Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 104 Part 1.djvu/676

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104 STAT. 642 PUBLIC LAW 101-382—AUG. 20, 1990 SEC. 122. INCREASE IN VALUE SUBJECT TO ADMINISTRATIVE FORFEIT- URE; PROCESSING OF MONEY SEIZED UNDER THE CUSTOMS LAWS. Section 607 of the Tariff Act of 1930 (19 U.S.C. 1607) is amended— (1) by striking out "$100,000" in subsection (a)(1) and inserting " $500,000 "; (2) by striking out "or" at the end of subsection (a)(2); (3) by inserting "or" after the semicolon at the end of subsection (a)(3); (4) by inserting after paragraph (3) of subsection (a) the following new paragraph: "(4) such seized merchandise is any monetary instrument within the meaning of section 5312(a)(3) of title 31 of the United States Ckxle;"; (5) by adding at the end thereof the following new subsection: Reports. "(c) The Commissioner of Customs shall submit to the Congress, by no later than February 1 of each fiscal year, a report on the total dollar value of uncontested seizures of monetary instruments having a value of over $100,000 which, or the proceeds of which, have not been deposited into the Customs Forfeiture Fund under section 613A within 120 days of seizure, as of the end of the previous fiscal year."; and (6) by striking out "$100,000" in the section heading and inserting "$500,000". 19 USC 2083. SEC. 123. ANNUAL NATIONAL TRADE AND CUSTOMS LAW VIOLATION ESTI- MATES AND ENFORCEMENT STRATEGY. Reports. (a) VIOLATION ESTIMATES. —Not later than 30 days before the beginning of each fiscal year after fiscal year 1991, the Commissioner of Customs shall submit to the Committee on Ways and Means of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Finance of the Senate (hereafter in this section referred to as the "Committees") a report that contains estimates of— (1) the number and extent of violations of the trade, customs, and illegal drug control laws listed under subsection (b) that will likely occur during the fiscal year; and (2) the relative incidence of the violations estimated under paragraph (1) among the various ports of entry and customs regions within the customs territory. (b) APPLICABLE STATUTORY PROVISIONS.—The Commissioner of Customs, after consultation with the Committees— (1) shall, within 60 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, prepare a list of those provisions of the trade, customs, and illegal drug control laws of the United States for which the United States Customs Service has enforcement responsibility and to which the reports required under subsection (a) will apply; and (2) may from time-to-time amend the listing developed under paragraph (1). (c) ENFORCEMENT STRATEGY.— Within 90 days after submitting a report under subsection (a) for any fiscal year, the Commissioner of Customs shall— (1) develop a nationally uniform enforcement strategy for dealing during that year with the violations estimated in the report; and Reports. (2) submit to the Committees a report setting forth the details of the strategy.