Title 34 — Crime Control and Law Enforcement
Chapter 301 — Computer Crimes and Intellectual Property Crimes
§ 30105. Additional funding for resources to investigate and prosecute intellectual property crimes and other criminal activity involving computers
Statutory text
Additional funding for resources
Authorization
In addition to amounts otherwise authorized for resources to investigate and prosecute intellectual property crimes and other criminal activity involving computers, there are authorized to be appropriated for each of the fiscal years 2009 through 2013—
$10,000,000 to the Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation; and
$10,000,000 to the Attorney General for the Criminal Division of the Department of Justice.
Availability
Any amounts appropriated under paragraph (1) shall remain available until expended.
Use of additional funding
Funds made available under subsection (a) shall be used by the Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the Attorney General, for the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the Criminal Division of the Department of Justice, respectively, to—
hire and train law enforcement officers to—
investigate intellectual property crimes and other crimes committed through the use of computers and other information technology, including through the use of the Internet; and
assist in the prosecution of such crimes; and
enable relevant units of the Department of Justice, including units responsible for investigating computer hacking or intellectual property crimes, to procure advanced tools of forensic science and expert computer forensic assistance, including from non-governmental entities, to investigate, prosecute, and study such crimes.
Legislative history
Reconstructed from this section’s Code source credit and amendment notes, resolved against the local Statutes at Large. Editorial notes are evidence, not the law that made the change.
Prioritizing Resources and Organization for Intellectual Property Act of 2008
Pub. L. 110–403 title IV § 403 · 122 Stat. 4256
Enacted · 34 U.S.C. § 30105
(Pub. L. 110–403, title IV, § 403, Oct. 13, 2008, 122 Stat. 4273.)
Source evidence
Code source credit
(Pub. L. 110–403, title IV, § 403, Oct. 13, 2008, 122 Stat. 4273.)Enacted provision · exact public law section
SEC. 403. ADDITIONAL FUNDING FOR RESOURCES TO INVESTIGATE AND PROSECUTE INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY CRIMES AND OTHER CRIMINAL ACTIVITY INVOLVING COMPUTERS. (a) Additional Funding for Resources.— (1) Authorization.— In addition to amounts otherwise authorized for resources to investigate and prosecute intellectual property crimes and other criminal activity involving computers, there are authorized to be appropriated for each of the fiscal years 2009 through 2013— (A) $10,000,000 to the Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation; and (B) $10,000,000 to the Attorney General for the Criminal Division of the Department of Justice. (2) Availability.— Any amounts appropriated under paragraph (1) shall remain available until expended. (b) Use of Additional Funding.— Funds made available under subsection (a) shall be used by the Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the Attorney General, for the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the Criminal Division of the Department of Justice, respectively, to— (1) hire and train law enforcement officers to— (A) investigate intellectual property crimes and other crimes committed through the use of computers and other information technology, including through the use of the Internet; and (B) assist in the prosecution of such crimes; and (2) enable relevant units of the Department of Justice, including units responsible for investigating computer hacking or intellectual property crimes, to procure advanced tools of forensic science and expert computer forensic assistance, including from non-governmental entities, to investigate, prosecute, and study such crimes.
1 of 1 references resolved to an enrolled provision
Editorial Notes
Codification
Section was formerly classified to section 3713c of Title 42, The Public Health and Welfare, prior to editorial reclassification and renumbering as this section.