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| 2 | 2 | | 119THCONGRESS |
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| 4 | 4 | | STSESSION S. 1490 |
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| 5 | 5 | | To establish and authorize funding for a Russia Sanctions Enforcement |
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| 6 | 6 | | Fund to enforce United States sanctions with respect to the Russian |
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| 7 | 7 | | Federation and its illegal ghost ship fleet to pay off the United States |
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| 8 | 8 | | public debt and to codify the Export Enforcement Coordination Center. |
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| 9 | 9 | | IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES |
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| 10 | 10 | | APRIL10, 2025 |
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| 11 | 11 | | Ms. E |
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| 12 | 12 | | RNST(for herself and Mr. BLUMENTHAL) introduced the following bill; |
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| 13 | 13 | | which was read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary |
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| 14 | 14 | | A BILL |
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| 15 | 15 | | To establish and authorize funding for a Russia Sanctions |
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| 16 | 16 | | Enforcement Fund to enforce United States sanctions |
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| 17 | 17 | | with respect to the Russian Federation and its illegal |
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| 18 | 18 | | ghost ship fleet to pay off the United States public |
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| 19 | 19 | | debt and to codify the Export Enforcement Coordination |
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| 20 | 20 | | Center. |
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| 21 | 21 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1 |
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| 22 | 22 | | tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 |
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| 23 | 23 | | SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3 |
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| 24 | 24 | | This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Global Hunt for Off-4 |
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| 25 | 25 | | shore Smuggling and Trafficking Act of 2025’’ or the 5 |
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| 26 | 26 | | ‘‘GHOST Act of 2025’’. 6 |
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| 30 | 30 | | SEC. 2. RUSSIA SANCTIONS ENFORCEMENT FUND. 1 |
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| 31 | 31 | | (a) I |
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| 32 | 32 | | NGENERAL.—Not later than 15 days after the 2 |
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| 33 | 33 | | date of the enactment of this Act, there shall be estab-3 |
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| 34 | 34 | | lished in the Treasury of the United States a fund, to be 4 |
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| 35 | 35 | | known as the ‘‘Russia Sanctions Enforcement Fund’’ (in 5 |
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| 36 | 36 | | this section referred to as the ‘‘Fund’’), to pay expenses 6 |
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| 37 | 37 | | relating to seizures and forfeitures of property made with 7 |
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| 38 | 38 | | respect to violations by the Russian Federation and cov-8 |
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| 39 | 39 | | ered merchant ships of sanctions imposed by the United 9 |
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| 40 | 40 | | States. 10 |
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| 41 | 41 | | (b) D |
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| 42 | 42 | | ESIGNATION OF ADMINISTRATOR.—Not later 11 |
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| 43 | 43 | | than 15 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, 12 |
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| 44 | 44 | | the Secretary of Homeland Security, in consultation with 13 |
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| 45 | 45 | | the Secretary of the Treasury, shall appoint an adminis-14 |
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| 46 | 46 | | trator for the Fund (in this section referred to as the ‘‘Ad-15 |
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| 47 | 47 | | ministrator’’). 16 |
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| 48 | 48 | | (c) E |
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| 49 | 49 | | XPENDITURESFROM THEFUND.— 17 |
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| 50 | 50 | | (1) I |
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| 51 | 51 | | N GENERAL.—The Administrator may au-18 |
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| 52 | 52 | | thorize amounts from the Fund to be used, without 19 |
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| 53 | 53 | | further appropriation or fiscal year limitation, for 20 |
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| 54 | 54 | | payment of all proper expenses relating to a covered 21 |
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| 55 | 55 | | seizure or forfeiture, including the following: 22 |
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| 56 | 56 | | (A) Investigative costs incurred by a law 23 |
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| 57 | 57 | | enforcement agency of the Department of 24 |
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| 58 | 58 | | Homeland Security or the Department of Jus-25 |
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| 59 | 59 | | tice. 26 |
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| 63 | 63 | | (B) Expenses of detention, inventory, secu-1 |
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| 64 | 64 | | rity, maintenance, advertisement, or disposal of 2 |
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| 65 | 65 | | the property seized or forfeited, and if con-3 |
