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2 | 2 | | 119THCONGRESS |
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4 | 4 | | STSESSION H. R. 1530 |
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5 | 5 | | To amend the Justice for United States Victims of State Sponsored Terrorism |
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6 | 6 | | Act to clarify and supplement the funding sources for United States |
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7 | 7 | | victims of state-sponsored terrorism to ensure consistent and meaningful |
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8 | 8 | | distributions from the United States Victims of State Sponsored Ter- |
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9 | 9 | | rorism Fund, and for other purposes. |
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10 | 10 | | IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES |
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11 | 11 | | FEBRUARY24, 2025 |
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12 | 12 | | Mr. L |
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13 | 13 | | AWLER(for himself, Mr. GOTTHEIMER, Ms. MALLIOTAKIS, Mr. GOLD- |
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14 | 14 | | MANof New York, Mr. LANGWORTHY, Ms. STANSBURY, Mr. GARBARINO, |
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15 | 15 | | Ms. T |
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16 | 16 | | ENNEY, Mr. TORRESof New York, Mr. VANDREW, Ms. NORTON, |
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17 | 17 | | Mr. L |
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18 | 18 | | ALOTA, Ms. TITUS, Ms. MENG, Mr. NEHLS, Mr. RYAN, Mr. JOHN- |
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19 | 19 | | SONof Georgia, Mr. SUOZZI, Mr. GOODEN, Mr. NADLER, Mr. |
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20 | 20 | | M |
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21 | 21 | | OSKOWITZ, Mr. PALLONE, and Ms. GILLEN) introduced the following |
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22 | 22 | | bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary |
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23 | 23 | | A BILL |
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24 | 24 | | To amend the Justice for United States Victims of State |
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25 | 25 | | Sponsored Terrorism Act to clarify and supplement the |
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26 | 26 | | funding sources for United States victims of state-spon- |
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27 | 27 | | sored terrorism to ensure consistent and meaningful dis- |
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28 | 28 | | tributions from the United States Victims of State Spon- |
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29 | 29 | | sored Terrorism Fund, and for other purposes. |
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30 | 30 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1 |
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31 | 31 | | tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 |
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35 | 35 | | SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 1 |
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36 | 36 | | This Act may be cited as the ‘‘American Victims of 2 |
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37 | 37 | | Terrorism Compensation Act’’. 3 |
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38 | 38 | | SEC. 2. TRANSFER OF CERTAIN FUNDS INTO UNITED 4 |
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39 | 39 | | STATES VICTIMS OF STATE SPONSORED TER-5 |
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40 | 40 | | RORISM FUND. 6 |
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41 | 41 | | (a) I |
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42 | 42 | | NGENERAL.—Section 404 of the Justice for 7 |
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43 | 43 | | United States Victims of State Sponsored Terrorism Act 8 |
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44 | 44 | | (34 U.S.C. 20144) is amended— 9 |
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45 | 45 | | (1) in subsection (d)(4), by adding at the end 10 |
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46 | 46 | | the following: 11 |
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47 | 47 | | ‘‘(E) F |
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48 | 48 | | IFTH-ROUND PAYMENTS .—All fifth- 12 |
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49 | 49 | | round payments required to be authorized by 13 |
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50 | 50 | | the Special Master on or before January 1, 14 |
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51 | 51 | | 2025, shall be distributed to eligible claimants 15 |
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52 | 52 | | not later than March 14, 2025, or, if an eligible 16 |
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53 | 53 | | claimant has not provided the Special Master 17 |
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54 | 54 | | with the payment information required for dis-18 |
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55 | 55 | | tribution, as soon as practicable after the date 19 |
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56 | 56 | | of receipt by the Special Master of such infor-20 |
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57 | 57 | | mation.’’; and 21 |
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58 | 58 | | (2) in subsection (e)(2), by adding at the end 22 |
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59 | 59 | | the following: 23 |
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60 | 60 | | ‘‘(C) C |
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61 | 61 | | ERTAIN ASSIGNED AND FORFEITED 24 |
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62 | 62 | | ASSETS.— 25 |
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63 | 63 | | ‘‘(i) B |
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64 | 64 | | INANCE HOLDINGS LIMITED .— 26 |
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68 | 68 | | ‘‘(I) IN GENERAL.— 1 |
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69 | 69 | | ‘‘(aa) A |
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70 | 70 | | LREADY DEPOS -2 |
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71 | 71 | | ITED.—The sum of 3 |
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72 | 72 | | $898,619,225, corresponding to 4 |
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73 | 73 | | the funds, and the net proceeds 5 |
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74 | 74 | | from the sale of property, for-6 |
