feiture under chapter 46 of title 18, United States Code, or any similar provision of State law. (2) SCOPE OF APPLICATION.-Paragraph (1) shall not apply to any amount received by a State or local law enforcement agency or prosecutor pursuant to any criminal or civil forfeiture referred to in such paragraph in excess of the aggregate amount of grants received by such agency or prosecutor under this part. (d) ROLLING GRANT APPLICATION PERIODS.-In establishing the program under this part, the Secretary shall take such action as may be necessary to ensure, to the extent practicable, that (1) applications for grants under this part may be filed at any time during a fiscal year; and (2) some portion of the funds appropriated under this part for any such fiscal year will remain available for grant applications filed later in the fiscal year. § 5353. Information collection and dissemination with respect to grant recipients (a) APPLICANT AND GRANTEE INFORMATION. (1) APPLICATION PROCESS.-The Secretary shall issue requests for proposal, as necessary, regarding, with respect to the grants awarded under section 5352, the application process, grant renewal, and suspension or withholding of renewal grants. Each application under this paragraph shall be in writing and shall be subject to review by the Secretary. (2) REPORTING.-The Secretary shall, to the maximum extent practicable and in a manner consistent with applicable law, minimize reporting requirements by a grant recipient and expedite any application for a renewal grant made under this part. (b) ACTIVITIES OF SECRETARY.-The Secretary may (1) evaluate the utility of specific initiatives relating to the purposes of the program; (2) conduct an evaluation of the program; and (3) disseminate information described in this subsection to (A) eligible State local law enforcement agencies or prosecutors; and (B) the general public. § 5354. Grants for fighting money laundering and related fi'nancial crimes (a) IN GENERAL. After the end of the 1-year period beginning on the date the first national strategy for combating money laundering and related financial crimes is submitted to the Congress in accordance with section 5341, and subject to subsection (b), the Secretary may review, select, and award grants for State or local law enforcement agencies and prosecutors to provide funding necessary to investigate and prosecute money laundering and related financial crimes in high-risk money laundering and related financial crime areas. (b) SPECIAL PREFERENCE.-Special preference shall be given to applications submitted to the Secretary which demonstrate collabo rative efforts of two or more State and local law enforcement agencies or prosecutors who have a history of Federal, State, and local cooperative law enforcement and prosecutorial efforts in responding to such criminal activity. § 5355. Authorization of appropriations There are authorized to be appropriated the following amounts for the following fiscal years to carry out the purposes of this subchapter: For fiscal year: 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 The amount authorized is: $5,000,000. $7,500,000. $10,000,000. $12,500,000. $15,000,000. |