AUTHORIZATION OF POSTAL SERVICE TO INVESTIGATE MONEY LAUNDERING.

SEC. 6469. AUTHORIZATION OF POSTAL SERVICE TO INVESTIGATE MONEY LAUNDERING. (a) Jurisdiction.—(1) Section 1956 of title 18, United States Code, is amended by striking all that follows “appropriate” in subsection (e) and inserting the following: “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 and the Postal Service shall be exercised in accordance with an agreement which shall be entered into by the Secretary of the Treasury, the Postal Service, and the Attorney General.” (2) Section 1957 of title 18, United States Code, is amended by striking all that follows “appropriate” in subsection (e) and inserting the following: “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 and the Postal Service shall be exercised in accordance with an agreement which shall be entered into by the Secretary of the Treasury, the Postal Service, and the Attorney General.”. (b) Conforming Amendments.—Section 981 of title 18, United States Code, is amended by— (1) inserting “or the Postal Service” in subsection (b) following “Secretary of the Treasury” the first two times it appears; (2) striking “the Attorney General or the Secretary of the Treasury” in subsections (b)(2) and (c) through (e) and inserting “the Attorney General, the Secretary of the Treasury, or the Postal Service”; (3) adding at the end of subsection (d) the following: “The Attorney General shall have sole responsibility for disposing of petitions for remission or mitigation with respect to property involved in a judicial forfeiture proceeding”; and (4) adding at the end of subsection (e) the following: “The authority granted to the Secretary of the Treasury and the Postal Service pursuant to this subsection shall apply only to property that has been administratively forfeited.”. (c) Powers of the Secretary.—Section 5318(a)(1) of title 31, United States Code, is amended by inserting “or the Postal Inspection Service” after “supervising agency”.