Pub. L. 102-140, tit. I, sec. 112

Sec. 112. Section 524 of title 28, United States Code as amended, is further amended— (1) in subsection (c)(1), by deleting “purposes of the Department of Justice” and inserting in lieu thereof the following: “law enforcement purposes”; (2) by deleting subsection (c)(1)(C), and inserting in lieu thereof the following: “(C) at the discretion of the Attorney General, the payment of awards for information or assistance leading to a civil or criminal forfeiture involving any Federal agency participating in the Fund;”; (3) in subsection (c)(1)(F), by deleting the word “drug” preceding the words “law enforcement functions”; (4) in subsection (c)(1)(F), by deleting “the Drug Enforcement Administration, the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the Immigration and Naturalization Service, or the United States Marshals Service”, and inserting in lieu thereof the following: “any federal agency participating in the Fund”; (5) by deleting subsection (c)(4) and inserting in lieu thereof the following: “(4) There shall be deposited in the Fund— “(A) all amounts from the forfeiture of property under any law enforced or administered by the Department of Justice, except all proceeds of forfeitures available for use by the Sec-105 STAT. 796retary of the Treasury or the Secretary of the Interior pursuant to section 11(d) of the Endangered Species Act (16 U.S.C. 1540(d)) or section 6(d) of the Lacey Act Amendments of 1981 (16 U.S.C. 3375(d)), or the Postmaster General of the United States pursuant to 39 U.S.C. 2003(b)(7); “(B) all amounts representing the Federal equitable share from the forfeiture of property under any State, local or foreign law, for any Federal agency participating in the Fund.”; (6) by inserting in subsection (c)(5), immediately following “Amounts in the Fund”, the following: “, and in any holding accounts associated with the Fund”; (7) by adding at the end of subsection (c)(9)(C) the following sentence: “Further, transfers under subsection (B) may be made only to the extent that the sum of the transfers for the current fiscal year and the unobligated balance at the beginning of the current fiscal year for the Special Forfeiture Fund do not exceed $150,000,000.”; and (8) In subsection (c)(9)(E)— (A) by deleting “, 1992”, and inserting in lieu thereof “of each fiscal year thereafter”; (B) by deleting “to procure vehicles, equipment, and other capital investment items for the law enforcement, prosecution and correctional activities of the Department of Justice.”, and inserting in lieu thereof the following: “to be transferred to any Federal agency to procure vehicles, equipment, and other capital investment items for law enforcement, prosecution and correctional activities, and related training requirements.”.