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 120 STAT. 244

PUBLIC LAW 109–177—MAR. 9, 2006

Security may direct, and, with respect to offenses over which the United States Postal Service has jurisdiction, by the Postal Service. Such authority of the Secretary of the Treasury, the Secretary of Homeland Security, and the Postal Service shall be exercised in accordance with an agreement which shall be entered into by the Secretary of the Treasury, the Secretary of Homeland Security, the Postal Service, and the Attorney General.’’.

Agreement

SEC.

404.

ASSETS OF PERSONS COMMITTING TERRORIST ACTS AGAINST FOREIGN COUNTRIES OR INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS.

Section 981(a)(1)(G) of title 18, United States Code, is amended— (1) by striking ‘‘or’’ at the end of clause (ii); (2) by striking the period at the end of clause (iii) and inserting ‘‘; or’’; and (3) by inserting the following after clause (iii): ‘‘(iv) of any individual, entity, or organization engaged in planning or perpetrating any act of international terrorism (as defined in section 2331) against any international organization (as defined in section 209 of the State Department Basic Authorities Act of 1956 (22 U.S.C. 4309(b)) or against any foreign Government. Where the property sought for forfeiture is located beyond the territorial boundaries of the United States, an act in furtherance of such planning or perpetration must have occurred within the jurisdiction of the United States.’’. SEC. 405. MONEY LAUNDERING THROUGH HAWALAS.

Section 1956(a)(1) of title 18, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following: ‘‘For purposes of this paragraph, a financial transaction shall be considered to be one involving the proceeds of specified unlawful activity if it is part of a set of parallel or dependent transactions, any one of which involves the proceeds of specified unlawful activity, and all of which are part of a single plan or arrangement.’’. SEC. 406. TECHNICAL AND CONFORMING AMENDMENTS RELATING TO THE USA PATRIOT ACT.

(a) TECHNICAL CORRECTIONS.— (1) Section 322 of Public Law 107–56 is amended by striking ‘‘title 18’’ and inserting ‘‘title 28’’. (2) Section 1956(b)(3) and (4) of title 18, United States Code, are amended by striking ‘‘described in paragraph (2)’’ each time it appears; and (3) Section 981(k) of title 18, United States Code, is amended by striking ‘‘foreign bank’’ each time it appears and inserting ‘‘foreign financial institution (as defined in section 984(c)(2)(A) of this title)’’. (b) CODIFICATION OF SECTION 316 OF THE USA PATRIOT ACT.— (1) Chapter 46 of title 18, United States Code, is amended— (A) in the chapter analysis, by inserting at the end the following:

28 USC 2466.

‘‘987. Anti-terrorist forfeiture protection.’’;

and (B) by inserting at the end the following:

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