6 U.S.C. § 1531 — Apprehension and prosecution of international cyber criminals

(a) International cyber criminal defined. In this section, “international cyber criminal” means an individual who is believed to have committed a cybercrime or intellectual-property crime against United States interests or United States citizens, and for whom either a United States judge has issued an arrest warrant or Interpol has circulated an international wanted notice, commonly called a “Red Notice.” (b) Consultations for noncooperation. The Secretary of State, or the Secretary’s designee, must consult the appropriate official of each country where one or more such criminals are physically present if extradition is unlikely because the country lacks an extradition treaty with the United States or for another reason. The consultation must determine what that country has done to apprehend and prosecute the criminals and to stop them from committing cybercrimes or intellectual-property crimes against United States interests or citizens. (c) Annual report. (1) The Secretary of State must give the appropriate congressional committees an annual report. It must state, for each country, the number of international cyber criminals located there and whether extradition is unlikely for lack of a treaty or another reason; describe the number and nature of significant discussions by State Department officials with officials of other countries about stopping or prosecuting these criminals, naming each country; and, for each such criminal extradited to the United States during the most recently completed calendar year, give the person’s name, charged crimes, previous country of residence, and country of extradition. (2) The report must be unclassified as much as possible, but may include a classified annex. (3) The committees are the listed Senate committees—Foreign Relations, Appropriations, Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs, Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, Select Committee on Intelligence, and Judiciary—and the listed House committees—Foreign Affairs, Appropriations, Homeland Security, Financial Services, Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, and Judiciary.