S.Amdt. 1976Senate114th Congress (2015-2017)2nd degree
S.Amdt. 1976
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Sen. Mark Kirk (R-IL)
Submitted June 10, 2015
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SA 1976. Mr. KIRK (for himself and Mrs. Gillibrand) submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 1463 proposed by Mr. McCain to the bill H.R. 1735, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2016 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows: At the appropriate place, insert the following: SEC. __. APPREHENSION AND PROSECUTION OF INTERNATIONAL CYBER CRIMINALS. (a) International Cyber Criminal Defined.--In this section, the term ``international cyber criminal'' means an individual-- (1) who is physically present within a country with which the United States does not have a mutual legal assistance treaty or an extradition treaty; (2) who is believed to have committed a cybercrime or intellectual property crime against the interests of the United States or its citizens; and (3) for whom-- (A) an arrest warrant has been issued by a judge in the United States; or (B) an international wanted notice (commonly referred to as a ``Red Notice'') has been circulated by Interpol. (b) Bilateral Consultations.--The Secretary of State, or designee, shall consult with the appropriate government official of each country in which one or more international cyber criminals are physically present to determine what actions the government of such country has taken-- (1) to apprehend and prosecute such criminals; and (2) to prevent such criminals from carrying out cybercrimes or intellectual property crimes against the interests of the United States or its citizens. (c) Annual Report.-- (1) In general.--The Secretary of State shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees an annual report that identifies-- (A) the number of international cyber criminals who are located in countries that do not have an extradition treaty or mutual legal assistance treaty with the United States, broken down by country; (B) the dates on which an official of the Department of State, as a result of this Act, discussed ways to thwart or prosecute international cyber criminals in a bilateral conversation with an official of another country, including the name of each such country; and (C) for each international cyber criminal who was extradited into the United States during the most recently completed calendar year-- (i) his or her name; (ii) the crimes for which he or she was charged; (iii) his or her previous country of residence; and (iv) the country from which he or she was extradited into the United States. (2) Appropriate congressional committees.--For purposes of this subsection, the term ``appropriate congressional committees'' means-- (A) the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate; (B) the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate; (C) the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs of the Senate; (D) the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs of the Senate; (E) the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives; (F) the Committee on Appropriations of the House of Representatives; (G) the Committee on Homeland Security of the House of Representatives; and (H) the Committee on Financial Services of the House of Representatives. ______