§1531 Apprehension and prosecution of international cyber criminals

Summary

The Secretary of State must work with officials in countries where people accused of cyber or intellectual property crimes against the United States live, especially when extradition to the U.S. is unlikely. An "international cyber criminal" is someone believed to have committed such a crime and who has either a U.S. arrest warrant or an Interpol Red Notice. The Secretary must ask those countries what they have done to arrest and prosecute these people and what they are doing to stop them from attacking U.S. interests or citizens. Each year the Secretary must send a report to several Senate and House committees. The report must list how many accused people are in each country and note where extradition is unlikely; describe major discussions the State Department had with other countries about stopping or prosecuting these criminals and name the countries; and, for anyone extradited to the U.S. in the last calendar year, give their name, the crimes charged, their previous country of residence, and the country that extradited them. The report should be unclassified when possible but may include a classified annex. The congressional committees are: Senate Committee on Foreign Relations; Senate Committee on Appropriations; Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs; Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs; Senate Select Committee on Intelligence; Senate Committee on the Judiciary; House Committee on Foreign Affairs; House Committee on Appropriations; House Committee on Homeland Security; House Committee on Financial Services; House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence; and House Committee on the Judiciary.