<enum>I</enum><header>Enhanced financial recovery</header> <section id="H3000EA25CC07462FBAFD2DA34F44D497"><enum>101.</enum><header>Unpaid fines and restitution</header> <subsection id="H018A202F302F470ABC1AA169F3C15D99"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 3612 of title 18, United States Code, is amended—</text> <paragraph id="HF5B59DFF6EE947C9A815DD0B5C0AA718"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by striking subsections (d), (e), (g), (h), and (i); and</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H3909AEDB67BC44CDB039D51C88D14C96"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by inserting after subsection (c) the following:</text> <quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HC6F43CB0FDC945EAA9F9E36165A497D1" style="OLC"> <subsection id="H7E3903ADA2E043E892E90FCB94AA73C5"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Imposition of late fee</header> <paragraph id="H9D36F1AC0EC540F7A971C3EF32A69B17"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>A late fee shall be imposed upon a defendant if fines or restitution obligations of the defendant totaling not less than $2,500 unpaid as of the date specified in subsection (f)(1). The late fee imposed under this paragraph shall be 5 percent of the unpaid principal balance for an individual and 10 percent for any other person.</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H4E0C78EBDF6B45068C7DBAFF10698526"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Allocation of payments</header> <subparagraph id="H97A9AEC62F3D44FD8F7927B44FC1C4CE"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Fine</header><text>Subject to subparagraph (C), if a late fee is imposed under paragraph (1) for a fine—</text> <clause id="H73506752094B4CB7A1BDDDD3E8BA05FF"><enum>(i)</enum><text>an amount equal to 95 percent of each payment made by a defendant shall be credited to the Crime Victims Fund established under section 1402 of the Victims of Crime Act of 1984 (42 U.S.C. 10601) or as otherwise provided in that section; and</text> </clause><clause id="H188D202EBC4745C4B7071CC849682DA7"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>an amount equal to 5 percent of each payment shall be credited to the Department of Justice Enhanced Financial Recovery Fund established under section 106 of the <short-title>Enhanced Restitution Enforcement and Equitable Retirement Treatment Act of 2009</short-title>.</text> </clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HD773284EF42C4CBC8A2BAB69622DC169"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Restitution</header><text>Subject to subparagraph (C), if a late fee is imposed under paragraph (1) for a restitution obligation—</text> <clause id="H6EF7D1201F3D4CD48252A0262BE86152"><enum>(i)</enum><text>an amount equal to 95 percent of each payment shall be paid to any victim identified by the court; and</text> </clause><clause id="H62857C1228BC4E33B37DB17738A03567"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>an amount equal to 5 percent of each payment shall be credited to the Department of Justice Enhanced Financial Recovery Fund established under section 106 of the <short-title>Enhanced Restitution Enforcement and Equitable Retirement Treatment Act of 2009</short-title>.</text> </clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H16F361BBD9DA42AE8E7F01AA060000B9"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Order of payments</header><text>Payments for fines or restitution shall be applied first to the principal and, if any, the late fee under paragraph (1). If the amount due on either the principal or the late fee has been paid in full and the other amount due remains unpaid, all payments for fines or restitution shall then be applied to the other unpaid obligation. If the principal and the late fee have been paid in full, all payments for fines or restitution shall then be applied to interest.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H1195830E7129448E850D85C56DC381C7"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text>In this subsection—</text> <subparagraph id="H997660606239409993681B2D7732A8A1"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the term <term>fines or restitution obligations</term> does not include any amount that is imposed as interest, costs, or a late fee;</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="H540EF593666D42D9827AAC58F548D31F"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the term <term>principal</term> does not include any amount that is imposed as interest, penalty, or a late fee; and</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="HBE69C21AD88B4A358323210E8C0A0AA8"><enum>(C)</enum><text>the term <term>restitution</term> includes any unpaid balance due to a person identified in any judgment, or order of restitution, entered in any criminal case.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H04928875638A46FBAA5B0E00C0BF1B06"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Waiver of Interest, Penalty, or Late Fees</header> <paragraph id="H1B1898346C064DFD83F2B90DA2649B4C"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Attorney General may waive all or part of any interest or late fee under this section or any interest or penalty imposed under any other provision of law if the Attorney General determines that reasonable efforts to collect the interest, late fee, or penalty are not likely to be effective.</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H92190E8386D4456DBD62D0D39CC1809D"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Waiver by court</header><text>The court may waive the uncollected portion of a late fee, upon the motion of the defendant, and a showing, by a preponderance of the evidence, that—</text> <subparagraph id="H3F37BE02779545D7BDEF66427F633C37"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the defendant has made a good faith effort to satisfy all unpaid fines or restitution obligations;</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="H1DE69FF7922C4E0BAADBC95F0CE3E728"><enum>(B)</enum><text>despite the good faith efforts of the defendant, the defendant is not likely to satisfy the obligations within the time provided for under section 3613 of this title; and</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="H26B01134AB5744C5A66B82C81D5CC534"><enum>(C)</enum><text>the continued collection of a late fee would constitute an undue burden upon the defendant.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HE62C54EF77EF48408EC4122F8AE2264F"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Repeal of delinquency and default provisions</header><text>Section 3572 of title 18, United States Code, is amended by striking subsections (h) and (i).</text> </subsection></section><section id="H0D327C95A72C47178CA8C37ECADD2834"><enum>102.</enum><header>Remission of criminal monetary penalties</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 3573 of title 18, United States Code, is amended to read as follows:</text> <quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H631B34DEC78C483BB5A3FF83119276FA" style="USC"> <section id="H516954C2B2C84980973FC81709732B0A"><enum>3573.</enum><header>Petition of the Government for modification or remission</header> <subsection id="HF48BDCE7760046178C694B4F2D080181"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Upon petition of the Government showing that reasonable efforts to collect a fine, restitution obligation, or special assessment are not likely to be effective, the court may, in the interest of justice, remit all or any part of the fine, restitution obligation, or special assessment, including interest, penalty, and late fees.</text> </subsection><subsection id="H0D086471B9A94D3E8051E1A37FCE04DE"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Victims other than the United States</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In the case of a restitution obligation owed to a victim other than the United States, the express and clearly voluntary consent of the victim is required before the court may grant such petition. No defendant shall initiate contact with a victim for the purpose of securing consent to a possible remission except through counsel, the United States attorney, or in such a manner as first approved by the court as safe and noncoercive.</text> </subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </section><section id="H7FB08225CA664E9B869DA8B8005E622C"><enum>103.</enum><header>Prioritization of restitution efforts</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 3771 of title 18, United States Code, is amended by adding the following subsection:</text> <quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H52D6C72473EC4227A6BF6098459F9AFE" style="OLC"> <subsection id="HE17A83BD1C07417B8E0E8F4ED8394CD0"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Guidelines</header> <paragraph id="H5F3CF4F837064E9AB908B81A6F931D60"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Attorney General shall promulgate guidelines to ensure the effective and efficient enforcement of all criminal and civil obligations which are owed to the United States and enforced by the Department of Justice.</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H093F8D33E8BA41738DB354BC96F924C7"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Contents</header><text>The guidelines promulgated under paragraph (1) shall require consideration, in making decisions relating to enforcement of criminal and civil obligations which are owed to the United States, of the amount due, the amount collectible, and whether the amount is due to individuals who are not likely to be able to enforce the obligation without assistance from the Department of Justice.</text> </paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </section><section id="H77E5CE1BFD9746BCBF6DB08A380F3757"><enum>104.</enum><header>Imposition of civil late fee</header> <subsection id="HAA216BA647C34EB3AA8BB40F4CE233E3"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Section 3011 of title 28, United States Code, is amended to read as follows:</text> <quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H5B2085FD1AE34EDB8FE6DF64E7346868" style="USC"> <section id="HFC1743D699414B5C83A3A31317B589A8"><enum>3011.</enum><header>Imposition of late fee</header> <subsection id="H635E8DE073844024A1F9F8F1DC31A2BC"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text>A late fee shall be imposed on a defendant if there is an unpaid balance due to the United States on any money judgment in a civil matter recovered in a district court as of—</text> <paragraph id="H88A906C68B904A18948B2302C3A3888A"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the fifteenth day after the date of the judgment; or</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H31DFBE2F426240008DBB5CEC25DE2966"><enum>(2)</enum><text>if the day described in paragraph (1) is a Saturday, Sunday, or legal public holiday, the next day that is not a Saturday, Sunday, or legal holiday.</text> </paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H41D2CF5DAFEB4768BB5CDA72C50D265C"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Amount of late fee</header><text>A late fee imposed under subsection (a) shall be 5 percent of the unpaid principal balance for an individual and 10 percent for any other person.</text> </subsection><subsection id="HE2DE138F53B44571AA6AA89BDD2EE20E"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Allocation of payments</header><text>Subject to subsection (d), if a late fee is imposed under subsection (a)—</text> <paragraph id="H4DC743363DF44E2DBB33566163548EE2"><enum>(1)</enum><text>an amount equal to 95 percent of each principal payment made by a defendant shall be credited as otherwise provided by law; and</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="HA48DE4A20CC14786BBDB5818F3640701"><enum>(2)</enum><text>an amount equal to 5 percent of each principal payment shall be credited to the Department of Justice Enhanced Financial Recovery Fund established under section 106 of the Enhanced Financial Recovery and Equitable Retirement Treatment Act of 2007.</text> </paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H0B7C56DC4CAE447CAFB6A0BE7355BE31"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Order of payments</header><text>Payments for a money judgment in a civil matter shall be applied first to the principal and, if any, the late fee under subsection (a). If the amount due on either the principal or the late fee has been paid in full and the other amount due remains unpaid, all payments for a money judgment in a civil matter shall be applied to the other unpaid obligation. If the principal and the late fee have been paid in full, all payments for a money judgment in a civil matter shall then be applied to interest.