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| 66 | 66 | | demned by a court and a bond for such costs 4 |
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| 67 | 67 | | was not given, the costs as taxed by the court. 5 |
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| 68 | 68 | | (C) Costs of— 6 |
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| 69 | 69 | | (i) contract services relating to a cov-7 |
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| 70 | 70 | | ered seizure or forfeiture; 8 |
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| 71 | 71 | | (ii) the employment of outside con-9 |
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| 72 | 72 | | tractors to operate and manage properties 10 |
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| 73 | 73 | | seized or forfeited or to provide other spe-11 |
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| 74 | 74 | | cialized services necessary to dispose of 12 |
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| 75 | 75 | | such properties in an effort to maximize 13 |
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| 76 | 76 | | the return from such properties; and 14 |
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| 77 | 77 | | (iii) reimbursing any Federal, State, 15 |
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| 78 | 78 | | or local agency for any expenditures made 16 |
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| 79 | 79 | | to perform the functions described in this 17 |
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| 80 | 80 | | subparagraph. 18 |
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| 81 | 81 | | (D) Payments to reimburse any covered 19 |
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| 82 | 82 | | Federal agency for investigative costs incurred 20 |
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| 83 | 83 | | leading to a covered seizure or forfeiture. 21 |
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| 84 | 84 | | (E) Payments for contracting for the serv-22 |
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| 85 | 85 | | ices of experts and consultants needed by the 23 |
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| 86 | 86 | | Department of Homeland Security or the De-24 |
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| 90 | 90 | | partment of Justice to assist in carrying out 1 |
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| 91 | 91 | | duties related to a covered seizure or forfeiture. 2 |
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| 92 | 92 | | (F) Awards of compensation to informers 3 |
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| 93 | 93 | | for assistance provided with respect to a viola-4 |
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| 94 | 94 | | tion by the Russian Federation or a covered 5 |
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| 95 | 95 | | merchant ship of sanctions imposed by the 6 |
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| 96 | 96 | | United States that leads to a covered seizure or 7 |
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| 97 | 97 | | forfeiture. 8 |
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| 98 | 98 | | (G) Equitable sharing payments made to 9 |
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| 99 | 99 | | other Federal agencies, State and local law en-10 |
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| 100 | 100 | | forcement agencies, and foreign governments 11 |
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| 101 | 101 | | for expenses incurred with respect to a covered 12 |
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| 102 | 102 | | seizure or forfeiture. 13 |
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| 103 | 103 | | (H) Payment of overtime pay, salaries, 14 |
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| 104 | 104 | | travel, fuel, training, equipment, and other 15 |
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| 105 | 105 | | similar expenses of State or local law enforce-16 |
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| 106 | 106 | | ment officers that are incurred in joint law en-17 |
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| 107 | 107 | | forcement operations with a covered Federal 18 |
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| 108 | 108 | | agency relating to covered seizure or forfeiture. 19 |
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| 109 | 109 | | (2) A |
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| 110 | 110 | | UTHORIZATION OF USE OF FUND FOR AD -20 |
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| 111 | 111 | | DITIONAL PURPOSES.—The Secretary of Homeland 21 |
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| 112 | 112 | | Security may direct the Administrator to authorize 22 |
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| 113 | 113 | | the use of amounts in the Fund for the following: 23 |
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| 114 | 114 | | (A) Payment of awards for information or 24 |
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| 115 | 115 | | assistance leading to a civil or criminal for-25 |
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| 119 | 119 | | feiture made with respect to a violation by the 1 |
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| 120 | 120 | | Russian Federation or a covered merchant ship 2 |
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| 121 | 121 | | of sanctions imposed by the United States and 3 |
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| 122 | 122 | | involving any covered Federal agency. 4 |
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| 123 | 123 | | (B) Purchases of evidence or information 5 |
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| 124 | 124 | | by a covered Federal agency with respect to a 6 |
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| 125 | 125 | | violation by the Russian Federation or a cov-7 |
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| 126 | 126 | | ered merchant ship of sanctions imposed by the 8 |
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| 127 | 127 | | United States that leads to a covered seizure or 9 |
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| 128 | 128 | | forfeiture. 10 |
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| 129 | 129 | | (C) Payment for equipment for any vessel, 11 |
