Strengthening State and Local Cyber Crime Fighting Act
This bill amends the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to establish in the Department of Homeland Security a National Computer Forensics Institute to be operated by the U.S. Secret Service for the dissemination of homeland security information related to the investigation and prevention of cyber and electronic crime, including threats or acts of terrorism, to educate, train, and equip state, local, tribal, and territorial law enforcement officers, prosecutors, and judges.
The Institute:
The Secret Service's network of Electronic Crime Task Forces is to be expanded through the addition of task force officers, prosecutors, and judges educated and trained at the Institute, in addition to academia and private sector stakeholders.
| Action Date | Type | Text | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015-12-01 | IntroReferral | Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. | Senate |
| 2015-11-30 | Floor | Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection. | House floor actions |
| 2015-11-30 | Floor | On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H8420-8421) | House floor actions |
| 2015-11-30 | Floor | DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 3490. | House floor actions |
| 2015-11-30 | Floor | Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H8420-8423) | House floor actions |
| 2015-11-30 | Floor | Mr. Goodlatte moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended. | House floor actions |
| 2015-11-30 | Calendars | Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 268. | House floor actions |
| 2015-11-30 | Committee | Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Homeland Security. H. Rept. 114-345, Part II. | House floor actions |
| 2015-11-19 | Committee | Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Judiciary. H. Rept. 114-345, Part I. | House floor actions |
| 2015-09-30 | Committee | Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Voice Vote. | House committee actions |
| 2015-09-30 | Committee | Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held. | House committee actions |
| 2015-09-30 | Committee | Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Voice Vote. | House committee actions |
| 2015-09-30 | Committee | Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held. | House committee actions |
| 2015-09-29 | Committee | Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations Discharged. | House committee actions |
| 2015-09-17 | Committee | Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee (Amended) by Voice Vote . | House committee actions |
| 2015-09-17 | Committee | Subcommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held. | House committee actions |
| 2015-09-16 | Committee | Referred to the Subcommittee on Cybersecurity, Infrastructure Protection, and Security Technologies. | House committee actions |
| 2015-09-12 | Committee | Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations. | House committee actions |
| 2015-09-11 | IntroReferral | Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Homeland Security, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned. | House floor actions |
| 2015-09-11 | IntroReferral | Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Homeland Security, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned. | House floor actions |
| 2015-09-11 | IntroReferral | Introduced in House | Library of Congress |