[Congressional Bills 103th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2361 Introduced in House (IH)]

103d CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2361

    To amend title 28, United States Code, to permit amounts in the 
Department of Justice Assets Forfeiture Fund to be used for payment of 
   certain State and local property taxes on forfeited real property.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              June 9, 1993

  Mrs. Meek introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                       Committee on the Judiciary

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                                 A BILL


 
    To amend title 28, United States Code, to permit amounts in the 
Department of Justice Assets Forfeiture Fund to be used for payment of 
   certain State and local property taxes on forfeited real property.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. PAYMENT OF CERTAIN STATE AND LOCAL PROPERTY TAXES ON 
              FORFEITED REAL PROPERTY.

    Paragraph (1) of subsection (c) of section 524 of title 28, United 
States Code, is amended--
            (1) by striking out the period at the end of subparagraph 
        (I) and inserting in lieu thereof ``; and''; and
            (2) by adding at the end the following new subparagraph:
                    ``(J) the payment of State and local property taxes 
                on forfeited real property for the period beginning on 
                the date of the offense giving rise to the forfeiture 
                and ending on the day before the date of the order of 
                forfeiture.''.

SEC. 2. APPLICABILITY.

    The amendments made by section 1 shall apply to all claims pending 
at the time of or commenced subsequent to the date of the enactment of 
this Act.

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