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| 130 | 130 | | vehicle, or aircraft available for official use by 12 |
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| 131 | 131 | | a covered Federal agency to enable the vessel, 13 |
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| 132 | 132 | | vehicle, or aircraft to assist in law enforcement 14 |
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| 133 | 133 | | functions relating to a covered seizure or for-15 |
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| 134 | 134 | | feiture, and for other equipment directly related 16 |
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| 135 | 135 | | to a covered seizure or forfeiture, including lab-17 |
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| 136 | 136 | | oratory equipment, protective equipment, com-18 |
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| 137 | 137 | | munications equipment, and the operation and 19 |
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| 138 | 138 | | maintenance costs of such equipment. 20 |
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| 139 | 139 | | (D) Payment for equipment for any vessel, 21 |
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| 140 | 140 | | vehicle, or aircraft for official use by a State or 22 |
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| 141 | 141 | | local law enforcement agency to enable the ves-23 |
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| 142 | 142 | | sel, vehicle, or aircraft to assist in law enforce-24 |
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| 143 | 143 | | ment functions relating to a covered seizure or 25 |
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| 147 | 147 | | forfeiture if the vessel, vehicle, or aircraft will 1 |
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| 148 | 148 | | be used in joint law enforcement operations 2 |
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| 149 | 149 | | with a covered Federal agency. 3 |
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| 150 | 150 | | (E) Reimbursement of individuals or orga-4 |
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| 151 | 151 | | nizations for expenses incurred by such individ-5 |
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| 152 | 152 | | uals or organizations in cooperating with a cov-6 |
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| 153 | 153 | | ered Federal agency in investigations and un-7 |
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| 154 | 154 | | dercover law enforcement operations relating to 8 |
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| 155 | 155 | | a covered seizure or forfeiture. 9 |
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| 156 | 156 | | (3) P |
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| 157 | 157 | | RIORITIZATION OF ACTIVITIES WITHIN 10 |
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| 158 | 158 | | THE FUND.—In allocating amounts from the Fund 11 |
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| 159 | 159 | | for the purposes described in paragraphs (1) and 12 |
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| 160 | 160 | | (2), the Administrator shall prioritize activities that 13 |
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| 161 | 161 | | result in the seizure and forfeiture of oil or petro-14 |
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| 162 | 162 | | leum products or other commodities or methods of 15 |
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| 163 | 163 | | exchange that fund the efforts of the Russian Fed-16 |
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| 164 | 164 | | eration or a covered merchant ship to carry out eva-17 |
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| 165 | 165 | | sive or deceptive acts. 18 |
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| 166 | 166 | | (d) M |
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| 167 | 167 | | ANAGEMENT OF FUND.—The Fund shall be 19 |
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| 168 | 168 | | managed and invested in the same manner as a trust fund 20 |
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| 169 | 169 | | is managed and invested under section 9602 of the Inter-21 |
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| 170 | 170 | | nal Revenue Code of 1986. 22 |
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| 171 | 171 | | (e) F |
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| 172 | 172 | | UNDING.— 23 |
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| 173 | 173 | | (1) I |
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| 174 | 174 | | NITIAL FUNDING.— 24 |
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| 178 | 178 | | (A) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIA -1 |
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| 179 | 179 | | TIONS.—There is authorized to be appropriated 2 |
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| 180 | 180 | | to the Fund $150,000,000 for fiscal year 2026, 3 |
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| 181 | 181 | | to remain available until expended. 4 |
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| 182 | 182 | | (B) R |
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| 183 | 183 | | EPAYMENT OF INITIAL FUNDING .— 5 |
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| 184 | 184 | | (i) I |
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| 185 | 185 | | N GENERAL.—Not later than Sep-6 |
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| 186 | 186 | | tember 30, 2036, the Administrator shall 7 |
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| 187 | 187 | | transfer from the Fund into the general 8 |
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| 188 | 188 | | fund of the Treasury an amount equal to 9 |
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| 189 | 189 | | $150,000,000, as adjusted pursuant to 10 |
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| 190 | 190 | | paragraph (3). 11 |
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| 191 | 191 | | (ii) R |
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| 192 | 192 | | ULE OF CONSTRUCTION .—The 12 |
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| 193 | 193 | | repayment of amounts under clause (i) 13 |
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| 194 | 194 | | shall not be construed as a termination of 14 |
