual report required under section 1116 of title 31, United 
     States Code,

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     information regarding the activities of the Institute, 
     including, where possible--
       ``(A) an identification of jurisdictions with recipients of 
     the education and training provided pursuant to subsection 
     (b) during such year;
       ``(B) information relating to the costs associated with 
     that education and training;
       ``(C) any information regarding projected future demand for 
     the education and training provided pursuant to subsection 
     (b);
       ``(D) impacts of the activities of the Institute on the 
     capability of jurisdictions to investigate and prevent 
     cybersecurity incidents, electronic crimes, and related 
     cybersecurity threats;
       ``(E) a description of the nomination process for potential 
     recipients of the information and training provided pursuant 
     to subsection (b); and
       ``(F) any other issues determined to be relevant by the 
     Secretary.
       ``(2) Exception.--Any information required under paragraph 
     (1) that is submitted as part of the annual budget submitted 
     by the President to Congress under section 1105 of title 31, 
     United States Code, is not required to be included in the 
     report described in paragraph (1).''.

  Mr. SCHUMER. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the motion 
to reconsider be considered made and laid upon the table.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.

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