text: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
  
      This Act may be cited as the ``Computer Crime Enforcement Act''.
  
  SEC. 2. STATE GRANT PROGRAM FOR TRAINING AND PROSECUTION OF COMPUTER 
                CRIMES.
  
      (a) In General.--Subject to the availability of amounts provided in 
  advance in appropriations Acts, the Office of Justice Programs shall 
  make a grant to each State, which shall be used by the State, in 
  conjunction with units of local government, State and local courts, 
  other States, or combinations thereof, to--
              (1) assist State and local law enforcement in enforcing 
          State and local criminal laws relating to computer crime;
              (2) assist State and local law enforcement in educating the 
          public to prevent and identify computer crime;
              (3) assist in educating and training State and local law 
          enforcement officers and prosecutors to conduct investigations 
          and forensic analyses of evidence and prosecutions of computer 
          crime;
              (4) assist State and local law enforcement officers and 
          prosecutors in acquiring computer and other equipment to 
          conduct investigations and forensic analysis of evidence of 
          computer crimes; and
              (5) facilitate and promote the sharing of Federal law 
          enforcement expertise and information about the investigation, 
          analysis, and prosecution of computer crimes with State and 
          local law enforcement officers and prosecutors, including the 
          use of multijurisdictional task forces.
      (b) Use of Grant Amounts.--Grants under this section may be used to 
  establish and develop programs to--
              (1) assist State and local law enforcement in enforcing 
          State and local criminal laws relating to computer crime;
              (2) assist State and local law enforcement in educating the 
          public to prevent and identify computer crime;
              (3) educate and train State and local law enforcement 
          officers and prosecutors to conduct investigations and forensic 
          analyses of evidence and prosecutions of computer crime;
              (4) assist State and local law enforcement officers and 
          prosecutors in acquiring computer and other equipment to 
          conduct investigations and forensic analysis of evidence of 
          computer crimes; and
              (5) facilitate and promote the sharing of Federal law 
          enforcement expertise and information about the investigation, 
          analysis, and prosecution of computer crimes with State and 
          local law enforcement officers and prosecutors, including the 
          use of multijurisdictional task forces.
      (c) Assurances.--To be eligible to receive a grant under this 
  section, a State shall provide assurances to the Attorney General that 
  the State--
              (1) has in effect laws that penalize computer crime, such 
          as penal laws prohibiting--
                      (A) fraudulent schemes executed by means of a 
                  computer system or network;
                      (B) the unlawful damaging, destroying, altering, 
                  deleting, removing of computer software, or data 
                  contained in a computer, computer system, computer 
                  program, or computer network; or
                      (C) the unlawful interference with the operation of 
                  or denial of access to a computer, computer program, 
                  computer system, or computer network;
              (2) an assessment of the State and local resource needs, 
          including criminal justice resources being devoted to the 
          investigation and enforcement of computer crime laws; and
              (3) a plan for coordinating the programs funded under this 
          section with other federally funded technical assistant and 
          training programs, including directly funded local programs 
          such as the Local Law Enforcement Block Grant program 
          (described under the heading ``Violent Crime Reduction 
          Programs, State and Local Law Enforcement Assistance'' of the 
          Departments of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and 
          Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1998 (Public Law 105-
          119)).
      (d) Matching Funds.--The Federal share of a grant received under 
  this section may not exceed 90 percent of the costs of a program or 
  proposal funded under this section unless the Attorney General waives, 
  wholly or in part, the requirements of this subsection.
      (e) Authorization of Appropriations.--
              (1) In general.--There is authorized to be appropriated to 
          carry out this section $25,000,000 for each of fiscal years 
          2000 through 2003.
              (2) Limitations.--Of the amount made available to carry out 
          this section in any fiscal year not more than 3 percent may be 
          used by the Attorney General for salaries and administrative 
          expenses.
              (3) Minimum amount.--Unless all eligible applications 
          submitted by any State or unit of local government within such 
          State for a grant under this section have been funded, such 
          State, together with grantees within the State (other than 
          Indian tribes), shall be allocated in each fiscal year under 
          this section not less than 0.75 percent of the total amount 
          appropriated in the fiscal year for grants pursuant to this 
          section, except that the United States Virgin Islands, American 
          Samoa, Guam, and the Northern Mariana Islands each shall be 
          allocated 0.25 percent.
      (f) Grants to Indian Tribes.--Notwithstanding any other provision 
  of this section, the Attorney General may use amounts made available 
  under this section to make grants to Indian tribes for use in 
  accordance with this section.
target: Computer Crime Enforcement Act - Directs the Office of Justice Programs to make a grant to each State, subject to the availability of appropriations, which shall be used to: (1) assist State and local law enforcement agencies in enforcing State and local criminal laws relating, and in educating the public to prevent and identify, computer crime; (2) assist in educating and training State and local law enforcement officers and prosecutors to conduct investigations and forensic analyses of evidence and prosecutions of computer crime; (3) assist State and local law enforcement officers and prosecutors in acquiring computer and other equipment to conduct investigations and forensic analysis of evidence of computer crimes; and (4) facilitate and promote the sharing of Federal law enforcement expertise and information about the investigation, analysis, and prosecution of computer crimes with State and local law enforcement officers and prosecutors, including the use of multi-jurisdictional task forces. 
  Requires a State, to be eligible to receive a grant, to provide assurances to the Attorney General that the State has: (1) in effect laws that penalize computer crime; (2) made an assessment of the State and local resource needs; and (3) a plan for coordinating the programs funded under this Act with other federally funded technical assistant and training programs. 
  Sets the Federal cost share at up to 90 percent, subject to a waiver.  Authorizes appropriations. 
  Authorizes the Attorney General to use amounts made available under this Act for grants to Indian tribes.
feat_title: Computer Crime Enforcement Act