S. 4673Senate117th Congress (2021-2023)Passed Senate

National Computer Forensics Institute Reauthorization Act of 2022

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The National Computer Forensics Institute Reauthorization Act of 2022 extends the Institute’s authorization through 2028 and updates its mission. It broadens the training it provides on cyber‑fraud investigation, digital‑evidence handling, and related legal challenges. The bill expands who can receive the training to include federal, uniformed service, and Cyber Fraud Task Force personnel, while still prioritizing state, local, tribal, and territorial officials. It also lets the Secret Service cover training expenses and requires an annual report to Congress on the Institute’s activities and costs.

Key Provisions

Extends the Institute’s authorization period from 2023 through 2028.
Specifies the Institute’s training functions, covering cyber‑fraud, investigative methods, forensic examinations, prosecutorial and judicial challenges, and digital‑evidence handling.
Expands eligible participants to state, local, tribal, territorial law‑enforcement officers, prosecutors, judges, federal agency staff, uniformed services, and members of the Secret Service’s Cyber Fraud Task Forces, with priority given to local officials.
Allows the Secret Service Director to pay all or part of travel, transportation, and subsistence expenses for training recipients.
Mandates an annual report to Congress detailing training recipients, costs, projected demand, impact on cybersecurity capabilities, nomination processes, and other relevant information.

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Introduced in Senate

July 28, 2022

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Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.

Judiciary Committee

July 28, 2022

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Senate Committee on the Judiciary discharged by Unanimous Consent.

Judiciary Committee

September 27, 2022

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Senate Committee on the Judiciary discharged by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S5112)

Judiciary Committee

September 27, 2022

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Passed Senate without amendment by Voice Vote. (text: CR S5112-5113)

September 27, 2022

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September 28, 2022

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Received in the House.

September 28, 2022 • 12:06 PM

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September 28, 2022 • 12:11 PM

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Rep. Bennie G. ThompsonD-MS-2 · Dec 12, 2022

Mr. Speaker, I am pleased that we are closing out the Congress with overwhelming bipartisan support for 23 important measures to make our communities more secure and improve Department of Homeland…

Mr. Speaker, I am pleased that we are closing out the Congress with overwhelming bipartisan support for 23 important measures to make our communities more secure and improve Department of Homeland Security operations in the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2023.

I am particularly pleased that we were able to reach agreement on the Nonprofit Security Grant Program Improvement Act to expand and strengthen this vital program so that more nonprofits and houses of worship can access security assistance at this time of heightened threats of violent extremism and terrorism. With antisemitic and other violent threats on the rise, it is clear this legislation is needed now more than ever.

I also want to thank Ranking Member John Katko, as he retires from Congress, for his contributions to the Homeland Security Committee and his critical support throughout this process for the Committee's bipartisan package found in Division G of the NDAA.

While the package reflects the contributions of so many of my colleagues, l would like to give special acknowledgment to Congresswoman Val Demings who championed the Homeland Security Capabilities Preservation Act. This legislation directs DHS to explore ways to provide needed bridge funding to cities to preserve homeland security capability gains accomplished through the Urban Area Security Initiative grant program when they no longer receive such funding.

With respect to cybersecurity, I am pleased that we were able to reach agreement on bipartisan provisions that originated in the Committee on Homeland Security. They include Congresswoman Elissa Slotkin's legislation to reauthorize the Secret Service's National Computer Forensics Institute, Congresswoman Elaine Luria's bill to authorize DHS's President's Cup Cybersecurity Competition, and legislation authored by Congressman Eric Swalwell aimed at improving DHS's cybersecurity training to protect industrial control systems.

While I am enormously proud of the bipartisan homeland security provisions that were included, I would be remiss if I did not acknowledge my disappointment that we were not able to reach agreement with the Senate on amending the law to treat TSA's workforce like most other Federal employees or authorize the vital work of DHS's Office of Civil Rights and Civil Liberties. We will continue to seek an agreement on these critical measures.

Lastly, I am particularly proud that the NDAA honors my late friend, Congressman A. Donald McEachin, by including his bill, the DHS Mentor- Protege Program Act, to help small businesses better compete for DHS contracts. It is a fitting tribute to my friend that we came together to pass a bill to open doors of opportunity to small businesses-- something that he was passionate about doing.

Mr. Speaker, the full list of Homeland Security Committee measures that will be enacted by this year's NOAA is as follows:

H.R. 6825, the Nonprofit Security Grant Program Improvement Act of 2022, sponsored by Rep. Bennie G. Thompson (D-MS).

H.R. 5615, the Homeland Security Capabilities Preservation Act, sponsored by Rep. Val Butler Demings (D-FL).

H.R. 6387, the School and Daycare Protection Act, sponsored by Rep. Donald M. Payne Jr. (D-NJ).