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75 | 75 | | feited to the United States from 7 |
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76 | 76 | | or in connection with the plea 8 |
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77 | 77 | | agreement in the proceedings 9 |
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78 | 78 | | captioned as United States v. 10 |
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79 | 79 | | Binance Holdings Limited, No. 11 |
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80 | 80 | | 2:23–cr–00178 (RAJ) (W.D. 12 |
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81 | 81 | | Wash. filed Nov. 14, 2023), al-13 |
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82 | 82 | | ready deposited into the Fund. 14 |
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83 | 83 | | ‘‘(bb) A |
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84 | 84 | | DDITIONAL 15 |
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85 | 85 | | FUNDS.—The sum of 16 |
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86 | 86 | | $1,912,031,763, corresponding to 17 |
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87 | 87 | | a portion of the funds, and the 18 |
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88 | 88 | | net proceeds from the sale of 19 |
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89 | 89 | | property, forfeited or paid to the 20 |
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90 | 90 | | United States arising from or in 21 |
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91 | 91 | | connection with the proceedings 22 |
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92 | 92 | | described in item (aa) or any re-23 |
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93 | 93 | | lated civil or administrative pro-24 |
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94 | 94 | | ceedings. 25 |
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98 | 98 | | ‘‘(cc) INTEREST.—All inter-1 |
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99 | 99 | | est earned on the amounts de-2 |
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100 | 100 | | scribed in item (aa) or (bb) from 3 |
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101 | 101 | | the date of such forfeiture or 4 |
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102 | 102 | | payment. 5 |
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103 | 103 | | ‘‘(II) D |
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104 | 104 | | EPOSIT IN CVF .—The 6 |
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105 | 105 | | sum of $1,505,475,575, from the 7 |
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106 | 106 | | funds, and the net proceeds from the 8 |
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107 | 107 | | sale of property, paid to the United 9 |
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108 | 108 | | States arising from or in connection 10 |
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109 | 109 | | with proceedings described in sub-11 |
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110 | 110 | | clause (I)(aa) shall be deposited into 12 |
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111 | 111 | | the Crime Victims Fund established 13 |
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112 | 112 | | under section 1402 of the Victims of 14 |
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113 | 113 | | Crime Act of 1984 (34 U.S.C. 15 |
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114 | 114 | | 20101). 16 |
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115 | 115 | | ‘‘(III) T |
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116 | 116 | | IMING.—An agency of 17 |
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117 | 117 | | the United States shall deposit or 18 |
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118 | 118 | | transfer into the Fund any amount 19 |
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119 | 119 | | paid by a defendant in such pro-20 |
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120 | 120 | | ceedings that is required to be depos-21 |
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121 | 121 | | ited into the Fund pursuant to sub-22 |
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122 | 122 | | clause (I), plus any interest earned 23 |
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123 | 123 | | thereon, not later than the later of— 24 |
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127 | 127 | | ‘‘(aa) 30 days after the re-1 |
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128 | 128 | | ceipt of such amount by the 2 |
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129 | 129 | | agency; or 3 |
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130 | 130 | | ‘‘(bb) 15 days after the date 4 |
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131 | 131 | | of enactment of this subpara-5 |
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132 | 132 | | graph. 6 |
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133 | 133 | | ‘‘(ii) DOJ |
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134 | 134 | | ASSETS FORFEITURE 7 |
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135 | 135 | | FUND.— 8 |
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136 | 136 | | ‘‘(I) I |
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137 | 137 | | N GENERAL.—Fifty percent 9 |
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138 | 138 | | of the excess unobligated balance, as 10 |
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139 | 139 | | defined in section 524(c)(8) of title 11 |
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140 | 140 | | 28, United States Code, of the De-12 |
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141 | 141 | | partment of Justice Assets Forfeiture 13 |
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142 | 142 | | Fund established under 524(c)(1) of 14 |
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143 | 143 | | that title, determined on the later of 15 |
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144 | 144 | | January 31, or the date of enactment 16 |
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145 | 145 | | of a final appropriations Act for each 17 |
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146 | 146 | | fiscal year, to be transferred annually 18 |
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147 | 147 | | thereafter not later than 30 days after 19 |
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148 | 148 | | the date of such determination, plus 20 |
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149 | 149 | | 50 percent of any interest amount 21 |
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150 | 150 | | earned on the investment of any bal-22 |