</text> </subsection><subsection id="H6387883AF39F40A9A2375405E4849D30"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text>In this section—</text> <paragraph id="H157B65D2CC19408BABD6642D2DAF4AD8"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the term <term>principal</term> does not include any amount that is imposed as interest, penalty, or a late fee; and</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H7B9129B08F0949EDA691CCF7FCF1570B"><enum>(2)</enum><text>the term <term>unpaid balance due to the United States</term>—</text> <subparagraph id="H5000DD056A8F4AC99E8E24C37C0B7C48"><enum>(A)</enum><text>includes any unpaid balance due to a person that was represented by the Department of Justice in the civil matter in which the money judgment was entered; and</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="HC6138BC14320497BB19DC0A4B3F658BE"><enum>(B)</enum><text>does not include interest, costs, penalties, or late fees.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph></subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </subsection><subsection id="H34CA601E95B04F2CB1612EDCC2C919DC"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Technical and conforming amendment</header><text>The table of sections for subchapter A of chapter 176 of title 28, United States Code, is amended by striking the item relating to section 3011 and inserting the following:</text> <quoted-block id="HED961993571B406390750A60C94287D4" style="USC"> <toc> <toc-entry idref="HFC1743D699414B5C83A3A31317B589A8" level="section">3011. Imposition of late fee.</toc-entry> </toc> <after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </subsection></section><section id="HD01964D6A76F422B8EFF76875C9F0113"><enum>105.</enum><header>Increase in the amount of special assessments</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 3013 of title 18, United States Code, is amended by striking subsection (a) and inserting the following:</text> <quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H94A4EB043D714F8492A978A7442805CF" style="OLC"> <subsection id="HE754A71A8CD84E2C9D49002D92DE79DF"><enum>(a)</enum><text>The court shall assess on any person convicted of an offense against the United States—</text> <paragraph id="H0D5D2FAB471243B9A3C775FD189D6C93"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in the case of an infraction or a misdemeanor—</text> <subparagraph id="HDF9FB3A6DF5B4A40B3843885123231C7"><enum>(A)</enum><text>if the defendant is an individual—</text> <clause id="H8C4CC1329FE34F93836B1803883E7A33"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the amount of $10 in the case of an infraction or a class C misdemeanor;</text> </clause><clause id="H8F052480688D430C87741DC6AFA14692"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the amount of $25 in the case of a class B misdemeanor; and</text> </clause><clause id="HFE836A7B7F524F1ABD8A91359FD11E00"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>the amount of $100 in the case of a class A misdemeanor; and</text> </clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H7E55899BBAE14C07ACA596C91095502C"><enum>(B)</enum><text>if the defendant is a person other than an individual—</text> <clause id="H5CFFE7CFD0844D59BAAE5E180AD9B196"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the amount of $100 in the case of an infraction or a class C misdemeanor;</text> </clause><clause id="H4B69998C36E44EFDBCF504C41CFBB74F"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the amount of $200 in the case of a class B misdemeanor; and</text> </clause><clause id="H008C4A15A8FB4FDF88510BA6DBECAA34"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>the amount of $500 in the case of a class A misdemeanor; and</text> </clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H5806462FA1604108AE7C5C4CD05958FC"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in the case of a felony—</text> <subparagraph id="HF87ACFC8E2C84D088B99D81A7B6B0CBC"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the amount of $100 if the defendant is an individual; and</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="HF6499838C3BB43C5A79FC4791C0CC8C6"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the amount of $1,000 if the defendant is not an individual.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </section><section id="H5FEF39C76F084E598697EDC86A14C95C"><enum>106.</enum><header>Enhanced financial recovery fund</header> <subsection id="HC587C4400C1B4A67AEA72E2AFC3359D6"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Establishment</header><text>There is established in the Treasury a separate account known as the Department of Justice Enhanced Financial Recovery Fund (in this section referred to as the <term>Fund</term>).</text> </subsection><subsection id="HB441D3B643144645BFDAA9DA24643F66"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Deposits</header><text>Notwithstanding section 3302 of title 31, United States Code, or any other law regarding the crediting of collections, there shall be credited as an offsetting collection to the Fund an amount equal to—</text> <paragraph id="HFBA25878718847A6B33C1FCFB2B58B4C"><enum>(1)</enum><text>2 percent of any amount collected pursuant to civil debt collection litigation activities of the Department of Justice (in addition to any amount credited under section 11013 of the 21st Century Department of Justice Appropriations Authorization Act (28 U.S.C. 527 note));</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H3174459E4A7B48BFBCC16B2C2E6741EB"><enum>(2)</enum><text>5 percent of all amounts collected as restitution due to the United States pursuant to the criminal debt collection litigation activities of the Department of Justice; and</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H657B6CC864D34475B4BC785C79F65A06"><enum>(3)</enum><text>any late fee collected under section 3612 of title 18, United States Code, as amended by this Act, or section 3011 of title 28, United States Code, as amended by this Act.</text> </paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H91877AFC2E3E462CA5DC4BBE19BA4B7A"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Availability</header><text>The amounts credited to the Fund shall remain available until expended.</text> </subsection><subsection id="H32376D86A1D44FDA8BC379C7A348871F"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Payments from the fund To support enhanced enforcement of judgments</header> <paragraph id="HD93FDE0E32254E6F83C44C943FC7AFC7"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Use for collection</header> <subparagraph id="H40DA9C73985D47DA86462AFAC07A8542"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Except as provided in paragraph (2), the Attorney General shall use not less than $20,000,000 of the Fund in each fiscal year, to the extent that funds are available, for the collection of civil and criminal judgments by the Department of Justice, including restitution judgments where the beneficiaries are the victims of crime.</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="H87CDD1ECE2D148AD978725C724BACA7E"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Allocation</header><text>The funds described in subparagraph (A) shall be used to enhance, supplement, and improve the civil and criminal judgment enforcement efforts of the Department of Justice first, and primarily for such activities by United States attorneys’ offices. A portion of the funds described in subparagraph (A) may be used by the Attorney General to provide legal, investigative, accounting, and training support to the United States attorneys’ offices in carrying out civil and criminal debt collection activities.</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="H1E7645E8F6AC4C029A8966652DF80DB4"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Limitation</header><text>The funds described in subparagraph (A) may not be used to determine whether a defendant is guilty of an offense or liable to the United States, except incidentally for the provision of assistance necessary or desirable in a case to ensure the preservation of assets or the imposition of a judgment, which assists in the enforcement of a judgment, or in a proceeding directly related to the failure of a defendant to satisfy the monetary portion of a judgment.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H63C9DCFCEA0042199C5DFCE9EAF78A08"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Adjustment of amount</header><text>In each fiscal year following the first fiscal year in which deposits into the Fund are greater than $20,000,000, the amount to be used under paragraph (1)(A) shall be increased by a percentage equal to the change in the Consumer Price Index published by the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the Department of Labor for the calendar year preceding that fiscal year.</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="HE7825F102E7C42BEAC5EF13428D18319"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Limitation</header><text>In any fiscal year, amounts in the Fund shall be available to the extent that the amount appropriated in that fiscal year for the purposes described in paragraph (1) is not less than an amount equal to the amount appropriated for such activities in fiscal year 2006, adjusted annually in the same proportion as increases reflected in the amount of aggregate level of appropriations for the Executive Office of United States Attorneys and United States Attorneys.</text> </paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H6EFEFF33F2034DD7869E6831D4194750"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Current agency share contributions</header><text>After expending amounts in the Fund as provided under subsection (d), the Attorney General may use amounts remaining in the Fund to offset additional agency share contributions made by the Department of Justice for personnel benefit expenses incurred as a result of this Act or the amendments made by this Act relating to service as an assistant United States attorney on or after the date of enactment of this Act. The availability of amounts from the Fund shall have no effect on the implementation of title II or the amendments made by title II.</text> </subsection><subsection id="H9F879CD244AE4069A642186350622C87"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Retroactive agency share contributions</header><text>After expending amounts in the Fund as provided under subsection (e), the Attorney General may use amounts remaining in the Fund to offset agency share contributions made by the Department of Justice for personnel benefit expenses incurred as a result of this Act or the amendments made by this Act relating to service as an assistant United States attorney before the date of enactment of this Act.</text> </subsection><subsection id="HEE2622CC737B477A9503FD15A98544D2"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Rebate of agency offsets</header><text>After expending amounts in the Fund as provided under subsection (f), all amounts remaining in the Fund shall be credited, proportionally, to the Federal agencies on behalf of which debt collection litigation activities were conducted that resulted in deposits under paragraph (1) or (2) of subsection (b) during that fiscal year.</text> </subsection><subsection id="H141E270DECF3400D908C78898652AC64"><enum>(h)</enum><header>Payments to the general fund</header><text>After expending amounts in the Fund as provided under subsection (g), all amounts remaining in the Fund shall be deposited with the General Fund of the United States Treasury.</text> </subsection><subsection id="H2CEA67D46FBE4A228D615A83C2EEA003"><enum>(i)</enum><header>Definition</header><text>In this section, the term <term>United States</term>—</text> <paragraph id="HB7135536BF004997BDB4FCE2276BD014"><enum>(1)</enum><text>includes—</text> <subparagraph id="H98AF19DC8DDB41A9B833AE8311722B6E"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the executive departments, the judicial and legislative branches, the military departments, and independent establishments of the United States; and</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="H3AB5E27303B14006AE0B93FB25DC5A3C"><enum>(B)</enum><text>corporations primarily acting as instrumentalities or agencies of the United States; and</text> </subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H5E9B8805D151447480C0EC4A2C343493"><enum>(2)</enum><text>except as provided in paragraph (1), does not include any contractor of the United States.</text> </paragraph></subsection></section><section id="H1708BCA4A19E48E7AE2904D8CB8C238A"><enum>107.</enum><header>Effective dates</header> <subsection id="H3C1610A862CE45408CA1658115822F2E"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Except as provided in this section, this title and the amendments made by this title shall take effect 30 days after the date of enactment of this Act.</text> </subsection><subsection id="H3609656AB693460389EB0490810E7BFE"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Criminal cases</header><text>The amendments made by section 105 and subsection (d) of section 3612 of title 18, United States Code, as added by section 101 of this Act, shall apply to any offense committed on or after the date of enactment of this Act, including any offense which includes conduct that continued on or after the date of enactment of this Act.</text> </subsection><subsection id="H9CFA860695D649A7B972A27A17D1D3EF"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Civil cases</header><text>The amendments made by section 104 shall apply to any case pending on or after the date of enactment of this Act.</text> </subsection></section>

