{"format":1,"id":"117-hr-7174","congress":117,"number":"H.R. 7174","kind":"bill","group":"bills","title":"National Computer Forensics Institute Reauthorization Act of 2022","title_source":"Short Title(s) as Passed House","official_title":"To amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to reauthorize the National Computer Forensics Institute of the United States Secret Service, and for other purposes.","titles":[{"type":"Official Title as Introduced","title":"To amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to reauthorize the National Computer Forensics Institute of the United States Secret Service, and for other purposes."},{"type":"Short Titles from RFS (Referred to Senate) bill text","title":"National Computer Forensics Institute Reauthorization Act of 2022"},{"type":"Display Title","title":"National Computer Forensics Institute Reauthorization Act of 2022"},{"type":"Short Title(s) as Passed House","title":"National Computer Forensics Institute Reauthorization Act of 2022"},{"type":"Short 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the Homeland Security Act of 2002.","cites":[{"label":"Sec. 2","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/7174/text/eh#HC6F97E0FFEA14D899E231A578811497E"}]},"core_areas":["National Computer Forensics Institute reauthorization and mission","Cybersecurity and electronic crime training curriculum","Institute reporting and capacity planning"],"what_it_does":[{"text":"Amends section 822 of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to change the year \"2022\" to \"2032\" and to restate the Institute's mission as educating, training and equipping State, local, territorial and Tribal law enforcement officers, prosecutors, judges and others on investigating and preventing cybersecurity incidents and electronic crimes.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 2","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/7174/text/eh#HC6F97E0FFEA14D899E231A578811497E"}},{"text":"Requires the Institute's education and training to follow Federal law and policy on privacy, civil rights and civil liberties, and to cover investigating and preventing cyber incidents, forensic examinations of computers and mobile devices, prosecutorial and judicial considerations, and methods to obtain, process, store and admit digital evidence in court.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 2","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/7174/text/eh#HC6F97E0FFEA14D899E231A578811497E"}},{"text":"Requires the Institute to research, develop and share information on investigating cybersecurity incidents, electronic crimes and related threats, and allows that information to include training on methods to investigate ransomware.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 2","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/7174/text/eh#HC6F97E0FFEA14D899E231A578811497E"}},{"text":"Allows the Director of the United States Secret Service to pay all or part of the education, training or equipment the Institute provides, including recipients' travel, transportation and subsistence expenses.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 2","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/7174/text/eh#HC6F97E0FFEA14D899E231A578811497E"}},{"text":"Requires the Secretary to include information on the Institute's activities, including jurisdictions served, costs, projected future demand and impacts on jurisdictions' capabilities, in the annual report required under section 1116 of title 31, United States Code.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 2","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/7174/text/eh#HC6F97E0FFEA14D899E231A578811497E"}},{"text":"Requires the Director of the United States Secret Service to carry out a requirements analysis of approaches to expand the Institute's capacity within one year of enactment, and to submit it to Congress with a plan within 90 days after completing it.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 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H.R. 7174, 117th Congress: National Computer Forensics Institute Reauthorization Act of 2022. House: 410 Yea, 16 Nay. Outcome: Passed House, 13 Jul 2022."}}