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111th CONGRESS
1st Session
S. 481
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
February 25, 2009
Ms. Snowe (for herself and Mr. Whitehouse) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary
A BILL
To authorize additional Federal Bureau of Investigation field agents to investigate financial crimes.
Short title
This Act may be cited as
the FBI Priorities Act of
2009
.
Findings
Congress finds the following:
The Federal Bureau of Investigation is the premier Federal crime-fighting agency in the United States.
Since September 11, 2001, the Federal Bureau of Investigation understandably has redirected resources to counterterrorism and counterintelligence activities.
Criminal activity, including fraud, misrepresentation, self-dealing, and insider trading, may have played a role in the financial industry upheaval of 2008 and 2009.
Authorization for additional agents
There are authorized to be appropriated $150,000,000 for each of the fiscal years 2010 through 2014 to fund 1,000 Federal Bureau of Investigation field agents to investigate financial crimes. These agents shall be in addition to the number of field agents serving on the date of enactment of this Act.