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| 195 | 195 | | the authority for the operation of the 15 |
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| 196 | 196 | | Fund. 16 |
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| 197 | 197 | | (2) M |
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| 198 | 198 | | AXIMUM END-OF-YEAR BALANCE.— 17 |
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| 199 | 199 | | (A) I |
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| 200 | 200 | | N GENERAL.—If, at the end of a fis-18 |
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| 201 | 201 | | cal year, the amount in the Fund exceeds the 19 |
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| 202 | 202 | | amount specified in subparagraph (B), the Ad-20 |
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| 203 | 203 | | ministrator shall transfer the amount in excess 21 |
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| 204 | 204 | | of the amount specified in subparagraph (B) to 22 |
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| 205 | 205 | | the general fund of the Treasury for the pay-23 |
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| 206 | 206 | | ment of the public debt of the United States. 24 |
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| 210 | 210 | | (B) AMOUNT SPECIFIED .—The amount 1 |
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| 211 | 211 | | specified in this subparagraph is— 2 |
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| 212 | 212 | | (i) in fiscal year 2026, $500,000,000; 3 |
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| 213 | 213 | | and 4 |
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| 214 | 214 | | (ii) in any fiscal year thereafter, 5 |
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| 215 | 215 | | $500,000,000, as adjusted pursuant to 6 |
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| 216 | 216 | | paragraph (3). 7 |
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| 217 | 217 | | (3) A |
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| 218 | 218 | | DJUSTMENTS FOR INFLATION .— 8 |
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| 219 | 219 | | (A) I |
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| 220 | 220 | | N GENERAL.—The amounts described 9 |
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| 221 | 221 | | in paragraphs (1)(B)(i) and (3)(B)(ii) shall be 10 |
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| 222 | 222 | | adjusted, at the beginning of each of fiscal 11 |
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| 223 | 223 | | years 2027 through 2036, to reflect the per-12 |
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| 224 | 224 | | centage (if any) of the increase in the average 13 |
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| 225 | 225 | | of the Consumer Price Index for the preceding 14 |
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| 226 | 226 | | 12-month period compared to the Consumer 15 |
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| 227 | 227 | | Price Index for fiscal year 2025. 16 |
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| 228 | 228 | | (B) C |
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| 229 | 229 | | ONSUMER PRICE INDEX DEFINED .— 17 |
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| 230 | 230 | | In this paragraph, the term ‘‘Consumer Price 18 |
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| 231 | 231 | | Index’’ means the Consumer Price Index for All 19 |
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| 232 | 232 | | Urban Consumers published by the Bureau of 20 |
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| 233 | 233 | | Labor Statistics of the Department of Labor. 21 |
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| 234 | 234 | | (f) P |
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| 235 | 235 | | ROHIBITION ONTRANSFER OFFUNDS.— 22 |
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| 236 | 236 | | (1) I |
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| 237 | 237 | | N GENERAL.—Any expenditure of amounts 23 |
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| 238 | 238 | | in the Fund, or transfer of amounts from the Fund, 24 |
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| 239 | 239 | | not authorized by this section is prohibited. 25 |
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| 243 | 243 | | (2) ACTS BY CONGRESS.—Any Act of Congress 1 |
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| 244 | 244 | | to remove money from the Fund shall be reported in 2 |
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| 245 | 245 | | the Federal Register not later than 10 days after 3 |
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| 246 | 246 | | the enactment of the Act. 4 |
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| 247 | 247 | | (g) R |
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| 248 | 248 | | EPORT.—Not later than September 1, 2026, 5 |
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| 249 | 249 | | and annually thereafter through September 1, 2036, the 6 |
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| 250 | 250 | | Secretary of Homeland Security, with the concurrence of 7 |
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| 251 | 251 | | the Secretary of the Treasury, shall submit to the appro-8 |
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| 252 | 252 | | priate congressional committees a report on— 9 |
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| 253 | 253 | | (1) all activities supported by the Fund during 10 |
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| 254 | 254 | | the fiscal year during which the report is submitted 11 |
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| 255 | 255 | | and the preceding fiscal year; 12 |
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| 256 | 256 | | (2) a list of each covered seizure or forfeiture 13 |
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| 257 | 257 | | supported by the Fund during those fiscal years 14 |
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| 258 | 258 | | and, with respect to each such seizure or for-15 |
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| 259 | 259 | | feiture— 16 |
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| 260 | 260 | | (A) the goods seized; 17 |
