United States HR 88: Build up Illegal Line Defenses with Assets Lawfully Lifted Act of 2021

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117TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION H. R. 88
To amend section 524(c) of title 18, United States Code, to use lawfully
forfeited drug seizures to increase border security.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
JANUARY 4, 2021
Mr. DUNCAN (for himself, Mr. NORMAN, Mr. BUDD, Mr. LAMALFA, Mr.
GAETZ, and Mr. WEBER of Texas) introduced the following bill; which
was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary
A BILL
To amend section 524(c) of title 18, United States Code,
to use lawfully forfeited drug seizures to increase border
security.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Build up Illegal Line 4
Defenses with Assets Lawfully Lifted Act of 2021’’. 5
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SEC. 2. RESERVATION OF PORTION OF FORFEITS IN THE 1
DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE CIVIL ASSET FOR-2
FEITURE FUND FOR BUILDING A PHYSICAL 3
BARRIER OR ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY TO 4
PREVENT ILLEGAL ENTRY OVER OUR SOUTH-5
ERN BORDER. 6
Section 524(c) of title 28, United States Code, is 7
amended— 8
(1) in paragraph (1), by inserting ‘‘, except as 9
provided in paragraph (12),’’ before ‘‘be available to 10
the Attorney General’’; and 11
(2) by adding at the end the following: 12
‘‘(12)(A) Not later than on December 1 of each 13
year, the Attorney General shall report to Congress 14
the total of any funds in the Fund as of October 1 15
which are derived from Mexican cartels. 16
‘‘(B) The Attorney General shall conduct an on-17
going study with a view to deriving more funds than 18
have historically been the case for the Fund from 19
Mexican cartels. The Attorney General shall report 20
from time to time to Congress any suggestions found 21
through the study. The first such report shall be 22
transmitted not later than 180 days after the date 23
of the enactment of this paragraph. 24
‘‘(C) An amount equal to 50 percent of the 25
total reported under subsection (a) shall be made 26
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available without fiscal year limitation to install ad-1
ditional physical barriers and roads (including the 2
removal of obstacles to detection of illegal entrants) 3
in the vicinity of the United States border to deter 4
illegal crossings in areas of high illegal entry into 5
the United States.’’. 6
SEC. 3. LIMITATION ON RELEASE OF PROPERTY. 7
Section 983(f)(8) of title 18, United States Code, is 8
amended— 9
(1) by striking ‘‘or’’ at the end of subparagraph 10
(C); 11
(2) by striking the period at the end of sub-12
paragraph (D) and inserting ‘‘; or’’; and 13
(3) by adding at the end the following: 14
‘‘(E) is currency or contraband likely to 15
belong to or used in support of a foreign, illegal 16
trafficking organization.’’. 17
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