Title 7 — Agriculture
Chapter 55 — Department of Agriculture
§ 2270a. Office of Inspector General; transfer of forfeiture funds for law enforcement activities
Statutory text
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.
Legislative history
Reconstructed from this section’s Code source credit and amendment notes, resolved against the local Statutes at Large. Editorial notes are evidence, not the law that made the change.
Pub. L. 105–277 div. A § 101(a)(tI) · 112 Stat. 2681
Enacted · 7 U.S.C. § 2270a
Pub. L. 105–277, div. A, § 101(a) [title I], Oct. 21, 1998, 112 Stat. 2681, 2681–3
Source evidence
Code source credit
Pub. L. 105–277, div. A, § 101(a) [title I], Oct. 21, 1998, 112 Stat. 2681, 2681–3Enacted provision · exact public law section
Sec. 101. For programs, projects or activities in the Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1999, provided as follows, to be effective as if it had been enacted into law as the regular appropriations Act: AN ACT Making appropriations for Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies programs for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1999, and for other purposes. Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1999.Pub. L. 117–286 § 4(b)(24) · 136 Stat. 4196
Substituted · 7 U.S.C. § 2270a
Pub. L. 117–286 substituted “chapter 4 of title 5,” for “the Inspector General Act of 1978,”
Source evidence
Code amendment note
Pub. L. 117–286 substituted “chapter 4 of title 5,” for “the Inspector General Act of 1978,”.Enacted provision · exact public law section
(24) The proviso in the matter under the heading “Office of the inspector general (including transfers of funds)” in title I of the Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1999 (7 U.S.C. 2270a) is amended by striking “the Inspector General Act of 1978,” and inserting “chapter 4 of title 5, United States Code,”.
2 of 2 references resolved to an enrolled provision
Editorial Notes
Prior Provisions
Provisions similar to those in this section were contained in the following prior appropriation acts:
Pub. L. 105–86, title I, , 111 Stat. 2082.
Amendments
2022—Pub. L. 117–286 substituted “chapter 4 of title 5,” for “the Inspector General Act of 1978,”.
Credits
1998–2022 · 2 acts
- 1998Pub. L. 105–277, div. A, § 101(a) [title I], , 112 Stat. 2681, 2681–3
- 2022Pub. L. 117–286, § 4(b)(24), , 136 Stat. 4346.
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(Pub. L. 105–277, div. A, § 101(a) [title I], , 112 Stat. 2681, 2681–3; Pub. L. 117–286, § 4(b)(24), , 136 Stat. 4346.)