Sec. 1501. Local law enforcement grants for enforcement of cybercrimes
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Subject to the availability of appropriations, the Attorney General shall award grants under this section to States and units of local government for the prevention, enforcement, and prosecution of cybercrimes against individuals. To request a grant under this section, the chief executive officer of a State or unit of local government shall submit an application to the Attorney General within 90 days after the date on which funds to carry out this section are appropriated for a fiscal year, in such form as the Attorney General may require.
Such application shall include the following: A certification that Federal funds made available under this section will not be used to supplant State or local funds, but will be used to increase the amounts of such funds that would, in the absence of Federal funds, be made available for law enforcement activities. An assurance that, not fewer than 30 days before the application (or any amendment to the application) was submitted to the Attorney General, the application (or amendment) was submitted for review to the governing body of the State or unit of local government (or to an organization designated by that governing body).
An assurance that, before the application (or any amendment to the application) was submitted to the Attorney General— the application (or amendment) was made public; and an opportunity to comment on the application (or amendment) was provided to citizens and to neighborhood or community-based organizations, to the extent applicable law or established procedure makes such an opportunity available. An assurance that, for each fiscal year covered by an application, the applicant shall maintain and report such data, records, and information (programmatic and financial) as the Attorney General may reasonably require.
A certification, made in a form acceptable to the Attorney General and executed by the chief executive officer of the applicant (or by another officer of the applicant, if qualified under regulations promulgated by the Attorney General), that— the programs to be funded by the grant meet all the requirements of this section; all the information contained in the application is correct; there has been appropriate coordination with affected agencies; and the applicant will comply with all provisions of this section and all other applicable Federal laws.
A certification that the State or in the case of a unit of local government, the State in which the unit of local government is located, has in effect criminal laws which prohibit cybercrimes against individuals. A certification that any equipment described in subsection (c)(7) purchased using grant funds awarded under this section will be used primarily for investigations and forensic analysis of evidence in matters involving cybercrimes against individuals. Grants awarded under this section may only be used for programs that provide— training for State or local law enforcement personnel relating to cybercrimes against individuals, including— training such personnel to identify and protect victims of cybercrimes against individuals; training such personnel to utilize Federal, State, local, and other resources to assist victims of cybercrimes against individuals; training such personnel to identify and investigate cybercrimes against individuals; training such personnel to enforce and utilize the laws that prohibit cybercrimes against individuals; training such personnel to utilize technology to assist in the investigation of cybercrimes against individuals and enforcement of laws that prohibit such crimes; and the payment of overtime incurred as a result of such training; training for State or local prosecutors, judges, and judicial personnel, relating to cybercrimes against individuals, including— training such personnel to identify, investigate, prosecute, or adjudicate cybercrimes against individuals; training such personnel to utilize laws that prohibit cybercrimes against individuals; training such personnel to utilize Federal, State, local, and other resources to assist victims of cybercrimes against individuals; and training such personnel to utilize technology to assist in the prosecution or adjudication of acts of cybercrimes against individuals, including the use of technology to protect victims of such crimes; training for State or local emergency dispatch personnel relating to cybercrimes against individuals, including— training such personnel to identify and protect victims of cybercrimes against individuals; training such personnel to utilize Federal, State, local, and other resources to assist victims of cybercrimes against individuals; training such personnel to utilize technology to assist in the identification of and response to cybercrimes against individuals; and the payment of overtime incurred as a result of such training; assistance to State or local law enforcement agencies in enforcing laws that prohibit cybercrimes against individuals, including expenses incurred in performing enforcement operations, such as overtime payments; assistance to State or local law enforcement agencies in educating the public in order to prevent, deter, and identify violations of laws that prohibit cybercrimes against individuals; assistance to State or local law enforcement agencies to establish task forces that operate solely to conduct investigations, forensic analyses of evidence, and prosecutions in matters involving cybercrimes against individuals; assistance to State or local law enforcement and prosecutors in acquiring computers, computer equipment, and other equipment necessary to conduct investigations and forensic analysis of evidence in matters involving cybercrimes against individuals, including expenses incurred in the training, maintenance, or acquisition of technical updates necessary for the use of such equipment for the duration of a reasonable period of use of such equipment; assistance in the facilitation and promotion of sharing, with State and local law enforcement officers and prosecutors, of the expertise and information of Federal law enforcement agencies about the investigation, analysis, and prosecution of matters involving laws that prohibit cybercrimes against individuals, including the use of multijurisdictional task forces; or assistance to State and local law enforcement and prosecutors in processing interstate extradition requests for violations of laws involving cybercrimes against individuals, including expenses incurred in the extradition of an offender from one State to another.
On the date that is 1 year after the date on which a State or unit of local government receives a grant under this section, and annually thereafter, the chief executive of such State or unit of local government shall submit to the Attorney General a report which contains— a summary of the activities carried out during the previous year with any grant received by such State or unit of local government; an evaluation of the results of such activities; and such other information as the Attorney General may reasonably require.
Not later than November 1 of each even-numbered fiscal year, the Attorney General shall submit to the Committee on the Judiciary of the House of Representatives and the Committee on the Judiciary of the Senate a report that contains a compilation of the information contained in the report submitted under subsection (d). There are authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section $20,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2020 through 2024. Of the amount made available under paragraph
(1)in any fiscal year, not more than 5 percent may be used for evaluation, monitoring, technical assistance, salaries, and administrative expenses. In this section: The term cybercrimes against individuals means the criminal offenses applicable in the relevant State or unit of local government that involve the use of a computer to cause personal harm to an individual, such as the use of a computer to harass, threaten, stalk, extort, coerce, cause fear, intimidate, without consent distribute intimate images of, or violate the privacy of, an individual, except that— use of a computer need not be an element of such an offense; and such term does not include the use of a computer to cause harm to a commercial entity, government agency, or any non-natural persons. The term computer includes a computer network and an interactive electronic device.