§ 1054. CIVIL ENFORCEMENT ENHANCEMENT.

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Duty of Attorney General .— The Attorney General shall insure that each component of the Department of Justice having criminal law enforcement responsibilities with respect to the prosecution of organized crime and controlled substances violations, including each United States Attorney’s Office, attaches a high priority to the enforcement of civil statutes creating ancillary sanctions and remedies for such violations, such as civil penalties and actions, forfeitures, injunctions and restraining orders, and collection of fines.

Duty of Associate Attorney General .— The Associate Attorney General shall be responsible for implementing the policy set forth in this subsection. Authorization of Appropriations .— There are authorized to be appropriated $3,000,000 for salaries and expenses to the Department of Justice General Legal Activities Account and $3,000,000 for salaries and expenses for United States Attorneys for fiscal year 1989. Any appropriation of funds authorized under paragraph

(1)shall be— in addition to any appropriations requested by the President in the 1989 fiscal year budget submitted by the President to the Congress on February 18, 1988 , or provided in regular appropriations Acts or continuing resolutions for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1989 ; and used to increase the number of field attorneys and related support staff over such personnel levels employed at the Department of Justice on September 30, 1988 . Any increase in full-time equivalent positions described under paragraph (2)(B) shall be exclusively used for asset forfeiture and civil enforcement and be assigned to appropriate field offices of the Organized Crime and Racketeering Section and the Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task Forces. Reporting Requirement .— The Attorney General, at the end of each such fiscal year, shall file a report with the Congress setting forth the extent of such enforcement efforts, as well as the need for any enhancements in resources necessary to carry out this policy.