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Calendar No. 820
106th CONGRESS
2d Session
S. 1314
To establish a grant program to assist State and local law enforcement
in deterring, investigating, and prosecuting computer crimes.
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IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
July 1, 1999
Mr. Leahy (for himself, Mr. DeWine, Mr. Robb, Mr. Abraham, and Mr.
Hatch) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred
to the Committee on the Judiciary
September 21, 2000
Reported by Mr. Hatch, without amendment
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A BILL
To establish a grant program to assist State and local law enforcement
in deterring, investigating, and prosecuting computer 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 ``Computer Crime Enforcement Act''.
SEC. 2. STATE GRANT PROGRAM FOR TRAINING AND PROSECUTION OF COMPUTER
CRIMES.
(a) In General.--Subject to the availability of amounts provided in
advance in appropriations Acts, the Office of Justice Programs shall
make a grant to each State, which shall be used by the State, in
conjunction with units of local government, State and local courts,
other States, or combinations thereof, to--
(1) assist State and local law enforcement in enforcing
State and local criminal laws relating to computer crime;
(2) assist State and local law enforcement in educating the
public to prevent and identify computer crime;
(3) assist in educating and training State and local law
enforcement officers and prosecutors to conduct investigations
and forensic analyses of evidence and prosecutions of computer
crime;
(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
computer crimes; and
(5) facilitate and promote the sharing of Federal law
enforcement expertise and information about the investigation,
analysis, and prosecution of computer crimes with State and
local law enforcement officers and prosecutors, including the
use of multijurisdictional task forces.
(b) Use of Grant Amounts.--Grants under this section may be used to
establish and develop programs to--
(1) assist State and local law enforcement in enforcing
State and local criminal laws relating to computer crime;
(2) assist State and local law enforcement in educating the
public to prevent and identify computer crime;
(3) educate and train State and local law enforcement
officers and prosecutors to conduct investigations and forensic
analyses of evidence and prosecutions of computer crime;
(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
computer crimes; and
(5) facilitate and promote the sharing of Federal law
enforcement expertise and information about the investigation,
analysis, and prosecution of computer crimes with State and
local law enforcement officers and prosecutors, including the
use of multijurisdictional task forces.
(c) Assurances.--To be eligible to receive a grant under this
section, a State shall provide assurances to the Attorney General that
the State--
(1) has in effect laws that penalize computer crime, such
as penal laws prohibiting--
(A) fraudulent schemes executed by means of a
computer system or network;
(B) the unlawful damaging, destroying, altering,
deleting, removing of computer software, or data
contained in a computer, computer system, computer
program, or computer network; or
(C) the unlawful interference with the operation of
or denial of access to a computer, computer program,
computer system, or computer network;
(2) an assessment of the State and local resource needs,
including criminal justice resources being devoted to the
investigation and enforcement of computer crime laws; and
(3) a plan for coordinating the programs funded under this
section with other federally funded technical assistant and
training programs, including directly funded local programs
such as the Local Law Enforcement Block Grant program
(described under the heading ``Violent Crime Reduction
Programs, State and Local Law Enforcement Assistance'' of the
Departments of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and
Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1998 (Public Law 105-
119)).
(d) Matching Funds.--The Federal share of a grant received under
this section may not exceed 90 percent of the costs of a program or
proposal funded under this section unless the Attorney General waives,
wholly or in part, the requirements of this subsection.
(e) Authorization of Appropriations.--
(1) In general.--There is authorized to be appropriated to
carry out this section $25,000,000 for each of fiscal years
2000 through 2003.
(2) Limitations.--Of the amount made available to carry out
this section in any fiscal year not more than 3 percent may be
used by the Attorney General for salaries and administrative
expenses.
(3) Minimum amount.--Unless all eligible applications
submitted by any State or unit of local government within such
State for a grant under this section have been funded, such
State, together with grantees within the State (other than
Indian tribes), shall be allocated in each fiscal year under
this section not less than 0.75 percent of the total amount
appropriated in the fiscal year for grants pursuant to this
section, except that the United States Virgin Islands, American
Samoa, Guam, and the Northern Mariana Islands each shall be
allocated 0.25 percent.
(f) Grants to Indian Tribes.--Notwithstanding any other provision
of this section, the Attorney General may use amounts made available
under this section to make grants to Indian tribes for use in
accordance with this section.
Calendar No. 820
106th CONGRESS
2d Session
S. 1314
_______________________________________________________________________
A BILL
To establish a grant program to assist State and local law enforcement
in deterring, investigating, and prosecuting computer crimes.
_______________________________________________________________________
September 21, 2000
Reported without amendment
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