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151 | 151 | | ance of the Assets Forfeiture Fund as 23 |
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152 | 152 | | of that date. 24 |
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156 | 156 | | ‘‘(II) TRANSFERS.—No transfer 1 |
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157 | 157 | | pursuant to this subparagraph shall 2 |
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158 | 158 | | count against any limitation on the 3 |
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159 | 159 | | use of the excess unobligated balances 4 |
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160 | 160 | | described in subclause (I) as provided 5 |
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161 | 161 | | in an annual appropriations Act or 6 |
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162 | 162 | | other legislation. 7 |
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163 | 163 | | ‘‘(III) E |
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164 | 164 | | XCLUSION OF RESCIS -8 |
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165 | 165 | | SIONS FOR FISCAL YEAR AFTER DE -9 |
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166 | 166 | | TERMINATION OF AMOUNT .—For pur-10 |
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167 | 167 | | poses of subclause (I), the amount of 11 |
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168 | 168 | | the unobligated balance of the Depart-12 |
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169 | 169 | | ment of Justice Asset Forfeiture 13 |
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170 | 170 | | Fund, as of September 30 of a fiscal 14 |
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171 | 171 | | year, shall be determined without re-15 |
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172 | 172 | | gard to any rescission of amounts in 16 |
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173 | 173 | | the fund for the next fiscal year in-17 |
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174 | 174 | | cluded in an appropriation Act re-18 |
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175 | 175 | | ferred to in section 105 of title 1, 19 |
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176 | 176 | | United States Code, including any an-20 |
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177 | 177 | | ticipated or potential rescission and 21 |
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178 | 178 | | any rescission given continuing effect 22 |
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179 | 179 | | for such next fiscal year under an Act 23 |
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180 | 180 | | making continuing appropriations for 24 |
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181 | 181 | | such next fiscal year. 25 |
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185 | 185 | | ‘‘(iii) TREASURY FORFEITURE 1 |
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186 | 186 | | FUND.— 2 |
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187 | 187 | | ‘‘(I) I |
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188 | 188 | | N GENERAL.—Fifty percent 3 |
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189 | 189 | | of the excess unobligated balance of 4 |
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190 | 190 | | the Department of the Treasury For-5 |
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191 | 191 | | feiture Fund established under section 6 |
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192 | 192 | | 9705 of title 31, United States Code, 7 |
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193 | 193 | | determined on the later of January 8 |
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194 | 194 | | 31, or the date of enactment of a final 9 |
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195 | 195 | | appropriations Act for each fiscal 10 |
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196 | 196 | | year, to be transferred annually there-11 |
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197 | 197 | | after not later than 30 days after 12 |
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198 | 198 | | such determination, plus 50 percent of 13 |
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199 | 199 | | any interest amount earned on the in-14 |
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200 | 200 | | vestment of any balance of the Treas-15 |
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201 | 201 | | ury Forfeiture Fund as of that date. 16 |
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202 | 202 | | ‘‘(II) T |
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203 | 203 | | RANSFERS.—No transfer 17 |
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204 | 204 | | pursuant to this subparagraph shall 18 |
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205 | 205 | | count against any limitation on the 19 |
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206 | 206 | | use of excess unobligated balances de-20 |
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207 | 207 | | scribed in subclause (I) as provided in 21 |
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208 | 208 | | an annual appropriations Act or other 22 |
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209 | 209 | | legislation. 23 |
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210 | 210 | | ‘‘(III) D |
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211 | 211 | | EFINITION OF EXCESS 24 |
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212 | 212 | | UNOBLIGATED BALANCE .— 25 |
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216 | 216 | | ‘‘(aa) IN GENERAL.—In this 1 |
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217 | 217 | | clause, the term ‘excess unobli-2 |
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218 | 218 | | gated balance’ means the dif-3 |
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219 | 219 | | ference between— 4 |
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220 | 220 | | ‘‘(AA) the unobligated 5 |
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221 | 221 | | balance of the Department 6 |
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222 | 222 | | of the Treasury Forfeiture 7 |
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223 | 223 | | Fund, as of September 30 of 8 |
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224 | 224 | | the fiscal year before the 9 |
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225 | 225 | | date specified in subclause 10 |
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226 | 226 | | (I); and 11 |
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227 | 227 | | ‘‘(BB) the amount that 12 |
