AMENDMENTS RELATING TO CIVIL FORFEITURE.

SEC. 2524. AMENDMENTS RELATING TO CIVIL FORFEITURE. Section 981 of title 18, United States Code, is amended— (1) in subsection (a)(1)(C)— (A) by inserting “1032,” after “1014,”; and (B) by inserting “or a violation of section 1341 or 1343 of such title affecting a financial institution” before the period; (2) in subsection (b)— (A) by redesignating paragraphs (1) and (2) as subparagraphs (A) and (B), respectively; and (B) by striking all that appears before subparagraph (A) (as so redesignated by subparagraph (A) of this paragraph) and inserting the following: “(b) (1) Any property— “(A) subject to forfeiture to the United States under subparagraph (A) or (B) of subsection (a)(1) of this section— “(i) may be seized by the Attorney General; or “(ii) in the case of property involved in a violation of section 5313(a) or 5324 of title 31, United States Code, or section 1956 or 1957 of this title investigated by the Secretary of the Treasury or the United States Postal Service, may be seized by the Secretary of the Treasury or the Postal Service; and “(B) subject to forfeiture to the United States under subparagraph (C) of subsection (a)(1) of this section may be seized by the Attorney General, the Secretary of the Treasury, or the Postal Service. “(2) Property shall be seized under paragraph (1) of this subsection upon process issued pursuant to the Supplemental Rules for certain Admiralty and Maritime Claims by any district court of the United States having jurisdiction over the property, except that seizure without such process may be made when—”; 104 STAT. 4874 (3) in subsection (e)(3), by striking “(if the affected financial institution is in receivership or liquidation)”; and (4) in subsection (e)(4), by striking “(if the affected financial institution is not in receivership or liquidation)”.