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31 U.S.C. § 3724 — Claims for damages caused by investigative or law enforcement officers of the Department of Justice
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**(a)** The Attorney General may settle, for not more than $50,000 in any one case, a claim for personal injury, death, or damage to, or loss of, privately owned property, caused by an investigative or law enforcement officer as defined in [section 2680(h) of title 28](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title28-section2680/h&num=0&edition=prelim) who is employed by the Department of Justice acting within the scope of employment that may not be settled under chapter 171 of title 28. An officer or employee of the United States Government may not present a claim arising during the scope of employment. A claim may be allowed only if it is presented to the Attorney General within one year after it accrues.
**(b)** A claim may be paid under this section only if the claimant accepts the amount of the settlement in complete satisfaction of the claim against the Government.
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**(a)** The Attorney General may settle, for not more than $50,000 in any one case, a claim for personal injury, death, or damage to, or loss of, privately owned property, caused by an investigative or law enforcement officer as defined in [section 2680(h) of title 28](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title28-section2680/h&num=0&edition=prelim) who is employed by the Department of Justice acting within the scope of employment that may not be settled under chapter 171 of title 28. An officer or employee of the United States Government may not present a claim arising during the scope of employment. A claim may be allowed only if it is presented to the Attorney General within one year after it accrues.
**(b)** A claim may be paid under this section only if the claimant accepts the amount of the settlement in complete satisfaction of the claim against the Government.
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**(a)**
(1) The following property is subject to forfeiture to the United States:
(A) Any property, real or personal, involved in a transaction or attempted transaction in violation of section 1956, 1957 or 1960 of this title, or any property traceable to such property.
(B) Any property, real or personal, within the jurisdiction of the United States, constituting, derived from, or traceable to, any proceeds obtained directly or indirectly from an offense against a foreign nation, or any property used to facilitate such an offense, if the offense—
(i) involves trafficking in nuclear, chemical, biological, or radiological weapons technology or material, or the manufacture, importation, sale, or distribution of a controlled substance (as that term is defined for purposes of the Controlled Substances Act), or any other conduct described in section 1956(c)(7)(B);
(ii) would be punishable within the jurisdiction of the foreign nation by death or imprisonment for a term exceeding 1 year; and
(iii) would be punishable under the laws of the United States by imprisonment for a term exceeding 1 year, if the act or activity constituting the offense had occurred within the jurisdiction of the United States.
(C) Any property, real or personal, which constitutes or is derived from proceeds traceable to a violation of section 215, 471, 472, 473, 474, 476, 477, 478, 479, 480, 481, 485, 486, 487, 488, 501, 502, 510, 542, 545, 656, 657, 670, 842, 844, 1005, 1006, 1007, 1014, 1028, 1029, 1030, 1032, or 1344 of this title or any offense constituting “specified unlawful activity” (as defined in [section 1956(c)(7) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title18-section1956/c/7&num=0&edition=prelim)), or a conspiracy to commit such
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TITLE 31—MONEY AND FINANCE
§ 3724
HISTORICAL AND REVISION NOTES
Revised
Section
Source (U.S. Code)
Source (Statutes at Large)
3722(a) .....
31:238(1st sentence).
June 10, 1949, ch. 187, 63 Stat.
167.
3722(b) .....
31:238(2d sentence
last 25 words be-
fore last semi-
colon).
3722(c) .....
31:238(2d sentence
less last 25 words
before last semi-
colon).
3722(d) .....
31:238(last sen-
tence).
3722(e) .....
31:238(note).
In subsection (a), the words ‘‘and such other officer or
officers as he may designate for such purpose’’ are
omitted as unnecessary because of 28:509. The word
‘‘settle’’ is substituted for ‘‘consider, determine, ad-
just’’ for consistency. The words ‘‘the sum of’’ are
omitted as surplus. The words ‘‘officer or employee’’
are substituted for ‘‘persons employed’’ for consistency
in the revised title and with other titles of the United
States Code. The words ‘‘or destruction’’ are omitted as
surplus.
In subsection (b), the words ‘‘assigned to him . . .
otherwise’’ are omitted as surplus.
In subsection (c)(1), the words ‘‘no part’’ are sub-
stituted for ‘‘not . . . in whole or in part’’ because of
the restatement.
In subsection (c)(2), the words ‘‘the Attorney General
decides that possession of’’ are substituted for ‘‘is de-
termined’’ for clarity. The words ‘‘claimed to be dam-
aged, lost, or destroyed’’ and ‘‘necessary, or proper . . .
attendant’’ are omitted as surplus.
In subsection (c)(3), the word ‘‘accrues’’ is substituted
for ‘‘the occurrence of the accident or incident out of
which such claim arises’’ to eliminate unnecessary
words.
In subsection (d), the words ‘‘A claim may be paid
under this section’’ are added for clarity. The words
‘‘the amount of the settlement’’ are substituted for ‘‘an
award hereund
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