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228 | 228 | | is required to be retained in 13 |
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229 | 229 | | the Department of the 14 |
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230 | 230 | | Treasury Forfeiture Fund to 15 |
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231 | 231 | | ensure the availability of 16 |
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232 | 232 | | amounts in the fiscal year 17 |
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233 | 233 | | after the fiscal year de-18 |
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234 | 234 | | scribed in subitem (AA) for 19 |
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235 | 235 | | the purposes for which 20 |
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236 | 236 | | amounts in the fund are au-21 |
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237 | 237 | | thorized to be used. 22 |
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238 | 238 | | ‘‘(bb) E |
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239 | 239 | | XCLUSION OF RE -23 |
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240 | 240 | | SCISSIONS FOR FISCAL YEAR 24 |
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241 | 241 | | AFTER DETERMINATION OF 25 |
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245 | 245 | | AMOUNT.—For purposes of sub-1 |
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246 | 246 | | clause (I), the amount of the un-2 |
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247 | 247 | | obligated balance of the Depart-3 |
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248 | 248 | | ment of the Treasury Forfeiture 4 |
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249 | 249 | | Fund, as of September 30 of a 5 |
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250 | 250 | | fiscal year, shall be determined 6 |
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251 | 251 | | without regard to any rescission 7 |
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252 | 252 | | of amounts in the fund for the 8 |
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253 | 253 | | next fiscal year included in an 9 |
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254 | 254 | | appropriation Act referred to in 10 |
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255 | 255 | | section 105 of title 1, United 11 |
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256 | 256 | | States Code, including any antici-12 |
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257 | 257 | | pated or potential rescission and 13 |
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258 | 258 | | any rescission given continuing 14 |
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259 | 259 | | effect for such next fiscal year 15 |
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260 | 260 | | under an Act making continuing 16 |
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261 | 261 | | appropriations for such next fis-17 |
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262 | 262 | | cal year. 18 |
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263 | 263 | | ‘‘(D) I |
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264 | 264 | | NTEREST.—All interest earned on 19 |
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265 | 265 | | any amount deposited or to be deposited into 20 |
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266 | 266 | | the Fund pursuant to this section, the Amer-21 |
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267 | 267 | | ican Victims of Terrorism Compensation Act, or 22 |
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268 | 268 | | an amendment made by that Act, following re-23 |
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269 | 269 | | ceipt of such amount by any agency of the 24 |
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274 | 274 | | the amounts described in subparagraph 1 |
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275 | 275 | | (C)(i).’’. 2 |
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276 | 276 | | (b) R |
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277 | 277 | | ULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in the 3 |
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278 | 278 | | amendments made by subsection (a) shall be construed to 4 |
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279 | 279 | | harm, jeopardize, or impair any amounts previously identi-5 |
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280 | 280 | | fied for equitable sharing with law enforcement or to limit 6 |
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281 | 281 | | the right of a direct crime victim to receive restitution or-7 |
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282 | 282 | | dered by a court before the date of enactment of this Act 8 |
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283 | 283 | | with respect to any offense in a matter or proceeding from 9 |
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284 | 284 | | which amounts are to be deposited into the Fund pursuant 10 |
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285 | 285 | | to the amendments made by subsection (a). 11 |
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286 | 286 | | SEC. 3. TIMING OF DEPOSIT OF PENALTIES AND FINES 12 |
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287 | 287 | | INTO THE UNITED STATES VICTIMS OF STATE 13 |
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288 | 288 | | SPONSORED TERRORISM FUND. 14 |
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289 | 289 | | (a) F |
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290 | 290 | | ORFEITEDFUNDS AND PROPERTY.—Section 15 |
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291 | 291 | | 404(e)(2)(A) of the Justice for United States Victims of 16 |
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292 | 292 | | State Sponsored Terrorism Act (34 U.S.C. 17 |
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293 | 293 | | 20144(e)(2)(A)) is amended— 18 |
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294 | 294 | | (1) in clause (i), by striking ‘‘forfeited or’’; 19 |
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295 | 295 | | (2) in clause (ii), by striking ‘‘forfeited or’’; and 20 |
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296 | 296 | | (3) by adding at the end the following: 21 |
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297 | 297 | | ‘‘(iii) F |
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298 | 298 | | ORFEITURES.— 22 |
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299 | 299 | | ‘‘(I) I |
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300 | 300 | | N GENERAL.—All funds, 23 |