111th CONGRESS 1st Session

H. R. 4091

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

November 17, 2009

Mr. Delahunt (for himself, Mr. Gohmert, Mr. Johnson of Georgia, Mr. Franks of Arizona, Mr. Moran of Virginia, Mr. Cao, Mr. Hastings of Florida, Mr. McCaul, Mrs. Davis of California, Mr. Schiff, Mr. Daniel E. Lungren of California, Mr. Pierluisi, Ms. Baldwin, Mr. Davis of Alabama, and Mr. Frank of Massachusetts) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned

A BILL

To amend titles 18 and 28 of the United States Code to provide incentives for the prompt payments of debts owed to the United States and the victims of crime by imposing late fees on unpaid judgments owed to the United States and to the victims of crime, to provide for offsets on amounts collected by the Department of Justice for Federal agencies, to increase the amount of special assessments imposed upon convicted persons, to establish an Enhanced Financial Recovery Fund to enhance, supplement, and improve the debt collection activities of the Department of Justice, to amend title 5, United States Code, to provide to assistant United States attorneys the same retirement benefits as are afforded to Federal law enforcement officers, and for other purposes.

Short title

This Act may be cited as the

Enhanced Restitution Enforcement and Equitable Retirement Treatment Act of 2009

Table of contents

The table of contents for this Act is as follows:

Sec. 1. Short title.

Sec. 2. Table of contents.

TITLE I—Enhanced financial recovery

Sec. 101. Unpaid fines and restitution.

Sec. 102. Remission of criminal monetary penalties.

Sec. 103. Prioritization of restitution efforts.

Sec. 104. Imposition of civil late fee.

Sec. 105. Increase in the amount of special assessments.

Sec. 106. Enhanced financial recovery fund.

Sec. 107. Effective dates.

TITLE II—Equitable retirement treatment of assistant United States attorneys

Sec. 201. Retirement treatment of assistant United States attorneys.

