Sec. 2. Transfer of certain funds into United States Victims of State Sponsored Terrorism Fund
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Section 404 of the Justice for United States Victims of State Sponsored Terrorism Act ( 34 U.S.C. 20144 ) is amended— in subsection (d)(4), by adding at the end the following: The Special Master shall authorize fifth-round payments to satisfy eligible claims under this section not later than July 1, 2024. All authorized payments shall be distributed to eligible claimants not later than December 31, 2024, or, if an eligible claimant has not provided the Special Master with the payment information required for distribution, as soon as practicable after the date of receipt by the Special Master of such information. ; and in subsection (e)— in paragraph (2), by adding at the end the following:
Funds and the net proceeds from the sale of property, forfeited or paid to the United States as a criminal penalty or fine in connection with the plea agreement in the proceedings captioned as United States v. Binance Holdings Limited, No. 2:23–cr–00178
(RAJ)(W.D. Wash. filed Nov. 14, 2023)— which shall include the $898,618,825 that is required to be paid within 30 days of sentencing; and which may include other funds and net proceeds that qualify for deposit or transfer into the Fund. An agency of the United States shall deposit or transfer into the Fund any amount paid by a defendant in such proceedings pursuant to the plea agreement that is to be deposited or transferred into the Fund in accordance with subclause
(I)not later than the later of— 30 days after the receipt of such amount by the agency; or 15 days after the date of enactment of this subparagraph. Fifty percent of the excess unobligated balance of the Department of Justice Assets Forfeiture Fund established under 524(c)(1) of title 28, United States Code, to be paid on annually on December 1, beginning on December 1, 2024. Fifty percent of the excess unobligated balance of the Department of the Treasury Forfeiture Fund established under section 9705 of title 31, United States Code, to be paid annually on December 1, beginning on December 1, 2024. In this subparagraph: The term excess unobligated balance with respect to a fund, means the difference between— the unobligated balance of the fund, as of September 30 of the fiscal year before the date specified in subclause
(I)or
(II)of clause
(ii)or in subclause
(I)or
(II)of clause (iii), as applicable; and the amount that is required to be retained in the fund to ensure the availability of amounts in the fiscal year after the fiscal year described in item
(aa)for the purposes for which amounts in the fund are authorized to be used. For purposes of subclause (I)(aa), the amount of the unobligated balance of a fund, as of September 30 of a fiscal year, shall be determined without regard to any rescission of amounts in the fund for the next fiscal year included in an appropriation Act referred to in section 105 of title 1, United States Code, including any anticipated or potential rescission and any rescission given continuing effect for such next fiscal year under an Act making continuing appropriations for such next fiscal year. . Nothing in the amendments made by subsection
(a)shall be construed to harm, jeopardize, or impair equitable sharing with law enforcement or restitution owed to crime victims.
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Sec. 2
Transfer of certain funds into United States Victims of State Sponsored Terrorism Fund
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