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| 261 | 261 | | (B) the current status of the forfeiture of 18 |
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| 262 | 262 | | the goods; 19 |
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| 263 | 263 | | (C) an assessment of the impact on the na-20 |
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| 264 | 264 | | tional security of the United States of the sei-21 |
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| 265 | 265 | | zure or forfeiture, including the estimated loss 22 |
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| 266 | 266 | | of revenue to the person from which the goods 23 |
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| 267 | 267 | | were seized; and 24 |
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| 271 | 271 | | (D) any anticipated response or outcome of 1 |
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| 272 | 272 | | the seizure or forfeiture; 2 |
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| 273 | 273 | | (3) the financial health and financial data of 3 |
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| 274 | 274 | | the Fund as of the date of the report; 4 |
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| 275 | 275 | | (4) the amount transferred to the general fund 5 |
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| 276 | 276 | | of the Treasury under subsection (e) or (h); 6 |
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| 277 | 277 | | (5)(A) the amount paid to informants for infor-7 |
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| 278 | 278 | | mation or evidence under subsection (c); 8 |
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| 279 | 279 | | (B) whether the information or evidence led to 9 |
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| 280 | 280 | | a seizure; and 10 |
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| 281 | 281 | | (C) if so, the cost of the goods seized; 11 |
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| 282 | 282 | | (6) the amount remaining to be transferred 12 |
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| 283 | 283 | | under subsection (e)(2) and an estimated timeline 13 |
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| 284 | 284 | | for transferring the full amount required by that 14 |
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| 285 | 285 | | subsection; and 15 |
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| 286 | 286 | | (7)(A) any instances during the fiscal years 16 |
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| 287 | 287 | | covered by the report of a covered seizure or for-17 |
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| 288 | 288 | | feiture if, after amounts were expended from the 18 |
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| 289 | 289 | | Fund to support the seizure or forfeiture, the seizure 19 |
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| 290 | 290 | | or forfeiture did not occur as a result of a policy de-20 |
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| 291 | 291 | | cision made by the Secretary of Homeland Security, 21 |
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| 292 | 292 | | the President, or any other official of the United 22 |
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| 293 | 293 | | States; and 23 |
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| 294 | 294 | | (B) a description of the costs incurred and rea-24 |
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| 295 | 295 | | sons the seizure or forfeiture did not occur. 25 |
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| 299 | 299 | | (h) FAILURETOREPORT ORUTILIZE THEFUND.— 1 |
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| 300 | 300 | | (1) E |
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| 301 | 301 | | FFECT OF FAILURE TO SUBMIT RE -2 |
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| 302 | 302 | | PORT.—If a report required by subsection (g) is not 3 |
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| 303 | 303 | | submitted to the appropriate congressional commit-4 |
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| 304 | 304 | | tees by the date that is 180 days after the report is 5 |
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| 305 | 305 | | due under subsection (g), the Administrator shall 6 |
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| 306 | 306 | | transfer an amount equal to 5 percent of the 7 |
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| 307 | 307 | | amounts in the Fund to the general fund of the 8 |
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| 308 | 308 | | Treasury for the payment of the public debt of the 9 |
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| 309 | 309 | | United States. For each 90-day period thereafter 10 |
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| 310 | 310 | | during which the report is not submitted, the Ad-11 |
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| 311 | 311 | | ministrator shall transfer an additional amount, 12 |
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| 312 | 312 | | equal to 5 percent of the amounts in the Fund, to 13 |
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| 313 | 313 | | the general fund of the Treasury for that purpose. 14 |
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| 314 | 314 | | (2) E |
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| 315 | 315 | | FFECT OF FAILURE TO USE FUND .—If a 15 |
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| 316 | 316 | | report submitted under subsection (g) indicates that 16 |
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| 317 | 317 | | amounts in the Fund have not been used for any 17 |
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| 318 | 318 | | seizure or forfeiture activity during the fiscal years 18 |
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| 319 | 319 | | covered by the report, the Fund shall be terminated 19 |
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| 320 | 320 | | and any amounts in the Fund shall transferred to 20 |
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| 321 | 321 | | the general fund of the Treasury for the payment of 21 |
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| 322 | 322 | | the public debt of the United States. 22 |