Sec. 202. Provisions relating to incumbents.

Sec. 203. Agency share contributions.

Sec. 204. Effective date.

<enum>I</enum><header>Enhanced financial recovery</header> <section id="H3000EA25CC07462FBAFD2DA34F44D497"><enum>101.</enum><header>Unpaid fines and restitution</header> <subsection id="H018A202F302F470ABC1AA169F3C15D99"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 3612 of title 18, United States Code, is amended—</text> <paragraph id="HF5B59DFF6EE947C9A815DD0B5C0AA718"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by striking subsections (d), (e), (g), (h), and (i); and</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H3909AEDB67BC44CDB039D51C88D14C96"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by inserting after subsection (c) the following:</text> <quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HC6F43CB0FDC945EAA9F9E36165A497D1" style="OLC"> <subsection id="H7E3903ADA2E043E892E90FCB94AA73C5"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Imposition of late fee</header> <paragraph id="H9D36F1AC0EC540F7A971C3EF32A69B17"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>A late fee shall be imposed upon a defendant if fines or restitution obligations of the defendant totaling not less than $2,500 unpaid as of the date specified in subsection (f)(1). The late fee imposed under this paragraph shall be 5 percent of the unpaid principal balance for an individual and 10 percent for any other person.</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H4E0C78EBDF6B45068C7DBAFF10698526"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Allocation of payments</header> <subparagraph id="H97A9AEC62F3D44FD8F7927B44FC1C4CE"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Fine</header><text>Subject to subparagraph (C), if a late fee is imposed under paragraph (1) for a fine—</text> <clause id="H73506752094B4CB7A1BDDDD3E8BA05FF"><enum>(i)</enum><text>an amount equal to 95 percent of each payment made by a defendant shall be credited to the Crime Victims Fund established under section 1402 of the Victims of Crime Act of 1984 (42 U.S.C. 10601) or as otherwise provided in that section; and</text> </clause><clause id="H188D202EBC4745C4B7071CC849682DA7"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>an amount equal to 5 percent of each payment shall be credited to the Department of Justice Enhanced Financial Recovery Fund established under section 106 of the <short-title>Enhanced Restitution Enforcement and Equitable Retirement Treatment Act of 2009</short-title>.</text> </clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HD773284EF42C4CBC8A2BAB69622DC169"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Restitution</header><text>Subject to subparagraph (C), if a late fee is imposed under paragraph (1) for a restitution obligation—</text> <clause id="H6EF7D1201F3D4CD48252A0262BE86152"><enum>(i)</enum><text>an amount equal to 95 percent of each payment shall be paid to any victim identified by the court; and</text> </clause><clause id="H62857C1228BC4E33B37DB17738A03567"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>an amount equal to 5 percent of each payment shall be credited to the Department of Justice Enhanced Financial Recovery Fund established under section 106 of the <short-title>Enhanced Restitution Enforcement and Equitable Retirement Treatment Act of 2009</short-title>.</text> </clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H16F361BBD9DA42AE8E7F01AA060000B9"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Order of payments</header><text>Payments for fines or restitution shall be applied first to the principal and, if any, the late fee under paragraph (1). If the amount due on either the principal or the late fee has been paid in full and the other amount due remains unpaid, all payments for fines or restitution shall then be applied to the other unpaid obligation. If the principal and the late fee have been paid in full, all payments for fines or restitution shall then be applied to interest.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H1195830E7129448E850D85C56DC381C7"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text>In this subsection—</text> <subparagraph id="H997660606239409993681B2D7732A8A1"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the term <term>fines or restitution obligations</term> does not include any amount that is imposed as interest, costs, or a late fee;</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="H540EF593666D42D9827AAC58F548D31F"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the term <term>principal</term> does not include any amount that is imposed as interest, penalty, or a late fee; and</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="HBE69C21AD88B4A358323210E8C0A0AA8"><enum>(C)</enum><text>the term <term>restitution</term> includes any unpaid balance due to a person identified in any judgment, or order of restitution, entered in any criminal case.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H04928875638A46FBAA5B0E00C0BF1B06"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Waiver of Interest, Penalty, or Late Fees</header> <paragraph id="H1B1898346C064DFD83F2B90DA2649B4C"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Attorney General may waive all or part of any interest or late fee under this section or any interest or penalty imposed under any other provision of law if the Attorney General determines that reasonable efforts to collect the interest, late fee, or penalty are not likely to be effective.</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H92190E8386D4456DBD62D0D39CC1809D"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Waiver by court</header><text>The court may waive the uncollected portion of a late fee, upon the motion of the defendant, and a showing, by a preponderance of the evidence, that—</text> <subparagraph id="H3F37BE02779545D7BDEF66427F633C37"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the defendant has made a good faith effort to satisfy all unpaid fines or restitution obligations;</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="H1DE69FF7922C4E0BAADBC95F0CE3E728"><enum>(B)</enum><text>despite the good faith efforts of the defendant, the defendant is not likely to satisfy the obligations within the time provided for under section 3613 of this title; and</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="H26B01134AB5744C5A66B82C81D5CC534"><enum>(C)</enum><text>the continued collection of a late fee would constitute an undue burden upon the defendant.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HE62C54EF77EF48408EC4122F8AE2264F"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Repeal of delinquency and default provisions</header><text>Section 3572 of title 18, United States Code, is amended by striking subsections (h) and (i).</text> </subsection></section><section id="H0D327C95A72C47178CA8C37ECADD2834"><enum>102.</enum><header>Remission of criminal monetary penalties</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 3573 of title 18, United States Code, is amended to read as follows:</text> <quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H631B34DEC78C483BB5A3FF83119276FA" style="USC"> <section id="H516954C2B2C84980973FC81709732B0A"><enum>3573.</enum><header>Petition of the Government for modification or remission</header> <subsection id="HF48BDCE7760046178C694B4F2D080181"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Upon petition of the Government showing that reasonable efforts to collect a fine, restitution obligation, or special assessment are not likely to be effective, the court may, in the interest of justice, remit all or any part of the fine, restitution obligation, or special assessment, including interest, penalty, and late fees.</text> </subsection><subsection id="H0D086471B9A94D3E8051E1A37FCE04DE"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Victims other than the United States</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In the case of a restitution obligation owed to a victim other than the United States, the express and clearly voluntary consent of the victim is required before the court may grant such petition. No defendant shall initiate contact with a victim for the purpose of securing consent to a possible remission except through counsel, the United States attorney, or in such a manner as first approved by the court as safe and noncoercive.</text> </subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </section><section id="H7FB08225CA664E9B869DA8B8005E622C"><enum>103.</enum><header>Prioritization of restitution efforts</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 3771 of title 18, United States Code, is amended by adding the following subsection:</text> <quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H52D6C72473EC4227A6BF6098459F9AFE" style="OLC"> <subsection id="HE17A83BD1C07417B8E0E8F4ED8394CD0"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Guidelines</header> <paragraph id="H5F3CF4F837064E9AB908B81A6F931D60"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Attorney General shall promulgate guidelines to ensure the effective and efficient enforcement of all criminal and civil obligations which are owed to the United States and enforced by the Department of Justice.</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H093F8D33E8BA41738DB354BC96F924C7"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Contents</header><text>The guidelines promulgated under paragraph (1) shall require consideration, in making decisions relating to enforcement of criminal and civil obligations which are owed to the United States, of the amount due, the amount collectible, and whether the amount is due to individuals who are not likely to be able to enforce the obligation without assistance from the Department of Justice.