6 U.S.C. § 383
There is authorized for fiscal years 2023 through 2028 within the United States Secret Service a National Computer Forensics Institute (in this section referred to as the "Institute"). The Institute's mission shall be to educate, train, and equip State, local, territorial, and Tribal law enforcement officers, prosecutors, and judges, as well as participants in the United States Secret Service's network of cyber fraud task forces who are Federal employees, members of the uniformed services, or State, local, Tribal, or territorial employees, regarding the investigation and prevention of cybersecurity incidents, electronic crimes, and related cybersecurity threats, including through the dissemination of homeland security information, in accordance with relevant Federal law regarding privacy, civil rights, and civil liberties protections.
In furtherance of subsection (a), all education and training of the Institute shall be conducted in accordance with relevant Federal law regarding privacy, civil rights, and civil liberties protections. Education and training provided pursuant to subsection (a) shall relate to the following:
In carrying out the functions specified in subsection (b), the Institute shall ensure, to the extent practicable, that timely, actionable, and relevant expertise and information related to cybersecurity incidents, electronic crimes, and related cybersecurity threats is shared with recipients of education and training provided pursuant to subsection (a). When selecting participants for such training, the Institute shall prioritize, to the extent reasonable and practicable, providing education and training to individuals from geographically-diverse jurisdictions throughout the United States, and the Institute shall prioritize, to the extent reasonable and practicable, State, local, tribal, and territorial law enforcement officers, prosecutors, judges, and other employees.
The Institute may provide recipients of education and training provided pursuant to subsection (a) with computer equipment, hardware, software, manuals, and tools for investigating and preventing cybersecurity incidents, electronic crimes, and related cybersecurity threats, and for forensic examinations of computers, mobile devices, and other information systems.
The Institute shall facilitate the expansion of the network of Cyber Fraud Task Forces of the United States Secret Service through the addition of recipients of education and training provided pursuant to subsection (a) educated and trained by the Institute.
All authorized activities and functions carried out by the Institute at any location as of the day before November 2, 2017, are authorized to continue to be carried out at any such location on and after such date.
The Director of the United States Secret Service may pay for all or a part of the education, training, or equipment provided by the Institute, including relating to the travel, transportation, and subsistence expenses of recipients of education and training provided pursuant to subsection (a).
The Secretary shall include in the annual report required under section 1116 of title 31 information regarding the activities of the Institute, including, where possible, the following:
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 is not required to be included in the report required under paragraph (1).
In this section:
The term "cybersecurity threat" has the meaning given such term in section 1501 of this title.
The term "incident" has the meaning given such term in section 659(a) 1 of this title.
The term "information system" has the meaning given such term in section 1501(9) of this title.
1 See References in Text note below.
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EDITORIAL NOTES
REFERENCES IN TEXTSection 659(a) of this title, referred to in subsec. (i)(2), was amended by Pub. L. 117-263, §7143(b)(2)(D)(i), and no longer defines the term "incident". Reference to term "incident" as defined in this chapter deemed to be a reference to that term as defined in section 650(12) of this title, see section 7143(f)(2) of Pub. L. 117-263 set out as a Rule of Construction note under section 650 of this title.
AMENDMENTS2022-Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 117-263, §7123(1), substituted, in heading, "In general; mission" for "In general", in first sentence, "2023 through 2028" for "2017 through 2022", and, in second sentence, "The Institute's mission shall be to educate, train, and equip State, local, territorial, and Tribal law enforcement officers, prosecutors, and judges, as well as participants in the United States Secret Service's network of cyber fraud task forces who are Federal employees, members of the uniformed services, or State, local, Tribal, or territorial employees, regarding the investigation and prevention of cybersecurity incidents, electronic crimes, and related cybersecurity threats, including through the dissemination of homeland security information, in accordance with relevant Federal law regarding privacy, civil rights, and civil liberties protections." for "The Institute shall disseminate information related to the investigation and prevention of cyber and electronic crime and related threats, and educate, train, and equip State, local, tribal, and territorial law enforcement officers, prosecutors, and judges."Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 117-263, §7123(2), amended subsec. (b) generally. Prior to amendment, subsec. (b) related to the functions of the Institute.Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 117-263, §7123(3), substituted "cybersecurity incidents, electronic crimes, and related cybersecurity threats is shared with recipients of education and training provided pursuant to subsection (a)" for "cyber and electronic crime and related threats is shared with State, local, tribal, and territorial law enforcement officers and prosecutors" and inserted at end "When selecting participants for such training, the Institute shall prioritize, to the extent reasonable and practicable, providing education and training to individuals from geographically-diverse jurisdictions throughout the United States, and the Institute shall prioritize, to the extent reasonable and practicable, State, local, tribal, and territorial law enforcement officers, prosecutors, judges, and other employees."Subsec. (d). Pub. L. 117-263, §7123(4), substituted "recipients of education and training provided pursuant to subsection (a)" for "State, local, tribal, and territorial law enforcement officers" and "for investigating and preventing cybersecurity incidents, electronic crimes, and related cybersecurity threats, and for forensic examinations of computers, mobile devices, and other information systems" for "necessary to conduct cyber and electronic crime and related threat investigations and computer and mobile device forensic examinations".Subsec. (e). Pub. L. 117-263, §7123(5), in heading, substituted "Cyber Fraud Task Forces" for "Electronic Crime Task Forces" and, in text, substituted "Cyber Fraud" for "Electronic Crime", "recipients of education and training provided pursuant to subsection (a)" for "State, local, tribal, and territorial law enforcement officers", and "by" for "at".Subsecs. (g) to (i). Pub. L. 117-263, §7123(6), added subsecs. (g) to (i).
- Secretary
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