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34 U.S.C. § 30105Additional funding for resources to investigate and prosecute intellectual property crimes and other criminal activity involving computers

submitted 18 years ago by Pub. L. 110-403 to r/title-34-CRIME-CONTROL-AND-LAW-ENFORCEMENT · 213 words · no verdicts yet

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This law adds money to fight computer and intellectual-property crimes. From 2009 through 2013, it gives $10 million each year to the FBI and the Justice Department's Criminal Division. That money funds new investigators and better forensic tools.

(a) Additional funding for resources. Beyond any money already allowed for investigating and prosecuting intellectual-property crimes and other computer-related crimes, Congress authorizes $10,000,000 for each fiscal year from 2009 through 2013 for the Director of the FBI, and a separate $10,000,000 for each of those years for the Attorney General, to be used by the Criminal Division of the Department of Justice. Any money appropriated this way stays available until it's spent — it doesn't expire at the end of the fiscal year. (b) Use of additional funding. The FBI Director and the Attorney General — for the FBI and the Criminal Division, respectively — must use this money to hire and train law-enforcement officers to investigate intellectual-property crimes and other crimes committed using computers or other information technology, including the internet, and to help prosecute those crimes; and to let the relevant Justice Department units, including those that investigate computer hacking or intellectual-property crimes, buy advanced forensic-science tools and get expert computer-forensic help — including from outside, non-government sources — to investigate, prosecute, and study those crimes.
the actual law source: uscode.house.gov ↗public domain
(a) Additional funding for resources
(1) Authorization

In addition to amounts otherwise authorized for resources to investigate and prosecute intellectual property crimes and other criminal activity involving computers, there are authorized to be appropriated for each of the fiscal years 2009 through 2013—

(A)

$10,000,000 to the Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation; and

(B)

$10,000,000 to the Attorney General for the Criminal Division of the Department of Justice.

(2) Availability

Any amounts appropriated under paragraph (1) shall remain available until expended.

(b) Use of additional funding

Funds made available under subsection (a) shall be used by the Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the Attorney General, for the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the Criminal Division of the Department of Justice, respectively, to—

(1)

hire and train law enforcement officers to—

(A)

investigate intellectual property crimes and other crimes committed through the use of computers and other information technology, including through the use of the Internet; and

(B)

assist in the prosecution of such crimes; and

(2)

enable relevant units of the Department of Justice, including units responsible for investigating computer hacking or intellectual property crimes, to procure advanced tools of forensic science and expert computer forensic assistance, including from non-governmental entities, to investigate, prosecute, and study such crimes.

Source credit: (Pub. L. 110–403, title IV, § 403, Oct. 13, 2008, 122 Stat. 4273.)

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  • 2008Enacted · Pub. L. 110-403 · 122 Stat. 4273

A history note hasn’t been published yet. The record shows enactment by Pub. L. 110-403 on 2008-10-13.

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