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301 | 301 | | and the net proceeds from the sale of 24 |
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302 | 302 | | property, forfeited to the United 25 |
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306 | 306 | | States after the date of enactment of 1 |
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307 | 307 | | the American Victims of Terrorism 2 |
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308 | 308 | | Compensation Act, in a matter or pro-3 |
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309 | 309 | | ceeding arising from a violation of any 4 |
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310 | 310 | | license, order, regulation or prohibi-5 |
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311 | 311 | | tion issued under the International 6 |
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312 | 312 | | Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 7 |
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313 | 313 | | U.S.C. 1701 et seq.) or the Trading 8 |
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314 | 314 | | with the Enemy Act (50 U.S.C. App. 9 |
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315 | 315 | | 1 et seq.) and all funds, and the net 10 |
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316 | 316 | | proceeds from the sale of property, 11 |
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317 | 317 | | forfeited to the United States after 12 |
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318 | 318 | | the date of enactment of the Amer-13 |
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319 | 319 | | ican Victims of Terrorism Compensa-14 |
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320 | 320 | | tion Act, in a matter or proceeding in-15 |
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321 | 321 | | volving, or relating to, or arising from 16 |
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322 | 322 | | the actions of, or doing business with, 17 |
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323 | 323 | | or acting on behalf of, a state sponsor 18 |
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324 | 324 | | of terrorism, without regard to the 19 |
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325 | 325 | | nature of the offense. 20 |
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326 | 326 | | ‘‘(II) S |
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327 | 327 | | COPE.—All funds and net 21 |
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328 | 328 | | proceeds described in this clause shall 22 |
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329 | 329 | | be deposited or transferred into the 23 |
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330 | 330 | | Fund if the state sponsor of terrorism 24 |
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336 | 336 | | course of any related legal pro-2 |
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337 | 337 | | ceedings, or at the time of any related 3 |
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338 | 338 | | conduct. 4 |
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339 | 339 | | ‘‘(III) R |
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340 | 340 | | ULES OF CONSTRUC -5 |
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341 | 341 | | TION.—Nothing in this clause shall be 6 |
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342 | 342 | | construed to limit any rights to court- 7 |
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343 | 343 | | ordered restitution of any direct crime 8 |
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344 | 344 | | victim of an offense in a matter or 9 |
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345 | 345 | | proceeding from which amounts are to 10 |
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346 | 346 | | be deposited into the Fund pursuant 11 |
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347 | 347 | | to this subparagraph. Nothing in the 12 |
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348 | 348 | | American Victims of Terrorism Com-13 |
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349 | 349 | | pensation Act or an amendment made 14 |
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350 | 350 | | by that Act that clarifies the scope of 15 |
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351 | 351 | | forfeiture proceeds to be deposited 16 |
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352 | 352 | | into the Fund shall be construed to 17 |
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353 | 353 | | impact the scope or interpretation of 18 |
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354 | 354 | | criminal or civil penalties or fines that 19 |
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355 | 355 | | are required to be deposited into the 20 |
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356 | 356 | | Fund under clause (i) or (ii) of this 21 |
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357 | 357 | | subparagraph, which scope is the sub-22 |
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358 | 358 | | ject of pending litigation and shall be 23 |
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359 | 359 | | addressed in such litigation or by fu-24 |
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365 | 365 | | Comptroller General of the United 2 |
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366 | 366 | | States regarding proceeds available 3 |
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367 | 367 | | for deposit to the Fund required 4 |
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368 | 368 | | under subsection (b)(1)(A)(v). 5 |
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369 | 369 | | ‘‘(iv) T |
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370 | 370 | | IMING.—An agency of the 6 |
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371 | 371 | | United States shall deposit or transfer into 7 |
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372 | 372 | | the Fund all funds, and the net proceeds 8 |
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373 | 373 | | from the sale of property, forfeited or paid 9 |
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374 | 374 | | to the United States described in this sub-10 |
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375 | 375 | | paragraph not later than the later of— 11 |
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376 | 376 | | ‘‘(I) 60 days after the receipt of 12 |
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377 | 377 | | such amount by the agency; or 13 |
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378 | 378 | | ‘‘(II) 30 days after the date of 14 |
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379 | 379 | | enactment of this clause.’’. 15 |