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| 323 | 323 | | (3) W |
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| 324 | 324 | | AIVER OF TERMINATION OF FUND FOR 23 |
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| 325 | 325 | | NATIONAL SECURITY PURPOSES .— 24 |
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| 329 | 329 | | (A) IN GENERAL.—If the President deter-1 |
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| 330 | 330 | | mines that it is in the national security inter-2 |
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| 331 | 331 | | ests of the United States not to terminate the 3 |
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| 332 | 332 | | Fund as required by paragraph (2), the Presi-4 |
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| 333 | 333 | | dent may waive the requirement to terminate 5 |
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| 334 | 334 | | the Fund. 6 |
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| 335 | 335 | | (B) R |
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| 336 | 336 | | EPORT REQUIRED.—If the President 7 |
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| 337 | 337 | | exercises the waiver authority under subpara-8 |
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| 338 | 338 | | graph (A), the President shall submit to the ap-9 |
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| 339 | 339 | | propriate congressional committees a report de-10 |
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| 340 | 340 | | scribing the factors considered in determining 11 |
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| 341 | 341 | | that it is in the national security interests of 12 |
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| 342 | 342 | | the United States not to terminate the Fund. 13 |
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| 343 | 343 | | (C) F |
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| 344 | 344 | | ORM.—The report required by sub-14 |
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| 345 | 345 | | paragraph (B) shall be submitted in unclassi-15 |
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| 346 | 346 | | fied form, but may include a classified annex. 16 |
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| 347 | 347 | | (i) R |
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| 348 | 348 | | ULE OFCONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in this sec-17 |
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| 349 | 349 | | tion may be construed to affect the requirements of sub-18 |
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| 350 | 350 | | section (e) of the Justice for United States Victims of 19 |
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| 351 | 351 | | State Sponsored Terrorism Act (34 U.S.C. 20144) or the 20 |
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| 352 | 352 | | operation of the United States Victims of State Sponsored 21 |
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| 353 | 353 | | Terrorism Fund under that subsection. 22 |
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| 354 | 354 | | (j) D |
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| 355 | 355 | | EFINITIONS.—In this section: 23 |
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| 361 | 361 | | mittees’’ means— 3 |
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| 362 | 362 | | (A) the Committee on Banking, Housing, 4 |
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| 363 | 363 | | and Urban Affairs and the Committee on 5 |
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| 364 | 364 | | Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs 6 |
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| 365 | 365 | | of the Senate; and 7 |
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| 366 | 366 | | (B) the Committee on Financial Services 8 |
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| 367 | 367 | | and the Committee on Homeland Security of 9 |
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| 368 | 368 | | the House of Representatives. 10 |
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| 369 | 369 | | (2) C |
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| 370 | 370 | | OVERED FEDERAL AGENCY .—The term 11 |
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| 371 | 371 | | ‘‘covered Federal agency’’ means any Federal agency 12 |
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| 372 | 372 | | specified in section 3(b). 13 |
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| 373 | 373 | | (3) C |
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| 374 | 374 | | OVERED MERCHANT SHIP .—The term 14 |
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| 375 | 375 | | ‘‘covered merchant ship’’ means a flag ship trans-15 |
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| 376 | 376 | | porting oil subject to sanctions imposed by the 16 |
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| 377 | 377 | | United States for the Russian Federation or an or-17 |
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| 378 | 378 | | ganization that works on behalf of, or receives finan-18 |
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| 379 | 379 | | cial or material support from, the Government of the 19 |
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| 380 | 380 | | Russian Federation, including Gazprom. 20 |
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| 381 | 381 | | (4) C |
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| 382 | 382 | | OVERED SEIZURE OR FORFEITURE .—The 21 |
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| 383 | 383 | | term ‘‘covered seizure or forfeiture’’ means a seizure 22 |
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| 384 | 384 | | or forfeiture of property made with respect to a vio-23 |
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| 385 | 385 | | lation by the Russian Federation or a covered mer-24 |
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| 390 | 390 | | States. 2 |
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| 391 | 391 | | SEC. 3. ESTABLISHMENT OF EXPORT ENFORCEMENT CO-3 |
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| 392 | 392 | | ORDINATION CENTER. 4 |
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| 393 | 393 | | (a) E |
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| 394 | 394 | | STABLISHMENT.—The Secretary of Homeland 5 |
