United States · Bill · HR
H.R. 3550 (101st)
Forfeiture Amendments Act of 1989
Introduced
31 October 1989
Last action
17 November 1989 · ResolvingDifferences
Status
FURTHER APPOINTMENT OF CONFEREES - The Chair reserved the authority to make additional appointments of conferees and to specify particular portions of the House bill and Senate amendment as the subjects of the various appointments. Agreed to without objection.
Sponsors
Rep. Hughes, William J. [D-NJ-2]
Subjects
Discovery layer
Source updated
3 June 2026
Summary
Forfeiture Amendments Act of 1989 - Amends the Federal judicial code to authorize the Attorney General to transfer up to $150,000,000 from the Department of Justice Assets Forfeiture Fund to the Special Forfeiture Fund under the Anti-Drug Abuse Act of 1988 for FY 1990 through 1993. Amends the Anti-Drug Abuse Act of 1988 to: (1) provide for such transfer; and (2) bar use of amounts in the Special Forfeiture Fund for any purpose after January 31, 1990, if the Director of National Drug Control Policy has not designated high intensity drug trafficking areas by that date. Requires the President to submit to the Congress, by February 28, 1990, a request for such supplemental appropriation as may be necessary for FY 1990 for deposits in the Special Forfeiture Fund. Amends the Controlled Substances Act to require the Attorney General to ensure that: (1) property transferred to a State or local law enforcement agency under such Act has a value that bears a reasonable relationship to the degree of direct participation of such agency in the law enforcement effort resulting in the forfeiture taking into account the total value of all property forfeited and the total law enforcement effort with respect to the violation of law on which the forfeiture is based; and (2) property is not transferred following utilization of an adopted seizure process (i.e., one in which investigative and prosecutive activity related to the seizure, other than relating to the actual forfeiture, was carried out exclusively by State and local agencies) to circumvent any requirement of State law that limits the disposition of property forfeited to State or local agencies. Authorizes the Attorney General, in determining whether the transfer would be in circumvention of State law, to rely upon a written opinion of the pertinent State attorney general that such a process is not being utilized to circumvent State law. Specifies that such decision shall not be subject to review by any court. Amends the Federal judicial code to authorize the Attorney General, at his discretion, following the completion of forfeiture procedures, to warrant clear title to any subsequent purchaser or transferee of such forfeited property. Amends the Controlled Substances Act to authorize the Attorney General to carry out seizure and forfeiture of moneys in the manner provided with respect to seizure and forfeiture of conveyances by the Secretary of the Treasury under the Tariff Act of 1930.
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Timeline
31 October 1989
Introduced
Referred to the House Committee on Judiciary.
Source: IntroReferral
31 October 1989
Introduced
Introduced in House
Source: IntroReferral
31 October 1989
Introduced
Introduced in House
Source: IntroReferral
1 November 1989
Referred
Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime.
Source: Committee
2 November 1989
Committee
Subcommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
Source: Committee
2 November 1989
Committee
Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee.
Source: Committee
6 November 1989
Referred
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health and the Environment.
Source: Committee
9 November 1989
Committee
Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
Source: Committee
9 November 1989
Reported
Ordered to be Reported.
Source: Committee
13 November 1989
Vote
On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays (2/3 required): 375 - 0 (Roll No. 347).
Source: Floor
13 November 1989
Reported
Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Judiciary. H. Rept. 101-349, Part I.
Source: Committee
13 November 1989
Passed
Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
Source: Floor
13 November 1989
Vote
Yeas and Nays were ordered. Further proceedings on the motion were postponed.
Source: Floor
13 November 1989
Passed
On ordering a second Agreed to without objection.
Source: Floor
13 November 1989
Floor
Mr. Gekas demanded a second on the motion to suspend the rules.
Source: Floor
13 November 1989
Floor
Mr. Hughes moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
Source: Floor
13 November 1989
Vote
Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays (2/3 required): 375 - 0 (Roll No. 347).
Source: Floor
13 November 1989
Floor
Considered under suspension of the rules.
Source: Floor
13 November 1989
Floor
DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate.
Source: Floor
13 November 1989
Reported
Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Judiciary. H. Rept. 101-349, Part I.
Source: Committee
15 November 1989
ResolvingDifferences
Senate insists on its amendments, asks for a conference, appoints conferees Kennedy; Dodd; Pell; Hollings; Inouye; Biden; Sarbanes; Hatch; Coats; Danforth; Thurmond; Helms; Gramm pursuant to the order of November 14, 1989.
Source: ResolvingDifferences
15 November 1989
Floor
Senate struck all after the Enacting Clause and substituted the language of S. 1735.
Source: Floor
15 November 1989
Passed
Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate pursuant to the order of November 14, 1989 with an amendment by Unanimous Consent.
Source: Floor
15 November 1989
Introduced
Received in the Senate, read twice.
Source: IntroReferral
16 November 1989
Floor
Message on Senate action sent to the House.
Source: Floor
17 November 1989
Passed
FURTHER APPOINTMENT OF CONFEREES - The Chair reserved the authority to make additional appointments of conferees and to specify particular portions of the House bill and Senate amendment as the subjects of the various appointments. Agreed to without objection.
Source: Floor
17 November 1989
Passed
Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
Source: ResolvingDifferences
17 November 1989
ResolvingDifferences
The chair appointed conferees - from the Committee on the Judiciary: Hughes, Mazzoli, Feighan, McCollum, and Gekas.
Source: ResolvingDifferences
17 November 1989
Passed
On motion that the House disagree to the Senate amendment, and agree to a conference Agreed to without objection.
Source: ResolvingDifferences
17 November 1989
ResolvingDifferences
Mr. Hughes asked unanimous consent that the House disagree to the Senate amendment, and agree to a conference.
Source: ResolvingDifferences
Votes
No vote records are attached yet.
Versions
- Engrossed Amendment Senate · — · Download file
- Engrossed in House · — · Download file
- Introduced in House · — · Download file
- Received in Senate · — · Download file
Documents
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Passed Senate amended
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Introduced in House
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Sponsors
- Rep. Hughes, William J. [D-NJ-2] · D · Sponsor
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Sources
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- Official source: https://www.congress.gov/bill/101st-congress/house-bill/3550
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- us · 101-hr-3550 · source updated 3 June 2026