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380 | 380 | | SEC. 4. ANNUAL PAYMENTS. 16 |
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381 | 381 | | Section 404(d)(4) of the Justice for United States 17 |
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382 | 382 | | Victims of State Sponsored Terrorism Act (34 U.S.C. 18 |
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383 | 383 | | 20144(d)(4)) is amended by striking subparagraph (A) 19 |
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384 | 384 | | and inserting the following: 20 |
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385 | 385 | | ‘‘(A) I |
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386 | 386 | | N GENERAL.—Except as provided in 21 |
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387 | 387 | | subparagraphs (B), (C), and (D), on January 22 |
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388 | 388 | | 1, 2026, and January 1 of each calendar year 23 |
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389 | 389 | | thereafter, the Special Master or the Attorney 24 |
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390 | 390 | | General shall authorize additional payments on 25 |
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395 | 395 | | claims under subsection (c)(2) to include all 2 |
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396 | 396 | | amounts received as of that date by any agency 3 |
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397 | 397 | | of the United States that qualifies for deposit 4 |
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398 | 398 | | or transfer into the Fund, plus all interest 5 |
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399 | 399 | | earned from the date of receipt of any such 6 |
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400 | 400 | | amounts through the date of deposit or transfer 7 |
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401 | 401 | | into the Fund that has not already been distrib-8 |
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402 | 402 | | uted pursuant to this subsection and is not re-9 |
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403 | 403 | | quired for the payment of administrative costs 10 |
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404 | 404 | | or compensation as set forth in subparagraphs 11 |
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405 | 405 | | (B) and (C) of subsection (b)(1). All authorized 12 |
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406 | 406 | | payments shall be distributed to the eligible 13 |
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407 | 407 | | claimants as soon as practicable in the calendar 14 |
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408 | 408 | | year of authorization, or, if the Special Master 15 |
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409 | 409 | | or Attorney General authorizes payments prior 16 |
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410 | 410 | | to January 1, not later than 1 year after the 17 |
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411 | 411 | | date of such authorization.’’. 18 |
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412 | 412 | | SEC. 5. REPORT OF FUND ACTIVITY. 19 |
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413 | 413 | | Section 404(b)(1)(A) of the Justice for United States 20 |
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414 | 414 | | Victims of State Sponsored Terrorism Act (34 U.S.C. 21 |
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415 | 415 | | 20144(b)(1)(A)) is amended by adding at the end the fol-22 |
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416 | 416 | | lowing: 23 |
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417 | 417 | | ‘‘(iv) A |
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418 | 418 | | TTORNEY GENERAL REPORT .— 24 |
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422 | 422 | | ‘‘(I) REPORT.—On January 31 1 |
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423 | 423 | | of each year, the Special Master shall 2 |
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424 | 424 | | submit to the chairman and ranking 3 |
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425 | 425 | | minority member of the Committee on 4 |
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426 | 426 | | the Judiciary of the Senate and the 5 |
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427 | 427 | | chairman and ranking minority mem-6 |
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428 | 428 | | ber of the Committee on the Judiciary 7 |
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429 | 429 | | of the House of Representatives a re-8 |
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430 | 430 | | port on the balance and activity of the 9 |
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431 | 431 | | Fund, which shall include— 10 |
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432 | 432 | | ‘‘(aa) the total amount in 11 |
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433 | 433 | | the Fund at the end of the pre-12 |
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434 | 434 | | ceding fiscal year; 13 |
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435 | 435 | | ‘‘(bb) deposits into the Fund 14 |
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436 | 436 | | during the preceding fiscal year 15 |
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437 | 437 | | sufficient to identify the source, 16 |
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438 | 438 | | including, if applicable, the case 17 |
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439 | 439 | | name and the amount of each de-18 |
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440 | 440 | | posit, except to the extent that 19 |
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441 | 441 | | any sealing order requires any 20 |
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442 | 442 | | portion of such information to re-21 |
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443 | 443 | | main confidential; 22 |
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444 | 444 | | ‘‘(cc) disbursements from 23 |
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445 | 445 | | the Fund during the preceding 24 |
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446 | 446 | | fiscal year sufficient to identify 25 |
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451 | 451 | | victim compensation and other 2 |
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452 | 452 | | purposes, including for adminis-3 |
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453 | 453 | | trative costs and use of Depart-4 |
