CONFORMING AMENDMENT RELATING TO THE EQUITABLE TRANSFER OF FORFEITED PROPERTY TO A PARTICIPATING FOREIGN NATION.

SEC. 103. CONFORMING AMENDMENT RELATING TO THE EQUITABLE TRANSFER OF FORFEITED PROPERTY TO A PARTICIPATING FOREIGN NATION. Section 981(i) of title 18, United States Code, is amended— (1) by striking out the matter before paragraph (1); (2) by realigning paragraphs (1) through (5) 2 ems to the left, so that the left margins of such paragraphs are flush; (3) by striking out “(1) Notwithstanding” in paragraph (1) and all that follows through the end of the second sentence of that paragraph and inserting in lieu thereof the following: “(i) (1) Whenever property is civilly or criminally forfeited under this chapter, the Attorney General or the Secretary of the Treasury, as the case may be, may transfer the forfeited personal property or the proceeds of the sale of any forfeited personal or real property to any foreign country which participated directly or indirectly in the seizure or forfeiture of the property, if such a transfer— “(A) has been agreed to by the Secretary of State; “(B) is authorized in an international agreement between the United States and the foreign country; and “(C) is made to a country which, if applicable, has been certified under section 481(h) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961.”; (4) by inserting after “Attorney General” in the third and fifth sentences of paragraph (1) the following: “or the Secretary of the Treasury”; and (5) by striking out the last sentence of paragraph (1).