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Title III — Cyber Harassment Prevention

117th Congress · Approved Jan 5, 2023 · 136 Stat. 6199

TITLE III Cyber Harassment Prevention

Subtitle A Cybercrime Statistics

SEC. 311. National Strategy, Classification, and Reporting on Cybercrime.

(a)
National Strategy.— The Attorney General, in consultation with the Secretary of Homeland Security, shall develop a national strategy, which shall be developed to supplement, not duplicate, the National Strategy to Combat Human Trafficking and the National Strategy for Child Exploitation Prevention and Interdiction of the Department of Justice, to—
(1)
reduce the incidence of cybercrimes against individuals;
(2)
coordinate investigations of cybercrimes against individuals by Federal law enforcement agencies; and
(3)
increase the number of Federal prosecutions of cybercrimes against individuals.
(b)
Reporting on Cybercrime Taxonomy.— Section 3(c) of the Better Cybercrime Metrics Act (34 U.S.C. 30109 note) is amended, in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by inserting “ , which shall include the Committee on the Judiciary of the Senate and the Committee on the Judiciary of the House of Representatives,” after “ committees of Congress”.

Subtitle B Prioritizing Online Threat Enforcement

SEC. 321. Improved Investigative and Forensic Resources for Enforcement of Laws Related to Cybercrimes Against Individuals.

Subject to the availability of appropriations to carry out this section, the Attorney General, in consultation with the Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the Secretary of Homeland Security, including the Executive Associate Director of Homeland Security Investigations, shall, with respect to cybercrimes against individuals—
(1)
ensure that there are not fewer than 10 additional operational agents of the Federal Bureau of Investigation designated to support the Criminal Division of the Department of Justice in the investigation and coordination of cybercrimes against individuals;
(2)
ensure that each office of a United States Attorney designates at least 1 Assistant United States Attorney as responsible for investigating and prosecuting cybercrimes against individuals; and
(3)
ensure the implementation of a regular and comprehensive training program—
(A)
the purpose of which is to train agents of the Federal Bureau of Investigation in the investigation and prosecution of such crimes and the enforcement of laws related to cybercrimes against individuals; and
(B)
that includes relevant forensic training related to investigating and prosecuting cybercrimes against individuals.

SEC. 322. Report.

(a)
In General.— Not later than 1 year after the date on which the National Academy of Sciences submits the report required under section 3(c) of the Better Cybercrime Metrics Act (34 U.S.C. 30109 note), and once each year thereafter, the Director of the Office for Victims of Crime shall submit a report to the Committee on the Judiciary of the Senate and the Committee on the Judiciary of the House of Representatives that addresses, to the extent data are available, the nature, extent, and amount of funding under the Victims of Crime Act of 1984 (34 U.S.C. 20101 et seq.) for victims of cybercrimes against individuals.
(b)
Contents.— The report required under subsection (a) shall include—
(1)
an analysis of victims’ assistance, victims’ compensation, and discretionary grants under which victims of cybercrimes against individuals received assistance; and
(2)
recommendations for improving services for victims of cybercrimes against individuals.

SEC. 323. Information Sharing.

(a)
Reciprocal Information Sharing.—
(1)
In general.— Subtitle I of title VIII of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 481 et seq.) is amended—
(A)
by striking sections 895 through 899; and
(B)
by adding at the end the following:

“SEC. 895. RECIPROCAL INFORMATION SHARING.

“Acting in accordance with a bilateral or multilateral arrangement, the Secretary, in the Secretary’s discretion and on the basis of reciprocity, may provide information from the National Sex Offender Registry relating to a conviction for a sex offense against a minor (as such terms are defined in section 111 of the Adam Walsh Child Protection and Safety Act of 2006 (34 U.S.C. 20911)) to a foreign government upon the request of the foreign government, and may receive comparable information from the foreign government.”

(2)
Conforming amendment.— The table of contents in section 1(b) of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (Public Law 107–296; 116 Stat. 2135) is amended by striking the items relating to sections 895 through 899 and inserting the following:

“Sec. 895. Reciprocal information sharing.”.

(3)
Rule of construction.— Nothing in the amendments made by this subsection shall be construed to effect the amendments made by sections 895 through 899 of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (Public Law 107–296; 116 Stat. 2256).
(b)
Clarification With Respect to Continuing Registration.— Section 240(b) of William Wilberforce Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act of 2008 (22 U.S.C. 212b(b)) is amended by adding at the end the following:

“(3) Clarification with respect to continuing registration.—An individual may not be issued or reissued a passport without a unique identifier solely because the individual has moved or otherwise resides outside the United States.”

SEC. 324. Training and Technical Assistance for States.

The Attorney General, in consultation with the Secretary of Homeland Security, the Director of the United States Secret Service, the Executive Associate Director of Homeland Security Investigations, and nongovernmental and survivor stakeholders, shall create, compile, evaluate, and disseminate materials and information, and provide the necessary training and technical assistance, to assist States and units of local government in—
(1)
investigating, prosecuting, pursuing, preventing, understanding, and mitigating the impact of—
(A)
physical, sexual, and psychological abuse of cybercrime victims, including victims of human trafficking that is facilitated by interactive computer services;
(B)
exploitation of cybercrime victims; and
(C)
deprioritization of cybercrime; and
(2)
assessing, addressing, and mitigating the physical and psychological trauma to victims of cybercrime.