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Strengthening State and Local Cyber Crime Fighting Act of 2017

Introduced: April 7, 2017 Introduced by: Grassley, Chuck Republican · Iowa See on congress.gov
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Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
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Strengthening State and Local Cyber Crime Fighting Act of 2017

This bill amends the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to establish within the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) a National Computer Forensics Institute, to be operated by the U.S. Secret Service.

The institute:

  • shall disseminate homeland security information related to the investigation and prevention of cyber and electronic crime and related threats;
  • shall educate, train, and equip state, local, tribal, and territorial law enforcement officers, prosecutors, and judges;
  • shall ensure that timely, actionable, and relevant expertise and homeland security information related to cyber and electronic crime and related threats is shared with such officers and prosecutors;
  • may provide such officers with computer equipment, hardware, software, manuals, and tools necessary to conduct cyber and electronic crime and related threat investigations and computer and mobile device forensic examinations; and
  • shall facilitate the expansion of the network of Electronic Crime Task Forces of the Secret Service through the addition of such officers educated and trained at the institute.
What's happening now April 7, 2017

Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.

 Related & companion bills 1
  • HR 1616 Identical bill Strengthening State and Local Cyber Crime Fighting Act of 2017
 Bill text 1 version

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Whitehouse, Sheldon
Rhode Island · Apr 7, 2017
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 904: Strengthening State and Local Cyber Crime Fighting Act of 2017. 115th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/115-S-904/
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"S. 904: Strengthening State and Local Cyber Crime Fighting Act of 2017." 115th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/115-S-904/.
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