12 2 STA T .4 2 7 1 PUBLIC LA W 11 0– 40 3—O CT. 13 , 200 8TI T LE I V—D E PAR T M E N T OFJUS TI C E PRO G RAMS SEC.401 . LO C A LLA W E NF O R CE M EN TG RANTS. (a)AUTHORIZA TIO N.—Section2 o f t h e C o mpu te r Crime E nforce - ment Act ( 4 2 U .S.C. 371 3)i s amen d ed— (1) in su b section (b) , b y insertin g after ‘ ‘computer crime ’ ’ each p l ace it appears the follo w ing
‘‘, including infringement of copyrighted wor k so v er the I nternet’’
and (2) in subsection (e)(1), relating to authori z ation of appro- priations, by striking ‘‘fiscal years 2 0 01 through 2004’’ and inserting ‘‘fiscal years 200 9 through 2013’’. (b) G RANT S .— T he O ffice of J ustice P rograms of the D epartment of Justice may make grants to eligible State or local law enforcement entities, including law enforcement agencies of municipal govern- ments and public educational institutions, for training, prevention, enforcement, and prosecution of intellectual property theft and infringement crimes (in this subsection referred to as ‘‘IP – TIC grants’’), in accordance with the following: (1) US E O F I P –TI CG RANT A M OUNTS.—IP–TIC grants may be used to establish and develop programs to do the following with respect to the enforcement of State and local true name and address laws and State and local criminal laws on anti- infringement, anti-counterfeiting, and unlawful acts with respect to goods by reason of their protection by a patent, trademark, service mark, trade secret, or other intellectual property right under State or F ederal law: (A) Assist State and local law enforcement agencies in enforcing those laws, including by reimbursing State and local entities for e x penses incurred in performing enforcement operations, such as overtime payments and storage fees for seized evidence. ( B ) Assist State and local law enforcement agencies in educating the public to prevent, deter, and identify viola- tions of those laws. (C) Educate and train State and local law enforcement officers and prosecutors to conduct investigations and forensic analyses of evidence and prosecutions in matters involving those laws. (D) Establish task forces that include personnel from State or local law enforcement entities, or both, exclusively to conduct investigations and forensic analyses of evidence and prosecutions in matters involving those laws. (E) Assist State and local law enforcement officers and prosecutors in ac q uiring computer and other equipment to conduct investigations and forensic analyses of evidence in matters involving those laws. (F) Facilitate and promote the sharing, with State and local law enforcement officers and prosecutors, of the expertise and information of Federal law enforcement agen- cies about the investigation, analysis, and prosecution of matters involving those laws and criminal infringement of copyrighted works, including the use of multi j uris- dictional task forces. (2) E L IGI B ILIT Y .—To be eligible to receive an IP–TIC grant, a State or local government entity shall provide to the Attorney 42USC371 3 a.
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