Title 7, AgricultureRelease 119-102
§2270a Office of Inspector General; Transfer of Forfeiture Funds for Law Enforcement Activities
Title 7 › CHAPTER 55 — DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE › § 2270a
Summary
Starting fiscal year 1999, forfeiture money the OIG gets — from DOJ or Treasury forfeiture funds, equitable shares, or remission/mitigation petitions — must go into its account for law‑enforcement uses under chapter 4, title 5 and remain until spent.
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Title 7, §2270a
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For fiscal year 1999 and thereafter, funds transferred to the Office of the Inspector General through forfeiture proceedings or from the Department of Justice Assets Forfeiture Fund or the Department of the Treasury Forfeiture Fund, as a participating agency, as an equitable share from the forfeiture of property in investigations in which the Office of the Inspector General participates, or through the granting of a Petition for Remission or Mitigation, shall be deposited to the credit of this account for law enforcement activities authorized under chapter 4 of title 5, to remain available until expended.
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Prior Provisions
Provisions similar to those in this section were contained in the following prior appropriation acts: Pub. L. 105–86, title I, Nov. 18, 1997, 111 Stat. 2082. Pub. L. 104–180, title I, Aug. 6, 1996, 110 Stat. 1572. Pub. L. 104–37, title I, Oct. 21, 1995, 109 Stat. 302.
Amendments
2022—Pub. L. 117–286 substituted “chapter 4 of title 5,” for “the Inspector General Act of 1978,”.
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7 U.S.C. § 2270a
Title 7, Agriculture
Last Updated
Aug 21, 2026
Release point: 119-102