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 PUBLIC LAW 107-56 —OCT. 26, 2001 115 STAT. 385 SEC. 816. DEVELOPMENT AND SUPPORT OF CYBERSECURITY 28 USC 509 note. FORENSIC CAPABILITIES. (a) IN GENERAL. —The Attorney General shall establish such regional computer forensic laboratories as the Attorney General considers appropriate, and provide support to existing computer forensic laboratories, in order that all such computer forensic laboratories have the capability— (1) to provide forensic examinations with respect to seized or intercepted computer evidence relating to criminal activity (including cyberterrorism); (2) to provide training and education for Federal, State, and local law enforcement personnel and prosecutors regarding investigations, forensic analyses, and prosecutions of computerrelated crime (including cyberterrorism); (3) to assist Federal, State, and local law enforcement in enforcing Federal, State, and local criminal laws relating to computer-related crime; (4) to facilitate and promote the sharing of Federal law enforcement expertise and information about the investigation, analysis, and prosecution of computer-related crime with State and local law enforcement personnel and prosecutors, including the use of multijurisdictional task forces; and (5) to carry out such other activities as the Attorney General considers appropriate. (b) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.— (1) AUTHORIZATION.— There is hereby authorized to be appropriated in each fiscal year $50,000,000 for purposes of carrying out this section. (2) AVAILABILITY. —Amounts appropriated pursuant to the authorization of appropriations in paragraph (1) shall remain available until expended. SEC. 817. EXPANSION OF THE BIOLOGICAL WEAPONS STATUTE. Chapter 10 of title 18, United States Code, is amended— (1) in section 175— (A) in subsection (b)— (i) by striking "does not include" and inserting "includes"; (ii) by inserting "other than" after "system for"; and (iii) by inserting "bona fide research" after "protective"; (B) by redesignating subsection (b) as subsection (c); and (C) by inserting after subsection (a) the following: "(b) ADDITIONAL OFFENSE.— Whoever knowingly possesses any biological agent, toxin, or delivery system of a type or in a quantity that, under the circumstances, is not reasonably justified by a prophylactic, protective, bona fide research, or other peaceful purpose, shall be fmed under this title, imprisoned not more than 10 years, or both. In this subsection, the terms 'biological agent' and 'toxin' do not encompass any biological agent or toxin that is in its naturally occurring environment, if the biological agent or toxin has not been cultivated, collected, or otherwise extracted from its natural source."; (2) by inserting after section 175a the following:

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