</text> </paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </section><section id="H77E5CE1BFD9746BCBF6DB08A380F3757"><enum>104.</enum><header>Imposition of civil late fee</header> <subsection id="HAA216BA647C34EB3AA8BB40F4CE233E3"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Section 3011 of title 28, United States Code, is amended to read as follows:</text> <quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H5B2085FD1AE34EDB8FE6DF64E7346868" style="USC"> <section id="HFC1743D699414B5C83A3A31317B589A8"><enum>3011.</enum><header>Imposition of late fee</header> <subsection id="H635E8DE073844024A1F9F8F1DC31A2BC"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text>A late fee shall be imposed on a defendant if there is an unpaid balance due to the United States on any money judgment in a civil matter recovered in a district court as of—</text> <paragraph id="H88A906C68B904A18948B2302C3A3888A"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the fifteenth day after the date of the judgment; or</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H31DFBE2F426240008DBB5CEC25DE2966"><enum>(2)</enum><text>if the day described in paragraph (1) is a Saturday, Sunday, or legal public holiday, the next day that is not a Saturday, Sunday, or legal holiday.</text> </paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H41D2CF5DAFEB4768BB5CDA72C50D265C"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Amount of late fee</header><text>A late fee imposed under subsection (a) shall be 5 percent of the unpaid principal balance for an individual and 10 percent for any other person.</text> </subsection><subsection id="HE2DE138F53B44571AA6AA89BDD2EE20E"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Allocation of payments</header><text>Subject to subsection (d), if a late fee is imposed under subsection (a)—</text> <paragraph id="H4DC743363DF44E2DBB33566163548EE2"><enum>(1)</enum><text>an amount equal to 95 percent of each principal payment made by a defendant shall be credited as otherwise provided by law; and</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="HA48DE4A20CC14786BBDB5818F3640701"><enum>(2)</enum><text>an amount equal to 5 percent of each principal payment shall be credited to the Department of Justice Enhanced Financial Recovery Fund established under section 106 of the Enhanced Financial Recovery and Equitable Retirement Treatment Act of 2007.</text> </paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H0B7C56DC4CAE447CAFB6A0BE7355BE31"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Order of payments</header><text>Payments for a money judgment in a civil matter shall be applied first to the principal and, if any, the late fee under subsection (a). If the amount due on either the principal or the late fee has been paid in full and the other amount due remains unpaid, all payments for a money judgment in a civil matter shall be applied to the other unpaid obligation. If the principal and the late fee have been paid in full, all payments for a money judgment in a civil matter shall then be applied to interest.</text> </subsection><subsection id="H6387883AF39F40A9A2375405E4849D30"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text>In this section—</text> <paragraph id="H157B65D2CC19408BABD6642D2DAF4AD8"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the term <term>principal</term> does not include any amount that is imposed as interest, penalty, or a late fee; and</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H7B9129B08F0949EDA691CCF7FCF1570B"><enum>(2)</enum><text>the term <term>unpaid balance due to the United States</term>—</text> <subparagraph id="H5000DD056A8F4AC99E8E24C37C0B7C48"><enum>(A)</enum><text>includes any unpaid balance due to a person that was represented by the Department of Justice in the civil matter in which the money judgment was entered; and</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="HC6138BC14320497BB19DC0A4B3F658BE"><enum>(B)</enum><text>does not include interest, costs, penalties, or late fees.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph></subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </subsection><subsection id="H34CA601E95B04F2CB1612EDCC2C919DC"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Technical and conforming amendment</header><text>The table of sections for subchapter A of chapter 176 of title 28, United States Code, is amended by striking the item relating to section 3011 and inserting the following:</text> <quoted-block id="HED961993571B406390750A60C94287D4" style="USC"> <toc> <toc-entry idref="HFC1743D699414B5C83A3A31317B589A8" level="section">3011. Imposition of late fee.</toc-entry> </toc> <after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </subsection></section><section id="HD01964D6A76F422B8EFF76875C9F0113"><enum>105.</enum><header>Increase in the amount of special assessments</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 3013 of title 18, United States Code, is amended by striking subsection (a) and inserting the following:</text> <quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H94A4EB043D714F8492A978A7442805CF" style="OLC"> <subsection id="HE754A71A8CD84E2C9D49002D92DE79DF"><enum>(a)</enum><text>The court shall assess on any person convicted of an offense against the United States—</text> <paragraph id="H0D5D2FAB471243B9A3C775FD189D6C93"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in the case of an infraction or a misdemeanor—</text> <subparagraph id="HDF9FB3A6DF5B4A40B3843885123231C7"><enum>(A)</enum><text>if the defendant is an individual—</text> <clause id="H8C4CC1329FE34F93836B1803883E7A33"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the amount of $10 in the case of an infraction or a class C misdemeanor;</text> </clause><clause id="H8F052480688D430C87741DC6AFA14692"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the amount of $25 in the case of a class B misdemeanor; and</text> </clause><clause id="HFE836A7B7F524F1ABD8A91359FD11E00"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>the amount of $100 in the case of a class A misdemeanor; and</text> </clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H7E55899BBAE14C07ACA596C91095502C"><enum>(B)</enum><text>if the defendant is a person other than an individual—</text> <clause id="H5CFFE7CFD0844D59BAAE5E180AD9B196"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the amount of $100 in the case of an infraction or a class C misdemeanor;</text> </clause><clause id="H4B69998C36E44EFDBCF504C41CFBB74F"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the amount of $200 in the case of a class B misdemeanor; and</text> </clause><clause id="H008C4A15A8FB4FDF88510BA6DBECAA34"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>the amount of $500 in the case of a class A misdemeanor; and</text> </clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H5806462FA1604108AE7C5C4CD05958FC"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in the case of a felony—</text> <subparagraph id="HF87ACFC8E2C84D088B99D81A7B6B0CBC"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the amount of $100 if the defendant is an individual; and</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="HF6499838C3BB43C5A79FC4791C0CC8C6"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the amount of $1,000 if the defendant is not an individual.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </section><section id="H5FEF39C76F084E598697EDC86A14C95C"><enum>106.</enum><header>Enhanced financial recovery fund</header> <subsection id="HC587C4400C1B4A67AEA72E2AFC3359D6"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Establishment</header><text>There is established in the Treasury a separate account known as the Department of Justice Enhanced Financial Recovery Fund (in this section referred to as the <term>Fund</term>).</text> </subsection><subsection id="HB441D3B643144645BFDAA9DA24643F66"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Deposits</header><text>Notwithstanding section 3302 of title 31, United States Code, or any other law regarding the crediting of collections, there shall be credited as an offsetting collection to the Fund an amount equal to—</text> <paragraph id="HFBA25878718847A6B33C1FCFB2B58B4C"><enum>(1)</enum><text>2 percent of any amount collected pursuant to civil debt collection litigation activities of the Department of Justice (in addition to any amount credited under section 11013 of the 21st Century Department of Justice Appropriations Authorization Act (28 U.S.C. 527 note));</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H3174459E4A7B48BFBCC16B2C2E6741EB"><enum>(2)</enum><text>5 percent of all amounts collected as restitution due to the United States pursuant to the criminal debt collection litigation activities of the Department of Justice; and</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H657B6CC864D34475B4BC785C79F65A06"><enum>(3)</enum><text>any late fee collected under section 3612 of title 18, United States Code, as amended by this Act, or section 3011 of title 28, United States Code, as amended by this Act.</text> </paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H91877AFC2E3E462CA5DC4BBE19BA4B7A"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Availability</header><text>The amounts credited to the Fund shall remain available until expended.