28 U.S.C. § 524
Availability of appropriations
United States · Title 28 — JUDICIARY AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURE · Status: effective
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Appropriations for the Department of Justice are available to the Attorney General for payment of—
There is established in the United States Treasury a special fund to be known as the Department of Justice Assets Forfeiture Fund (hereafter in this subsection referred to as the “Fund”) which shall be available to the Attorney General without fiscal year limitation for the following law enforcement purposes—
the payment, at the discretion of the Attorney General, of any expenses necessary to seize, detain, inventory, safeguard, maintain, advertise, sell, or dispose of property under seizure, detention, or forfeited pursuant to any law enforced or administered by the Department of Justice, or of any other necessary expense incident to the seizure, detention, forfeiture, or disposal of such property including—
payments for—
payments made pursuant to guidelines promulgated by the Attorney General if such payments are necessary and directly related to seizure and forfeiture program expenses for—
for payment for—
at the discretion of the Attorney General, payments to reimburse operating expenses and program costs incurred by crime-tip organizations that—
annually waive their qualification for—
There shall be deposited in the Fund—
all amounts collected—
The Attorney General shall transmit to Congress and make available to the public, not later than 4 months after the end of each fiscal year, detailed reports for the prior fiscal year as follows:
The transmittal and publication requirements in subparagraphs (A) and (B) may be satisfied by—
For purposes of this subsection and notwithstanding section 9705 of title 31 or any other law, property is forfeited pursuant to a law enforced or administered by the Department of Justice if it is forfeited pursuant to—
Gifts, devises, and bequests of money, the proceeds of sale or liquidation of any other property accepted hereunder, and any income accruing from any property accepted hereunder—
Legislative history
The public laws that enacted or amended this section. Tallies are for the whole bill as it passed each chamber — often an omnibus covering far more than this provision — not a vote on this section alone. The law that originally enacted this section predates the public laws loaded here, so only later amendments are listed.
- A bill to revise, codify, and enact without substantive change certain general and permanent laws, related to money and finance, as title 31, United States Code, "Money and Finance".House: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally
- A joint resolution making continuing appropriations for the fiscal year 1985, and for other purposes.House: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally
- Anti-Drug Abuse Act of 1986House: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally
- Criminal Law and Procedure Technical Amendments Act of 1986House: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally
- A joint resolution making further continuing appropriations for the fiscal year 1988, and for other purposes.House: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally
- Anti-Drug Abuse Act of 1988House: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally
- Treasury, Postal Service and General Government Appropriations Act, 1991
- Crime Control Act of 1990House: 313–1Senate: no recorded tally
- Dire Emergency Supplemental Appropriations for Consequences of Operation Desert Shield/Desert Storm, Food Stamps, Unemployment Compensation Administration, Veterans Compensation and Pensions, and Other Urgent Needs Act of 1991
- Departments of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1992
- Treasury, Postal Service, and General Government Appropriations Act, 1993
- Departments of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1993
- Housing and Community Development Act of 1992House: 377–37Senate: no recorded tally
- Departments of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1994
- Departments of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1995
- Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994
- Federal Reports Elimination and Sunset Act of 1995House: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally
- To require the Secretary of Commerce to convey to the Commonwealth of Massachusetts the National Marine Fisheries Service laboratory located on Emerson Avenue in Gloucester, Massachusetts.House: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally
- Balanced Budget Downpayment Act, I
- Omnibus Consolidated Rescissions and Appropriations Act of 1996
- A joint resolution making corrections to Public Law 104-134.House: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally
- Omnibus Consolidated Appropriations Act, 1997
- Departments of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1998House: 282–110Senate: no recorded tally
- Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1999House: 148–267Senate: no recorded tally
- Civil Asset Forfeiture Reform Act of 2000House: 375–48Senate: no recorded tally
- Children's Health Act of 2000House: 419–2Senate: no recorded tally
- 21st Century Department of Justice Appropriations Authorization ActHouse: 400–4Senate: no recorded tally
- To enact certain laws relating to public contracts as title 41, United States Code, "Public Contracts".House: 385–0Senate: no recorded tally
- Justice for Victims of Trafficking Act of 2015
- Abolish Human Trafficking Act of 2017House: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally
- Abolish Trafficking Reauthorization Act of 2022House: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally
- National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2026House: 312–112Senate: no recorded tally