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Forfeiture Funds Expenditure Transparency Act

H.R. 2595 · 118th Congress · Apr 13, 2023 · Lineage

A BILL

To require State and local law enforcement agencies receiving forfeited funds and property to report how such funds and property are used, and for other purposes.

Section 1 Short title

This Act may be cited as the “Forfeiture Funds Expenditure Transparency Act”.

Sec. 2 State and local reporting

(a)
Department of Justice Assets Forfeiture Fund— Section 524(c)(6) of title 28, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following:

“(E) Not later than January 1, 2024, and every 6 months thereafter, each State and local law enforcement agency with the authority to prosecute a criminal case that receives property or funds under this subsection, section 511(e) of the Controlled Substances Act, or section 981(e) of title 18, shall transmit to Congress a report detailing each receipt of property or funds and the activity to which the property or funds were directed for the previous fiscal year, in the case of the first report, and for the previous 6-month period, in the case of each subsequent report.”

(b)
Controlled substances forfeitures— Section 511(e) of the Controlled Substances Act (21 U.S.C. 881) is amended by adding at the end the following:

“(5) Each State and local law enforcement agency with the authority to prosecute a criminal case that receives property or funds under this subsection shall include in the report transmitted to Congress under section 524(c)(6)(E) of title 28, United States Code, information detailing each receipt of property or funds and the activity to which the property or funds were directed.”

(c)
Civil forfeitures— Section 981 of title 18, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following:

“(l) Each State and local law enforcement agency with the authority to prosecute a criminal case that receives property or funds under subsection (e) shall include in the report transmitted to Congress under section 524(c)(6)(E) of title 28 information detailing each receipt of property or funds and the activity to which the property or funds were directed.”