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| 395 | 395 | | Security shall operate and maintain, within Homeland Se-6 |
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| 396 | 396 | | curity Investigations, the Export Enforcement Coordina-7 |
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| 397 | 397 | | tion Center, as established by Executive Order 13558 (50 8 |
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| 398 | 398 | | U.S.C. 4601 note) (in this section referred to as the ‘‘Cen-9 |
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| 399 | 399 | | ter’’). 10 |
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| 401 | 401 | | URPOSES.—The Center shall serve as the pri-11 |
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| 402 | 402 | | mary center for Federal Government export enforcement 12 |
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| 403 | 403 | | efforts among the following agencies: 13 |
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| 404 | 404 | | (1) The Department of State. 14 |
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| 405 | 405 | | (2) The Department of the Treasury. 15 |
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| 406 | 406 | | (3) The Department of Defense. 16 |
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| 407 | 407 | | (4) The Department of Justice. 17 |
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| 408 | 408 | | (5) The Department of Commerce. 18 |
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| 409 | 409 | | (6) The Department of Energy. 19 |
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| 410 | 410 | | (7) The Department of Homeland Security. 20 |
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| 411 | 411 | | (8) The Office of the Director of National Intel-21 |
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| 412 | 412 | | ligence. 22 |
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| 413 | 413 | | (9) Such other agencies as the President may 23 |
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| 414 | 414 | | designate. 24 |
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| 416 | 416 | | OORDINATIONAUTHORITY.—The Center shall— 25 |
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| 421 | 421 | | forcement agencies and the intelligence community 2 |
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| 422 | 422 | | (as defined in section 3(4) of the National Security 3 |
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| 423 | 423 | | Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 3003(4))) for the exchange 4 |
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| 424 | 424 | | of information related to potential violations of 5 |
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| 425 | 425 | | United States export controls; 6 |
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| 426 | 426 | | (2) serve as a primary point of contact between 7 |
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| 427 | 427 | | enforcement authorities and agencies engaged in ex-8 |
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| 428 | 428 | | port licensing; 9 |
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| 429 | 429 | | (3) coordinate law enforcement public outreach 10 |
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| 430 | 430 | | activities related to United States export controls; 11 |
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| 431 | 431 | | (4) serve as the primary deconfliction and sup-12 |
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| 432 | 432 | | port center to assist law enforcement agencies to co-13 |
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| 433 | 433 | | ordinate and enhance investigations with respect to 14 |
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| 434 | 434 | | export control violations; 15 |
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| 435 | 435 | | (5) establish integrated, governmentwide statis-16 |
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| 436 | 436 | | tical tracking and targeting capabilities to support 17 |
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| 437 | 437 | | export enforcement; and 18 |
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| 438 | 438 | | (6) carry out additional duties as assigned by 19 |
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| 439 | 439 | | the Secretary of Homeland Security regarding the 20 |
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| 440 | 440 | | enforcement of United States export control laws. 21 |
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| 441 | 441 | | (d) A |
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| 442 | 442 | | DMINISTRATION.—The Executive Associate Di-22 |
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| 443 | 443 | | rector of Homeland Security Investigations shall— 23 |
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| 444 | 444 | | (1) serve as the administrator of the Center; 24 |
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| 450 | 450 | | participants in, funding of, core functions of, and 2 |
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| 451 | 451 | | personnel assigned to, the Center. 3 |
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| 452 | 452 | | (e) D |
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| 453 | 453 | | IRECTOR; DEPUTYDIRECTORS.— 4 |
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| 454 | 454 | | (1) D |
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| 455 | 455 | | IRECTOR.—The Center shall have a Direc-5 |
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| 456 | 456 | | tor, who shall be— 6 |
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| 457 | 457 | | (A) a member of the Senior Executive 7 |
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| 458 | 458 | | Service (as defined in section 2101a of title 5, 8 |
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| 459 | 459 | | United States Code) and a special agent within 9 |
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| 460 | 460 | | Homeland Security Investigations; and 10 |
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| 461 | 461 | | (B) designated by the Secretary of Home-11 |
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| 462 | 462 | | land Security. 12 |
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| 463 | 463 | | (2) D |