H.R. 8801, the DHS Joint Task Force Reauthorization Act of 2022, sponsored by Rep. J. Luis Correa (D-CA) and S. 4656, the DHS Joint Task Forces Reauthorization Act of 2022, sponsored by Sen. Gary C. Peters (D-MI).

H.R. 2915, the Homeland Procurement Reform Act, sponsored by Rep. J. Luis Correa (D-CA) and S. 1009, the Homeland Procurement Reform Act, sponsored by Sen. Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH).

H.R. 6824, the President's Cup Cybersecurity Competition Act, sponsored by Rep. Elaine G. Luria (D-VA).

H.R. 7777, the Industrial Control Systems Cybersecurity Training Act, sponsored by Rep. Eric Swalwell (D-CA).

H.R. 7174, the National Computer Forensics Institute Reauthorization Act of 2022, sponsored by Rep. Elissa Slotkin (D-MI) and S. 4673, the National Computer Forensics Institute Reauthorization Act of 2022, sponsored by Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-IA).

H.R. 5574, the TSA Reaching Across Nationalities, Societies, and Languages to Advance Traveler Education Act (``TRANSLATE Act''), sponsored by Rep. Dina Titus (D-NV) and S. 3296, the TSA Reaching Across Nationalities, Societies, and Languages to Advance Traveler Education Act (``TRANSLATE Act''), sponsored by Sen. Jacky Rosen (D-

Sen. Charles E. SchumerD-NY · Sep 27, 2022

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee on the Judiciary be discharged from further consideration of S. 4673 and the Senate proceed to its immediate consideration. Mr. President, I…

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Engrossed in SenateIssued September 27, 2022

117th CONGRESS

2d Session

S. 4673

AN ACT

To reauthorize the National Computer Forensics Institute of the United States Secret Service, and for other purposes.

Short title

This Act may be cited as the National Computer Forensics Institute Reauthorization Act of 2022.

Reauthorization of the National Computer Forensics Institute

Section 822 of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 383) is amended—

(1)

in subsection (a)—

(A)

in the first sentence, by striking 2017 through 2022 and inserting 2023 through 2028; and

(B)

by striking the second sentence;

(2)

by striking subsection (b) and inserting the following:

(b)

Functions

The Institute shall provide information and training to any State, local, Tribal, or territorial law enforcement officer, prosecutor, or judge, any officer or employee of any agency in any branch of the Federal Government, any member of the uniformed services, or any State, local, Tribal, or territorial employee who might reasonably assist in the investigation and prevention of cyber and electronic crime and related threats, on—

(1)

cyber and electronic crimes and related threats;

(2)

methods for investigating cyber and electronic crime and related threats and conducting computer and mobile device forensic examinations;

(3)

prosecutorial and judicial challenges related to cyber and electronic crime and related threats, and computer and mobile device forensic examinations; and

(4)

methods to obtain, process, store, and admit digital evidence in court.

;

(3)

in subsection (c), by striking State, local, tribal, and territorial law enforcement officers and prosecutors and inserting members and partners of the network of Cyber Fraud Task Forces of the United States Secret Service, and, when selecting participants for the training specified in subsection (b), the Institute shall prioritize, to the extent reasonable and practicable, State, local, tribal, and territorial law enforcement officers, prosecutors, judges, and other employees.;

(4)

in subsection (d), by striking State, local, tribal and territorial law enforcement officers and inserting the individuals listed in subsection (b);

(5)

in subsection (e)—

(A)

in the subsection heading, by striking Electronic Crime and inserting Cyber Fraud;

(B)

by striking Electronic Crime and inserting Cyber Fraud; and

(C)

by striking State, local, tribal, and territorial; and

(6)

by adding at the end the following:

(g)

Expenses

The Director of the United States Secret Service may pay for all or a part of the necessary expenses of the training and information provided by the Institute under subsection (b), including travel, transportation, and subsistence expenses for recipients of the information and training.

(h)

Annual reports to Congress

(1)

In general

The Secretary shall include in the annual report required under section 1116 of title 31, United States Code, information regarding the activities of the Institute, including, where possible—

(A)

an identification of jurisdictions with recipients of the education and training provided pursuant to subsection (b) during such year;

(B)

information relating to the costs associated with that education and training;

(C)

any information regarding projected future demand for the education and training provided pursuant to subsection (b);

(D)

impacts of the activities of the Institute on the capability of jurisdictions to investigate and prevent cybersecurity incidents, electronic crimes, and related cybersecurity threats;

(E)

a description of the nomination process for potential recipients of the information and training provided pursuant to subsection (b); and

(F)

any other issues determined to be relevant by the Secretary.

(2)

Exception

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, United States Code, is not required to be included in the report described in paragraph (1).

Passed the Senate September 27, 2022.

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