</text> </subsection><subsection id="H32376D86A1D44FDA8BC379C7A348871F"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Payments from the fund To support enhanced enforcement of judgments</header> <paragraph id="HD93FDE0E32254E6F83C44C943FC7AFC7"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Use for collection</header> <subparagraph id="H40DA9C73985D47DA86462AFAC07A8542"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Except as provided in paragraph (2), the Attorney General shall use not less than $20,000,000 of the Fund in each fiscal year, to the extent that funds are available, for the collection of civil and criminal judgments by the Department of Justice, including restitution judgments where the beneficiaries are the victims of crime.</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="H87CDD1ECE2D148AD978725C724BACA7E"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Allocation</header><text>The funds described in subparagraph (A) shall be used to enhance, supplement, and improve the civil and criminal judgment enforcement efforts of the Department of Justice first, and primarily for such activities by United States attorneys’ offices. A portion of the funds described in subparagraph (A) may be used by the Attorney General to provide legal, investigative, accounting, and training support to the United States attorneys’ offices in carrying out civil and criminal debt collection activities.</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="H1E7645E8F6AC4C029A8966652DF80DB4"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Limitation</header><text>The funds described in subparagraph (A) may not be used to determine whether a defendant is guilty of an offense or liable to the United States, except incidentally for the provision of assistance necessary or desirable in a case to ensure the preservation of assets or the imposition of a judgment, which assists in the enforcement of a judgment, or in a proceeding directly related to the failure of a defendant to satisfy the monetary portion of a judgment.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H63C9DCFCEA0042199C5DFCE9EAF78A08"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Adjustment of amount</header><text>In each fiscal year following the first fiscal year in which deposits into the Fund are greater than $20,000,000, the amount to be used under paragraph (1)(A) shall be increased by a percentage equal to the change in the Consumer Price Index published by the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the Department of Labor for the calendar year preceding that fiscal year.</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="HE7825F102E7C42BEAC5EF13428D18319"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Limitation</header><text>In any fiscal year, amounts in the Fund shall be available to the extent that the amount appropriated in that fiscal year for the purposes described in paragraph (1) is not less than an amount equal to the amount appropriated for such activities in fiscal year 2006, adjusted annually in the same proportion as increases reflected in the amount of aggregate level of appropriations for the Executive Office of United States Attorneys and United States Attorneys.</text> </paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H6EFEFF33F2034DD7869E6831D4194750"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Current agency share contributions</header><text>After expending amounts in the Fund as provided under subsection (d), the Attorney General may use amounts remaining in the Fund to offset additional agency share contributions made by the Department of Justice for personnel benefit expenses incurred as a result of this Act or the amendments made by this Act relating to service as an assistant United States attorney on or after the date of enactment of this Act. The availability of amounts from the Fund shall have no effect on the implementation of title II or the amendments made by title II.</text> </subsection><subsection id="H9F879CD244AE4069A642186350622C87"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Retroactive agency share contributions</header><text>After expending amounts in the Fund as provided under subsection (e), the Attorney General may use amounts remaining in the Fund to offset agency share contributions made by the Department of Justice for personnel benefit expenses incurred as a result of this Act or the amendments made by this Act relating to service as an assistant United States attorney before the date of enactment of this Act.</text> </subsection><subsection id="HEE2622CC737B477A9503FD15A98544D2"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Rebate of agency offsets</header><text>After expending amounts in the Fund as provided under subsection (f), all amounts remaining in the Fund shall be credited, proportionally, to the Federal agencies on behalf of which debt collection litigation activities were conducted that resulted in deposits under paragraph (1) or (2) of subsection (b) during that fiscal year.</text> </subsection><subsection id="H141E270DECF3400D908C78898652AC64"><enum>(h)</enum><header>Payments to the general fund</header><text>After expending amounts in the Fund as provided under subsection (g), all amounts remaining in the Fund shall be deposited with the General Fund of the United States Treasury.</text> </subsection><subsection id="H2CEA67D46FBE4A228D615A83C2EEA003"><enum>(i)</enum><header>Definition</header><text>In this section, the term <term>United States</term>—</text> <paragraph id="HB7135536BF004997BDB4FCE2276BD014"><enum>(1)</enum><text>includes—</text> <subparagraph id="H98AF19DC8DDB41A9B833AE8311722B6E"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the executive departments, the judicial and legislative branches, the military departments, and independent establishments of the United States; and</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="H3AB5E27303B14006AE0B93FB25DC5A3C"><enum>(B)</enum><text>corporations primarily acting as instrumentalities or agencies of the United States; and</text> </subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H5E9B8805D151447480C0EC4A2C343493"><enum>(2)</enum><text>except as provided in paragraph (1), does not include any contractor of the United States.</text> </paragraph></subsection></section><section id="H1708BCA4A19E48E7AE2904D8CB8C238A"><enum>107.</enum><header>Effective dates</header> <subsection id="H3C1610A862CE45408CA1658115822F2E"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Except as provided in this section, this title and the amendments made by this title shall take effect 30 days after the date of enactment of this Act.</text> </subsection><subsection id="H3609656AB693460389EB0490810E7BFE"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Criminal cases</header><text>The amendments made by section 105 and subsection (d) of section 3612 of title 18, United States Code, as added by section 101 of this Act, shall apply to any offense committed on or after the date of enactment of this Act, including any offense which includes conduct that continued on or after the date of enactment of this Act.</text> </subsection><subsection id="H9CFA860695D649A7B972A27A17D1D3EF"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Civil cases</header><text>The amendments made by section 104 shall apply to any case pending on or after the date of enactment of this Act.</text> </subsection></section><enum>II</enum><header>Equitable retirement treatment of assistant United States attorneys</header> <section id="H70E3D9FE3B784ACDA4940806993609D4"><enum>201.</enum><header>Retirement treatment of assistant United States attorneys</header> <subsection id="HF694D9E1449349DD94F80FF8759F91FC"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Civil service retirement system</header> <paragraph id="HD5BC5D26C4284A0DB02563700DD12530"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Assistant United States attorney defined</header><text>Section 8331 of title 5, United States Code, is amended—</text> <subparagraph id="H82ADBA7CBD5D49DB875E19CFBF784607"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in paragraph (28), by striking <quote>and</quote> at the end;</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="HB55B67E57E3C467B91BB936EDDEC5DC7"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in paragraph (29) relating to dynamic assumptions, by striking the period and inserting a semicolon;</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="H9FBB5E01731F4E518F9A254425068642"><enum>(C)</enum><text>by redesignating paragraph (29) relating to air traffic controllers as paragraph (30);</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="H07087C2BCB164F89B14575202D6EB0CF"><enum>(D)</enum><text>in paragraph (30), as so redesignated, by striking the period and inserting <quote>; and</quote>; and</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="H918F54EAD7544CD1B00AF587D79E2297"><enum>(E)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text> <quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H232B5C8F5CD84421839ABB9103F796CE" style="OLC"> <paragraph id="H7BF4F691143D4FBF8BA04C632567FA05"><enum>(31)</enum><text><term>assistant United States attorney</term>—</text> <subparagraph id="H07C4264C14374789A3E31CFAA056B829"><enum>(A)</enum><text>means an assistant United States attorney appointed under section 542 of title 28; and</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="H3BD833B6E15F4B809176EBA8829288EA"><enum>(B)</enum><text>includes an individual—</text> <clause id="H7D3DD5C149464635BFB198F2271571A0"><enum>(i)</enum><text>appointed United States attorney under section 541 or 546 of title 28;</text> </clause><clause id="H0FB3984559E1487D9ABD760465CE7A3A"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>who has previously served as an assistant United States attorney; and</text> </clause><clause id="H9F46BAD4B59749CDA1453020647E0DC5"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>who elects under section 202 of the <short-title>Enhanced Restitution Enforcement and Equitable Retirement Treatment Act of 2009</short-title> to be treated as an assistant United States attorney and solely for the purposes of this title.