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| 464 | 464 | | EPUTY DIRECTORS .—The Center shall 13 |
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| 465 | 465 | | have 2 Deputy Directors, as follows: 14 |
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| 466 | 466 | | (A) One Deputy Director, who shall be— 15 |
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| 467 | 467 | | (i) a full-time employee of the Depart-16 |
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| 468 | 468 | | ment of Commerce; and 17 |
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| 469 | 469 | | (ii) appointed by the Secretary of 18 |
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| 470 | 470 | | Commerce. 19 |
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| 471 | 471 | | (B) One Deputy Director, who shall be— 20 |
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| 472 | 472 | | (i) a full-time employee of the Depart-21 |
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| 473 | 473 | | ment of Justice; and 22 |
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| 474 | 474 | | (ii) appointed by the Attorney Gen-23 |
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| 475 | 475 | | eral. 24 |
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| 476 | 476 | | (f) L |
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| 482 | 482 | | intelligence community liaison shall be detailed to 2 |
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| 483 | 483 | | the Center. The liaison shall be— 3 |
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| 484 | 484 | | (A) a full-time employee of an element of 4 |
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| 485 | 485 | | the intelligence community; and 5 |
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| 486 | 486 | | (B) designated by the Director of National 6 |
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| 487 | 487 | | Intelligence. 7 |
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| 488 | 488 | | (2) L |
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| 489 | 489 | | IAISONS FROM OTHER AGENCIES .— 8 |
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| 490 | 490 | | (A) I |
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| 491 | 491 | | N GENERAL.—A liaison shall be de-9 |
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| 492 | 492 | | tailed to the Center by each agency specified in 10 |
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| 493 | 493 | | subparagraph (B). Such liaisons shall be special 11 |
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| 494 | 494 | | agents, officers, intelligence analysts, or intel-12 |
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| 495 | 495 | | ligence officers, as appropriate. 13 |
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| 496 | 496 | | (B) A |
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| 498 | 498 | | specified in this subparagraph are the following: 15 |
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| 499 | 499 | | (i) Homeland Security Investigations. 16 |
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| 500 | 500 | | (ii) U.S. Customs and Border Protec-17 |
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| 501 | 501 | | tion. 18 |
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| 502 | 502 | | (iii) The Office of Export Enforce-19 |
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| 503 | 503 | | ment of the Bureau of Industry and Secu-20 |
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| 504 | 504 | | rity of the Department of Commerce. 21 |
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| 505 | 505 | | (iv) The Federal Bureau of Investiga-22 |
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| 506 | 506 | | tion. 23 |
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| 507 | 507 | | (v) The Defense Criminal Investiga-24 |
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| 513 | 513 | | Firearms and Explosives. 2 |
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| 514 | 514 | | (vii) The National Counterintelligence 3 |
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| 515 | 515 | | and Security Center of the Office of the 4 |
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| 516 | 516 | | Director of National Intelligence. 5 |
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| 517 | 517 | | (viii) The Department of Energy. 6 |
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| 518 | 518 | | (ix) The Office of Foreign Assets Con-7 |
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| 519 | 519 | | trol of the Department of the Treasury. 8 |
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| 520 | 520 | | (x) The Directorate of Defense Trade 9 |
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| 521 | 521 | | Controls of the Department of State. 10 |
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| 522 | 522 | | (xi) The Office of Export Administra-11 |
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| 523 | 523 | | tion of the Bureau of Industry and Secu-12 |
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| 524 | 524 | | rity. 13 |
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| 525 | 525 | | (xii) The Office of Enforcement Anal-14 |
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| 526 | 526 | | ysis of the Bureau of Industry and Secu-15 |
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| 527 | 527 | | rity. 16 |
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| 528 | 528 | | (xiii) The Office of Special Investiga-17 |
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| 529 | 529 | | tions of the Air Force. 18 |
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| 530 | 530 | | (xiv) The Criminal Investigation Divi-19 |
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| 531 | 531 | | sion of the Army. 20 |
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| 532 | 532 | | (xv) The Naval Criminal Investigative 21 |
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| 533 | 533 | | Service. 22 |
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| 534 | 534 | | (xvi) The Defense Intelligence Agency. 23 |
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| 535 | 535 | | (xvii) The Defense Counterintelligence 24 |
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| 536 | 536 | | and Security Agency. 25 |
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