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12 2 STA T .4 2 7 2 PUBLIC LA W 11 0– 40 3—O CT. 13 , 200 8Gen e ral,i na d di t i o ntot h ein f or m ation re gu larl y re q uired to b e p ro v ided under the F inan c ial Guide i s sued by the O ffice of J ustice P rograms and any other information required of D epartment of Justice ’ s grantees —(A) assurances that the S tate in w hich the government entity is located has in effect laws described in paragraph ( 1 )

( B ) an assessment of the resource needs of the State or local government entity applying for the grant, including information on the need for reimbursements of base sala - ries and overtime costs, storage fees, and other e x pendi- tures to improve the investigation, prevention, or enforce- ment of laws described in paragraph (1); and ( C ) a plan for coordinating the programs funded under this section with other federally funded technical assistance and training programs, including directly funded local pro- grams such as the E dward Byrne M emorial Justice Assist- ance Grant Program authori z ed by subpart 1 of part E of title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Actof1 968 ( 42U. S.C. 3750 et seq.). (3) M ATCHINGFU N DS .— T he Federal share of an IP – TIC grant may not exceed 50 percent of the costs of the program or proposal funded by the IP–TIC grant. (4) AUTH OR I Z ATION OF A P PROPRIATIONS.— (A) AUTHORIZATION.—There is authorized to be appro- priated to carry out this subsection the sum of $ 25,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2009 through 2013. (B) L I M ITATION.—Of the amount made available to carry out this subsection in any fiscal year, not more than 3 percent may be used by the Attorney General for salaries and administrative expenses. SEC.402 . IMPROV E D I N VES T I GA TIVE AND F ORENSIC RESO U RCES FOR ENFORCEMENT OF L A W S RELATED TO INTELLECTUAL PROPERT Y CRIMES. (a)ING E NERA L .—Sub j ect to the availability of appropriations to carry out this subsection, the Attorney General, in consultation with the Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, shall, with respect to crimes related to the theft of intellectual property— (1) ensure that there are at least 10 additional operational agents of the Federal Bureau of Investigation designated to support the Computer Crime and Intellectual Property Section of the Criminal Division of the Department of Justice in the investigation and coordination of intellectual property crimes; (2) ensure that any Computer H ac k ing and Intellectual Property Crime Unit in the Department of Justice is supported by at least 1 agent of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (in addition to any agent supporting such unit as of the date of the enactment of this Act) to support such unit for the purpose of investigating or prosecuting intellectual property crimes; (3) ensure that all Computer Hacking and Intellectual Prop- erty Crime Units located at an office of a United States Attorney are assigned at least 2 Assistant United States Attorneys responsible for investigating and prosecuting computer hacking or intellectual property crimes; and 42USC371 3 b.Plans . A ss e ss m en t s.