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454 | 454 | | ment of Justice personnel; 5 |
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455 | 455 | | ‘‘(dd) the amount, and the 6 |
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456 | 456 | | basis for the calculation, of any 7 |
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457 | 457 | | funds deposited into the Fund 8 |
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458 | 458 | | from the Department of Justice 9 |
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459 | 459 | | Assets Forfeiture Fund estab-10 |
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460 | 460 | | lished under 524(c)(1) of title 28, 11 |
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461 | 461 | | United States Code, and the De-12 |
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462 | 462 | | partment of the Treasury For-13 |
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463 | 463 | | feiture Fund established under 14 |
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464 | 464 | | section 9705 of title 31, United 15 |
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465 | 465 | | States Code, in the prior fiscal 16 |
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466 | 466 | | year; 17 |
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467 | 467 | | ‘‘(ee) an explanation of any 18 |
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468 | 468 | | amounts not deposited into the 19 |
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469 | 469 | | Fund as a result of any rule of 20 |
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470 | 470 | | construction pursuant to this Act 21 |
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471 | 471 | | or the American Victims of Ter-22 |
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472 | 472 | | rorism Compensation Act; and 23 |
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473 | 473 | | ‘‘(ff) an explanation of all 24 |
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474 | 474 | | amounts from or relating to 25 |
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479 | 479 | | this Act that are not deposited 2 |
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480 | 480 | | into the Fund as a result of 3 |
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481 | 481 | | inter-agency credits, administra-4 |
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482 | 482 | | tive costs, or any other reason. 5 |
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483 | 483 | | ‘‘(II) P |
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484 | 484 | | UBLICATION.—Not later 6 |
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485 | 485 | | than March 1 of each year, the Attor-7 |
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486 | 486 | | ney General shall publish the report 8 |
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487 | 487 | | required under subclause (I) on the 9 |
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488 | 488 | | internet website of the Fund. 10 |
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489 | 489 | | ‘‘(v) GAO |
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491 | 491 | | CEEDS AVAILABLE FOR DEPOSIT TO THE 12 |
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492 | 492 | | FUND.—Not later than April 1, 2025, the 13 |
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493 | 493 | | Comptroller General of the United States 14 |
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494 | 494 | | shall submit to Congress a report, which 15 |
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495 | 495 | | shall include— 16 |
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496 | 496 | | ‘‘(I) a listing of all funds, and 17 |
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497 | 497 | | the net proceeds from the sale of 18 |
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498 | 498 | | property, forfeited or paid to the 19 |
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499 | 499 | | United States since January 1, 2020, 20 |
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500 | 500 | | in an amount greater than 21 |
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501 | 501 | | $10,000,000 as a criminal penalty or 22 |
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502 | 502 | | fine in any matter, sufficient to iden-23 |
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503 | 503 | | tify the source, including, if applica-24 |
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504 | 504 | | ble, the case name and the amount of 25 |
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509 | 509 | | the extent that any sealing order re-2 |
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510 | 510 | | quires any portion of such information 3 |
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511 | 511 | | to remain confidential; 4 |
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512 | 512 | | ‘‘(II) a listing of all funds, and 5 |
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513 | 513 | | the net proceeds from the sale of 6 |
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514 | 514 | | property, forfeited or paid to the 7 |
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515 | 515 | | United States since January 1, 2020, 8 |
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516 | 516 | | in an amount greater than 9 |
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517 | 517 | | $10,000,000 as a civil penalty or fine 10 |
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518 | 518 | | in any matter, sufficient to identify 11 |
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519 | 519 | | the source, including, if applicable, the 12 |
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520 | 520 | | case name and the amount of each 13 |
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521 | 521 | | forfeiture or payment, except to the 14 |
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522 | 522 | | extent that any sealing order requires 15 |
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523 | 523 | | any portion of such information to re-16 |
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524 | 524 | | main confidential; 17 |
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525 | 525 | | ‘‘(III) an explanation of where 18 |
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526 | 526 | | each amount described in subclause 19 |
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527 | 527 | | (I) or (II) was deposited, including 20 |
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528 | 528 | | deposits into the Fund or the Crime 21 |
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529 | 529 | | Victims Fund, which shall include the 22 |
