19 U.S.C. § 1613a — Repealed. Pub. L. 99–514, title XVIII,

Page 301 TITLE 19—CUSTOMS DUTIES § 1613b missioner of Customs substituted in text for ‘‘the Sec- retary of Commerce’’. § 1613a. Repealed. Pub. L. 99–514, title XVIII, § 1888(7), Oct. 22, 1986, 100 Stat. 2925 Section, act June 17, 1930, ch. 497, title IV, § 613a, as added and amended Oct. 12, 1984, Pub. L. 98–473, title II, §§ 317, 2304, 98 Stat. 2054, 2193; Oct. 27, 1986, Pub. L. 99–570, title I, § 1152(b)(1), 100 Stat. 3207–12; July 11, 1987, Pub. L. 100–71, title I, § 101, 101 Stat. 438, related to es- tablishment, purpose, etc. of the Customs Forfeiture Fund. See section 1613b of this title. Section 1152(b)(1) of Pub. L. 99–570, which amended this section subsequently to repeal by Pub. L. 99–514, was repealed by section 101 of Pub. L. 100–71, which also provided in part that section 1152(b) of Pub. L. 99–570 be treated as though it had never been enacted. § 1613b. Customs Forfeiture Fund (a) In general (1) There is established in the Treasury of the United States a fund to be known as the ‘‘Cus- toms Forfeiture Fund’’ (hereafter in this section referred to as the ‘‘Fund’’), which shall be avail- able to the United States Customs Service, sub- ject to appropriation, with respect to seizures and forfeitures by the United States Customs Service and the United States Coast Guard under any law enforced or administered by those agencies for payment, or for reimbursement to the appropriation from which payment was made, for— (A) all proper expenses of the seizure (includ- ing investigative costs incurred by the United States Customs Service leading to seizures) or the proceedings of forfeiture and sale, includ- ing, but not limited to, the expenses of inven- tory, security, and maintenance of custody of the property, advertisement and sale of the property, and if condemned by the court and a bond for such costs was not given, the costs as taxed by the court; (B) awards of compensation to informers under section 1619 of this title; (C) satisfaction of— (i) liens for freight, charges, and contribu- tions in general average, notice of which has been filed with the appropriate customs offi- cer according to law, and (ii) other liens against forfeited property; (D) amounts authorized by law with respect to remission and mitigation; (E) claims of parties in interest to property disposed of under section 1612(b) of this title, in the amounts applicable to such claims at the time of seizure; and (F) equitable sharing payments made to other Federal agencies, State and local law en- forcement agencies, and foreign countries under the authority of section 1616a(c) of this title or section 981 of title 18. (2)(A) Any payment made under subparagraph (C) or (D) of paragraph (1) with respect to a sei- zure or a forfeiture of property shall not exceed the value of the property at the time of the sei- zure. (B) Any payment made under subparagraph (F) of paragraph (1) with respect to a seizure or for- feiture of property shall not exceed the value of the property at the time of disposition. (3) In addition to the purposes described in paragraph (1), the Fund shall be available for— (A) purchases by the United States Customs Service of evidence of— (i) smuggling of controlled substances, and (ii) violations of the currency and foreign transaction reporting requirements of chap- ter 51 of title 31, if there is a substantial probability that the violations of these re- quirements are related to the smuggling of controlled substances; (B) equipment for any vessel, vehicle, or air- craft available for official use by the United States Customs Service to enable the vessel, vehicle, or aircraft to assist in law enforce- ment functions; (C) the reimbursement, at the discretion of the Secretary, of private persons for expenses incurred by such persons in cooperating with the United States Customs Service in inves- tigations and undercover law enforcement op- erations; (D) publication of the availability of awards under section 1619 of this title; (E) equipment for any vessel, vehicle, or air- craft available for official use by a State or local law enforcement agency to enable the vessel, vehicle, or aircraft to assist in law en- forcement functions if the conveyance will be used in joint law enforcement operations with the United States Customs Service; and (F) payment of overtime salaries, travel, fuel, training, equipment, and other similar costs of State and local law enforcement offi- cers that are incurred in joint law enforce- ment operations with the United States Cus- toms Service. (b) United States Coast Guard The Commissioner of U.S. Customs and Border Protection shall make available to the United States Coast Guard, from funds appropriated under subsection (f)(2) in excess of $10,000,000 for a fiscal year, proceeds in the Fund derived from seizures by the Coast Guard. Funds made avail- able under this subsection may be used for— (1) equipment for any vessel, vehicle, or air- craft available for official use by the United States Coast Guard to enable the vessel, vehi- cle, or aircraft to assist in law enforcement functions; (2) equipment for any vessel, vehicle, equip- ment, or aircraft available for official use by a State or local law enforcement agency to en- able the vessel, vehicle, or aircraft to assist in law enforcement functions if the conveyance will be used in joint law enforcement oper- ations with the United States Coast Guard; (3) payment of overtime salaries, travel, fuel, training, equipment, and other similar costs of State and local law enforcement offi- cers that are incurred in joint law enforce- ment operations with the United States Coast Guard; and (4) expenses incurred in bringing vessels into compliance with applicable environmental laws prior to disposal by sinking. (c) Deposits There shall be deposited into the Fund all for- feited currency and proceeds from forfeiture under any law enforced or administered by the United States Customs Service or the United