</text> </clause></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H1816CE4F45004180862796EFCE278CAF"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Retirement treatment</header><text>Chapter 83 of title 5, United States Code, is amended by adding after section 8351 the following:</text> <quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H4D932DDC76BD4EABA7B7225E61C3CB5C" style="USC"> <section id="H1E29E485E6E14EC4B7D14EB3BD2B184C"><enum>8352.</enum><header>Assistant United States attorneys</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">An assistant United States attorney shall be treated in the same manner and to the same extent as a law enforcement officer for purposes of this chapter, except as follows:</text> <paragraph id="HB158BD9B8F72409592026252C088CDC4"><enum>(1)</enum><text>Section 8335(b)(1) of this title (relating to mandatory separation) shall not apply.</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H52ABFEDA944B4F54BB7374B7B5A6B9DB"><enum>(2)</enum><text>Section 8336(c)(1) of this title (relating to immediate retirement at age 50 with 20 years of service as a law enforcement officer) shall apply to assistant United States attorneys except the age for immediate retirement eligibility shall be 57 instead of 50.</text> </paragraph></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </paragraph><paragraph id="HB814AA033E9C485A81E8454A23BA1C81"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Technical and conforming amendments</header> <subparagraph id="HDDCD00C33D17472FA566D2D0255EF606"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Table of sections</header><text>The table of sections for chapter 83 of title 5, United States Code, is amended by inserting after the item relating to section 8351 the following:</text> <quoted-block id="HE3C0F4827C794A6D84E4FD6108352221" style="USC"> <toc> <toc-entry idref="H1E29E485E6E14EC4B7D14EB3BD2B184C" level="section">Sec. 8352. Assistant United States attorneys.</toc-entry> </toc> <after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="H961D434BB1B04F72BFADD0F4FA8E27AF"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Mandatory separation</header><text>Section 8335(a) of title 5, United States Code, is amended by striking <quote>8331(29)(A)</quote> and inserting <quote>8331(30)(A)</quote>.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H1B81B72F1FBD4A559E7B2DD9554767C4"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Federal employees’ retirement system</header> <paragraph id="H14C31EC21EF54B5C9A9EE0B5862E3966"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Assistant United States attorney defined</header><text>Section 8401 of title 5, United States Code, is amended—</text> <subparagraph id="H59EDDB91BAD04575883C097FA15D0820"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in paragraph (34), by striking <quote>and</quote> at the end;</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="HF977E04686F6445E87556FF0E0282FFD"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in paragraph (35), by striking the period and inserting <quote>; and</quote>; and</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="H0A19ACE38FF24109BA0985313BBD4619"><enum>(C)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text> <quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HE8EFAF8446CC480D82F34D5F980185CE" style="OLC"> <paragraph id="HC4B660558C2C432D80C5F930926CB416"><enum>(36)</enum><text><term>assistant United States attorney</term>—</text> <subparagraph id="H5745A270D3BF487799395F48F43C7D55"><enum>(A)</enum><text>means an assistant United States attorney appointed under section 542 of title 28; and</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="HF5D448E5057A413583D67038AA7FF3F8"><enum>(B)</enum><text>includes an individual—</text> <clause id="H8D2868F441E648FFA12DB1D6D9B4000B"><enum>(i)</enum><text>appointed United States attorney under section 541 or 546 of title 28;</text> </clause><clause id="H82BCDE52D3CB44009BCC306C4170B737"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>who has previously served as an assistant United States attorney; and</text> </clause><clause id="HE96A70050AC24C988FDF5CE3FAF1BF16"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>who elects under section 202 of the <short-title>Enhanced Restitution Enforcement and Equitable Retirement Treatment Act of 2009</short-title> to be treated as an assistant United States attorney and solely for the purposes of this title.</text> </clause></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H3A2ABA9E39884A72940FBAE3FE2EFA7D"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Retirement treatment</header><text>Section 8402 of title 5, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following:</text> <quoted-block display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="HEF0BF9CE4AF847B39E3D55CA240350E2" style="OLC"> <text>An assistant United States attorney shall be treated in the same manner and to the same extent as a law enforcement officer for purposes of this chapter, except as follows:</text><paragraph id="H649428F473324CC2914C6A797424C805"><enum>(1)</enum><text>Section 8425(b)(1) of this title (relating to mandatory separation) shall not apply.</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H1DBA1F08569748CA9AC93DFD16F1D5EE"><enum>(2)</enum><text>Section 8412(d) of this title (relating to immediate retirement at age 50 with 20 years of service as a law enforcement officer) shall apply to assistant United States attorneys except the age for immediate retirement eligibility shall be 57 instead of 50.</text> </paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HB89DAA0E8941423EBC756CB50B876AA8"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Mandatory separation</header><text>Sections 8335(b)(1) and 8425(b)(1) of title 5, United States Code, are each amended by adding at the end the following: <quote>This subsection shall not apply in the case of an assistant United States attorney.</quote>.</text> </subsection></section><section id="HB1980514038840C596ACF6B188E6BBC8"><enum>202.</enum><header>Provisions relating to incumbents</header> <subsection id="H8549908B1D704C1B8161235F18363E40"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text>In this section—</text> <paragraph id="H6668662C3AD547F6863F08B5729F7C6D"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the term <term>assistant United States attorney</term> means an assistant United States attorney appointed under section 542 of title 28, United States Code; and</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H12D4ACC2D8B142C0AE3037A0FA59FE9E"><enum>(2)</enum><text>the term <term>incumbent</term> means an individual who, on the date of enactment of this Act—</text> <subparagraph id="HC0A957C130C94AC991643D0BA27D04EE"><enum>(A)</enum><text>is serving as an assistant United States attorney;</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="H20966AB15B114FB88C182A5FC0C9C63D"><enum>(B)</enum><text>is serving as a United States Attorney appointed under section 541 or 546 of title 28, United States Code; or</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="H5A769A6CDEF94EF59327D47556B091F7"><enum>(C)</enum><text>is employed by the Department of Justice and has served at least 10 years as an assistant United States attorney.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HC3467402072B4A818E2BC698543156F4"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Notice requirement</header><text>Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Department of Justice shall take measures reasonably designed to provide notice to incumbents on—</text> <paragraph id="H73B1CCDBA2594DD2BF04A7D239878A24"><enum>(1)</enum><text>their election rights under this title; and</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H27D248A8E7C44621A1771AFA4ED289F6"><enum>(2)</enum><text>the effects of making or not making a timely election under this title.</text> </paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H189805B01974436BA72F98D7F7419C9E"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Election available to incumbents</header> <paragraph id="H6A8FEB45EA6B4A92A0929E249CDE9128"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>An incumbent may elect, for all purposes, to be treated—</text> <subparagraph id="H5438B1F7724F4620BC9C724F231F94A8"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in accordance with the amendments made by this title; or</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="HAA3386A70E7442A08F6707BABC7295B7"><enum>(B)</enum><text>as if this title had never been enacted.