§383 National Computer Forensics Institute

Summary

Creates a National Computer Forensics Institute inside the U.S. Secret Service for fiscal years 2023 through 2028. The Institute must train and equip State, local, territorial, and Tribal law enforcement, prosecutors, and judges, plus certain Secret Service cyber task force members, on how to investigate and stop cybersecurity incidents, electronic crimes, and related threats. All training must follow Federal rules on privacy, civil rights, and civil liberties. Training covers investigating cybercrime (including illegal digital asset use and new trends), doing forensic exams of computers and mobile devices, legal issues for prosecutors and judges, and how to collect, store, and use digital evidence in court. The Institute should share timely, useful information with trainees, and should try to include people from many different places, giving priority to State, local, Tribal, and territorial staff. It may give equipment, software, and tools to trainees and help grow the Secret Service’s Cyber Fraud Task Forces by adding trained members. Activities already run at locations as of the day before November 2, 2017 may continue. The Secret Service Director can pay for some or all training, equipment, and travel costs. The Secretary must report annually (under section 1116 of title 31) on the Institute’s activities, costs, demand, impacts, and nomination process, except items already in the President’s budget under section 1105 of title 31. The terms “cybersecurity threat,” “incident,” and “information system” are used and are defined elsewhere in law.