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 102 STAT. 4322

Reports.

Appropriation authorization.

PUBLIC LAW 100-690—NOV. 18, 1988

exceed $250,000. Any award for information pursuant to paragraph (I)(C) shall not exceed the lesser of $250,000 or one-fourth of the amount realized by the United States from the property forfeited. "(3) Any amount under subparagraph (F) of paragraph (1) shall be paid at the discretion of the Attorney General or his delegate, except that the authority to pay $100,000 or more may be delegated only to the respective head of the agency involved. "(4) There shall be deposited in the Fund all amounts from the forfeiture of property under any law enforced or administered by the Department of Justice, except all proceeds of forfeitures available for use by the Secretary of the Treasury or the Secretary of the Interior pursuant to section 11(d) of the Endangered Species Act (16 U.S.C. 1540(d)) or section 6(d) of the Lacey Act Amendments of 1981 (16 U.S.C. 3375(d)) or the Postmaster General of the United States pursuant to section 2003(b)(7) of title 39. "(5) Amounts in the Fund which are not currently needed for the purpose of this section shall be kept on deposit or invested in obligations of, or guaranteed by, the United States and all earnings on such investments shall be deposited in the Fund. "(6) The Attorney General shall transmit to the Congress, not later than 4 months after the end of each fiscal year, two detailed reports as follows: "(A) a report on— "(i) the estimated total value of property forfeited under any law enforced or administered by the Department of Justice with respect to which funds were not deposited in the Fund; and "(ii) the estimated total value of all such property transferred to any State or local law enforcement agency; and "(B) a report on— "(i) the Fund's beginning balance; "(ii) sources of receipts (seized cash, conveyances, and others); "(iii) liens and mortgages paid and amount of money shared with State and local law enforcement agencies; "(iv) the net amount realized from the year's operations, amount of seized cash being held as evidence, and the amount of money legally allowed to be carried over to next year; "(v) any defendant's equity in property valued at $1,000,000 or more; and "(vi) year-end Fund balance. "(7) The Fund shall be subject to annual audit by the Comptroller General. "(8) The provisions of this subsection relating to deposits in the Fund shall apply to all property in the custody of the Department of Justice on or after the effective date of the Comprehensive Forfeiture Act of 1983. "(9) There are authorized to be appropriated such sums as necessary for the purposes described in subparagraphs (A)(ii), (B), (C), (F), and (G) of paragraph (1). At the end of each of fiscal years 1990, 1991, and 1992, unobligated amounts not to exceed $150,000,000 remaining in the Fund shall be deposited in the Special Forfeiture Fund, except that an amount not to exceed $15,000,000 or, if determined necessary by the Attorney General to meet asset specific expenses, an amount equal to one-twelfth of the previous year's

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