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 102 STAT. 4476

Claims.

PUBLIC LAW 100-690—NOV. 18, 1988 States Customs Service and the United States Coast Guard under any law enforced or administered by those agencies for payment, or for reimbursement to the appropriation from which payment was made, for— "(A) all proper expenses of the seizure (including investigative costs incurred by the United States Customs Service leading to seizures) or the proceedings of forfeiture and sale, including, but not limited to, the expenses of inventory, security, and maintenance of custody of the property, advertisement and sale of the property, and if condemned by the court and a bond for such costs was not given, the costs as taxed by the court; "(B) awards of compensation to informers under section 619; "(C) satisfaction of— "(i) liens for freight, charges, and contributions in general average, notice of which has been filed with the appropriate customs officer according to law, and '(ii) other liens against forfeited property; "(D) amounts authorized by law with respect to remission and mitigation; and "(E) claims of parties in interest to property disposed of under section 612(b), in the amounts applicable to such claims at the time of seizure. "(2) Any payment made under subparagraph (C) or (D) of paragraph (1) with respect to a seizure or a forfeiture of property shall not exceed the value of the property at the time of the seizure. "(3) In addition to the purposes described in paragraph (1), the Fund shall be available for— "(A) purchases by the United States Customs Service of evidence of— "(i) smuggling of controlled substances, and "(ii) violations of the currency and foreign transaction reporting requirements of chapter 51 of title 31, United States Code, if there is a substantial probability that the violations of these requirements are related to the smuggling of controlled substances; "(B) equipment for any vessel, vehicle, or aircraft available for official use by the United States Customs Service to enable the vessel, vehicle, or aircraft to assist in law enforcement functions; "(C) the reimbursement, at the discretion of the Secretary, of private persons for expenses incurred by such persons in cooperating with the United States Customs Service in investigations and undercover law enforcement operations; "(D) publication of the availability of awards under section 619; "(E) equipment for any vessel, vehicle, or aircraft available for official use by a State or local law enforcement agency to enable the vessel, vehicle, or aircraft to assist in law enforcement functions if the conveyance will be used in joint law enforceipent operations with the United States Customs Service; and "(F) payment of overtime salaries, travel, fuel, training, equipment, and other similar costs of State and local law

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