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H2733E5F41C134E28B615F02781C458A8"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Time limitation</header><text>An election under this subsection shall not be effective unless the election is made not later than the earlier of—</text> <subparagraph id="HE8A2DF4A6D814120A07ADC79BC3F8F8D"><enum>(A)</enum><text>180 days after the date on which the notice under subsection (b) is provided; or</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="H6002FA779D4343B18D5B289A5A6A643E"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the date on which the incumbent involved separates from service.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HD116D8A42E414D4F8B83FC4104515F8D"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Failure to elect</header><text>Failure to make a timely election under this subsection shall be deemed—</text> <subparagraph id="HD37122A2FD74496E96BC9309219FE7A4"><enum>(A)</enum><text>for an assistant United States attorney, as an election under paragraph (1)(A); and</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="H5DD60617C702467D86339907B362CE1B"><enum>(B)</enum><text>for any other incumbent, as an election under paragraph (1)(B).</text> </subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H404AD452AB204EEEAA6B98B7BCD4A8B8"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Limited retroactive effect</header> <paragraph id="H56D77579CF774B9FB73E63AECBE62CD1"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Effect on retirement</header><text>In the case of an incumbent who elects (or is deemed to have elected) the option under subsection (c)(1)(A), all service performed by that individual as an assistant United States attorney shall—</text> <subparagraph id="H225320FCC0AC429992CD45254633A442"><enum>(A)</enum><text>to the extent performed on or after the effective date of that election, be treated in accordance with applicable provisions of subchapter III of chapter 83 or chapter 84 of title 5, United States Code, as amended by this title; and</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="H1B3A6A8E62EC412FA0C043D6CBCB70F5"><enum>(B)</enum><text>to the extent performed before the effective date of that election, be treated in accordance with applicable provisions of subchapter III of chapter 83 or chapter 84 of title 5, United States Code, as if the amendments made by this title had then been in effect.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HE6D9DDFD27994FA39CD9E106481267B6"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Creditable service</header><text>All service performed by an incumbent under an appointment under section 515, 541, 543, or 546 of title 28, United States Code, and while concurrently employed by the Department of Justice shall be credited in the same manner as if performed as an assistant United States attorney.</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="HE056884AB6D8436284EEDC611767E0EB"><enum>(3)</enum><header>No other retroactive effect</header><text>Nothing in this title (including the amendments made by this title) shall affect any of the terms or conditions of an individual’s employment (apart from those governed by subchapter III of chapter 83 or chapter 84 of title 5, United States Code) with respect to any period of service preceding the date on which such individual’s election under subsection (c) is made (or is deemed to have been made).</text> </paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HEAC1F09AE5F940B9ABE59994AC21605F"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Individual contributions for prior service</header> <paragraph id="H0D2EEC1AFD1F456F8362CD8A04A55F43"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>An individual who makes an election under subsection (c)(1)(A) shall, with respect to prior service performed by such individual, deposit, with interest, to the Civil Service Retirement and Disability Fund the difference between the individual contributions that were actually made for such service and the individual contributions that would have been made for such service if the amendments made by this title had then been in effect.</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="HBF88042D67FF4DED8F013DC0516CB70C"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Effect of not contributing</header><text>If the deposit required under paragraph (1) is not paid, all prior service of the incumbent shall remain fully creditable as law enforcement officer service, but the resulting annuity shall be reduced in a manner similar to that described in section 8334(d)(2)(B) of title 5, United States Code.</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="HFEC237C181C3413191B000C9DE733531"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Prior service defined</header><text>In this subsection, the term <term>prior service</term> means, with respect to any individual who makes an election (or is deemed to have made an election) under subsection (c)(1)(A), all service credited as an assistant United States attorney, but not exceeding 20 years, performed by such individual before the date as of which applicable retirement deductions begin to be made in accordance with such election.</text> </paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H733A416312124A3AA2485E90F5E98DD4"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Regulations</header><text>The Office of Personnel Management shall prescribe regulations necessary to carry out this title, including provisions under which any interest due on the amount described under subsection (e) shall be determined.</text> </subsection></section><section id="HD0FFCFE291994A45A8E0BB54C36FE27F"><enum>203.</enum><header>Agency share contributions</header> <subsection id="H83D36A68CD594C88A5E6DCF1F13688D5"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The cost for current agency share contributions for personnel benefits incurred as a result of this Act or the amendments made by this Act may be paid from the Enhanced Financial Recovery Fund. If in any fiscal year the Fund does not have a sufficient amount on deposit to satisfy the cost for current agency share contributions for personnel benefits incurred as a result of this Act or the amendments made by this Act, the amount of the insufficiency shall be due the next fiscal year.</text> </subsection><subsection id="HE01F498732CA4E999B578669C4E8299B"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Retroactive agency share</header><text>The cost for retroactive agency share contributions for personnel benefits incurred as a result of this Act or the amendments made by this Act may be paid from the Enhanced Financial Recovery Fund. Notwithstanding section 8348(f) or section 8423(b) of title 5, United States Code, an amount equal to the amount remaining in the Enhanced Financial Recovery Fund in any fiscal year, after the amounts credited to the Fund have been expended to satisfy the requirements of subsections (d) and (e) of section 106 of this Act, shall be credited toward the cost for retroactive agency share contributions for personnel benefits incurred as a result of this Act or the amendments made by this Act until such cost, along with accumulated interest, has been satisfied in full.</text> </subsection><subsection id="H53E8B673D9124C9BB27FB7DA54A8D67B"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Use of funds</header><text>Funds appropriated for the Department of Justice shall not be used to pay for the additional cost for current or retroactive agency share contributions for personnel benefits incurred as a result of this Act or the amendments made by this Act except as directed by the Attorney General.</text> </subsection></section><section id="H8AABBC3996A54972B1A2CC792F9BA731"><enum>204.</enum><header>Effective date</header> <subsection id="H276836AEF0904BEFB120FB90CECAA2B8"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text>This title shall take effect on the date of enactment of this Act.</text> </subsection><subsection id="H27C418665B0F425E843879E2158CFB5F"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Incumbents</header><text>In the case of an incumbent who elects (or is deemed to have elected) the option under section 202(c)(1)(A) of this title, the election shall not take effect until 24 months after the date of enactment of this Act, except as follows:</text> <paragraph id="H82AAB03FA0F748D2AE24EEEED6BB309F"><enum>(1)</enum><text>An incumbent with at least 30 years of service as an assistant United States attorney may choose to have the election take effect at any time between 6 and 24 months after the date of enactment of this Act.</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H18D82473068445ADB11BAC711D21B1BB"><enum>(2)</enum><text>An incumbent with at least 25 years of service credited as an assistant United States attorney may choose to have the election take effect at any time between 12 and 24 months after the enactment of this Act.</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H6AF72458E83F4673B81261D1F3214A14"><enum>(3)</enum><text>An incumbent with at least 20 years of service credited as an assistant United States attorney may, with the approval of the Attorney General, choose to have the election take effect at any time between 6 and 24 months after the date of enactment of this Act.</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="HFFD1E735670246939BFB9C603F167D89"><enum>(4)</enum><text>An incumbent with at least 20 years service credited as an assistant United States attorney and who is currently serving under an appointment under section 541 or 546 of title 28, United States Code, may choose to have the election take effect at any time between the enactment of this Act and 24 months after the date of enactment of this Act.</text> </paragraph></subsection></section>