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530 | 530 | | nature of each such deposit, and the 23 |
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531 | 531 | | statutory basis for each such deposit; 24 |
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532 | 532 | | and 25 |
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537 | 537 | | on each amount described in sub-2 |
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538 | 538 | | clause (I) or (II). 3 |
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539 | 539 | | ‘‘(vi) GAO |
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540 | 540 | | TRIENNIAL REPORT.—Not 4 |
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541 | 541 | | later than January 1, 2027, and every 3 5 |
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542 | 542 | | years thereafter, the Comptroller General 6 |
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543 | 543 | | of the United States shall submit to Con-7 |
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544 | 544 | | gress a report— 8 |
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545 | 545 | | ‘‘(I) evaluating the administra-9 |
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546 | 546 | | tion of the Fund and the sufficiency 10 |
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547 | 547 | | of funding for the Fund; 11 |
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548 | 548 | | ‘‘(II) analyzing funding and pay-12 |
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549 | 549 | | ment trends; and 13 |
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550 | 550 | | ‘‘(III) describing amounts out-14 |
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551 | 551 | | standing and unpaid on eligible claims 15 |
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552 | 552 | | overall, including such amounts 16 |
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553 | 553 | | disaggregated by victim group and by 17 |
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554 | 554 | | when victims entered the Fund.’’. 18 |
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555 | 555 | | SEC. 6. ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS AND USE OF DEPARTMENT 19 |
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556 | 556 | | OF JUSTICE PERSONNEL. 20 |
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557 | 557 | | Section 404(b)(1) of the Justice for United States 21 |
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558 | 558 | | Victims of State Sponsored Terrorism Act (34 U.S.C. 22 |
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559 | 559 | | 20144(b)(1)) is amended by striking subparagraph (B) 23 |
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560 | 560 | | and inserting the following: 24 |
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565 | 565 | | DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE PERSONNEL .—The 2 |
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566 | 566 | | Special Master may utilize, as necessary, no 3 |
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567 | 567 | | more than 10 full-time equivalent Department 4 |
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568 | 568 | | of Justice personnel to assist in carrying out 5 |
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569 | 569 | | the duties of the Special Master under this sec-6 |
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570 | 570 | | tion. Any costs associated with the use of such 7 |
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571 | 571 | | personnel, and any other administrative costs of 8 |
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572 | 572 | | carrying out this section, shall be paid from the 9 |
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573 | 573 | | Fund.’’. 10 |
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574 | 574 | | SEC. 7. ADDITIONAL REPORTS. 11 |
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575 | 575 | | Section 404(d)(4)(D)(iv)(IV) of the Justice for 12 |
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576 | 576 | | United States Victims of State Sponsored Terrorism Act 13 |
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577 | 577 | | (34 U.S.C. 20144(d)(4)(D)(iv)(IV)) is amended by strik-14 |
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578 | 578 | | ing item (bb) and inserting the following: 15 |
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579 | 579 | | ‘‘(bb) R |
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580 | 580 | | EMAINING 16 |
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581 | 581 | | AMOUNTS.—Not later than 30 17 |
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582 | 582 | | days after the date of enactment 18 |
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583 | 583 | | of the American Victims of Ter-19 |
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584 | 584 | | rorism Compensation Act, all 20 |
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585 | 585 | | amounts remaining in the lump 21 |
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586 | 586 | | sum catch-up payment reserve 22 |
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587 | 587 | | fund in excess of the amounts de-23 |
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588 | 588 | | scribed in subclauses (I) and (II) 24 |
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589 | 589 | | of clause (iii) shall be deposited 25 |
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594 | 594 | | including all interest earned on 2 |
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595 | 595 | | amounts in the lump sum catch- 3 |
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596 | 596 | | up payment reserve fund. All 4 |
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597 | 597 | | such amounts, including interest, 5 |
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598 | 598 | | shall be included in a supple-6 |
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599 | 599 | | mental fifth-round distribution to 7 |
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600 | 600 | | be authorized by the Special 8 |
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601 | 601 | | Master no later than April 1, 9 |
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602 | 602 | | 2025, and distributed pursuant 10 |
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603 | 603 | | to this section no later than June 11 |
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604 | 604 | | 30, 2025 to all claimants for 12 |
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605 | 605 | | whom the Special Master author-13 |
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606 | 606 | | ized fifth-round distributions.’’. 14 |
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