Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 98 Part 2.djvu/892

 98 STAT. 2052

Post, p. 2193. Department of Justice Assets Forfeiture Fund, establishment.

21 USC 801 note.

PUBLIC LAW 98-473—OCT. 12, 1984

before "The proceeds from any sale under paragraph (2)" the following: "The Attorney General shall ensure the equitable transfer pursuant to paragraph (1) of any forfeited property to the appropriate State or local law enforcement agency so as to reflect generally the contribution of any such agency participating directly in any of the acts which led to the seizure or forfeiture of such property. A decision by the Attorney General pursuant to paragraph (1) shall not be subject to review.". (c) Section 511(e) of the Comprehensive Drug Abuse Prevention and Control Act of 1970 (21 U.S.C. 881(e)) is further amended by striking out "the general fund of the United States Treasury" in the sentence beginning "The Attorney General shall" and inserting in lieu thereof "accordance with section 524(c) of title 28, United States Code". SEC. 310. Section 524 of title 28, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new subsection: "(c)(1) There is established in the United States Treasury a special fund to be known as the Department of Justice Assets Forfeiture Fund (hereinafter in this subsection referred to as the 'fund') which shall be available to the Attorney General without fiscal year limitation in such amounts as may be specified in appropriations Acts for the following purposes of the Department of Justice— "(A) the payment, at the discretion of the Attorney General, of any expenses necessary to seize, detain, inventory, safeguard, maintain, advertise, or sell property under seizure, detention, or forfeited pursuant to any law enforced or administered by the Department of Justice, or of any other necessary expenses incident to the seizure, detention, or forfeiture of such property; such payments may include payments for contract services and payments to reimburse any Federal, State, or local agency for any expenditures made to perform the foregoing functions; "(B) the payment of awards for information or assistance leading to a civil or criminal forfeiture under the Comprehensive Drug Abuse Prevention and Control Act of 1970 (21 U.S.C. 800 et seq.) or a criminal forfeiture under the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations statute (18 U.S.C. 1961 et seq.), at the discretion of the Attorney General; "(C) the compromise and payment of valid liens and mortgages against property that has been forfeited pursuant to any law enforced or administered by the Department of Justice, subject to the discretion of the Attorney General to determine the validity of any such lien or mortgage and the amount of payment to be made; and "(D) disbursements authorized in connection with remission or mitigation procedures relating to property forfeited under any law enforced or administered by the Department of Justice. "(2) Any award paid from the fund for information concerning a forfeiture, as provided in paragraph (1)(B), shall be paid at the discretion of the Attorney General or his delegate, except that the authority to pay an award of $10,000 or more shall not be delegated to any person other than the Deputy Attorney General, the Associate Attorney General, the Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, or the Administrator of the Drug Enforcement Administration. Any award for such information shall not exceed the lesser of $150,000 or one-fourth of the amount realized by the United States from the property forfeited.

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