28 U.S.C. § 533: Investigative and other officials; appointment

to detect and prosecute crimes against the United States; to assist in the protection of the person of the President; and 1 1 So in original. The word “and” probably should not appear. to assist in the protection of the person of the Attorney General. 2 2 So in original. The period probably should be “; and”. to conduct such other investigations regarding official matters under the control of the Department of Justice and the Department of State as may be directed by the Attorney General. sums authorized to be appropriated for the Federal Bureau of Investigation and for the Drug Enforcement Administration may be used for purchasing property, buildings, and other facilities, and for leasing space, within the United States, the District of Columbia, and the territories and possessions of the United States, without regard to section 1341 of title 31 of the United States Code, section 3732(a) of the Revised Statutes ([former] 41 U.S.C. 11(a) ) [now 41 U.S.C. 6301(a) , (b)(1) to (3)], section 305 of the Act of June 30, 1949 ( 63 Stat. 396 ; [former] 41 U.S.C. 255 ) [now 41 U.S.C. 4501 et seq.], the third undesignated paragraph under the heading of ‘Miscellaneous’ of the Act of March 3, 1877 ( 19 Stat. 370 ; 40 U.S.C. 34 [now 40 U.S.C. 8141 ]), section 3324 of title 31 of the United States Code, section 3741 of the Revised Statutes ([former] 41 U.S.C. 22 ) [now 41 U.S.C. 6306(a) ], and subsections (a) and (c) of section 304 of the Federal Property and Administrative Service [Services] Act of 1949 ( 63 Stat. 395 ; [former] 41 U.S.C. 254(a) [now 41 U.S.C. 3901 ] and (c) [repealed]), sums authorized to be appropriated for the Federal Bureau of Investigation and for the Drug Enforcement Administration may be used to establish or to acquire proprietary corporations or business entities as part of an undercover investigative operation, and to operate such corporations or business entities on a commercial basis, without regard to section 9102 of title 31 of the United States Code, sums authorized to be appropriated for the Federal Bureau of Investigation and for the Drug Enforcement Administration for fiscal year 1996, and the proceeds from such undercover operation, may be deposited in banks or other financial institutions, without regard to section 648 of title 18 of the United States Code and section 3302 of title 31 of the United States Code, and proceeds from such undercover operation may be used to offset necessary and reasonable expenses incurred in such operation, without regard to section 3302 of title 31 of the United States Code, received by an undercover agent from or at the direction of a subject of an investigation, or provided to an agent by an individual cooperating with the Government in an investigation, who received the proceeds or money from or at the direction of a subject of the investigation, As soon as the proceeds from an undercover investigative operation with respect to which an action is authorized and carried out under subparagraphs (C) and (D) of paragraph (1), or under paragraph (2) are no longer necessary for the conduct of such operation, such proceeds or the balance of such proceeds remaining at the time shall be deposited in the Treasury of the United States as miscellaneous receipts. If a corporation or business entity established or acquired as part of an undercover operation under subparagraph (B) of paragraph (1) with a net value of over $50,000 is to be liquidated, sold, or otherwise disposed of, the Federal Bureau of Investigation or the Drug Enforcement Administration, as much in advance as the Director or the Administrator, or the designee of the Director or the Administrator, determines is practicable, shall report the circumstances to the Attorney General and the Comptroller General. The proceeds of the liquidation, sale, or other disposition, after obligations are met, shall be deposited in the Treasury of the United States as miscellaneous receipts. submit the results of such audit in writing to the Attorney General, and not later than 180 days after such undercover operation is closed, submit a report to the Congress concerning such audit. the number, by programs, of undercover investigative operations pending as of the end of the one-year period for which such report is submitted, the number, by programs, of undercover investigative operations commenced in the one-year period preceding the period for which such report is submitted, and the results, any civil claims, and identification of such sensitive circumstances involved, that arose at any time during the course of such undercover operation. all criminal proceedings (other than appeals) are concluded, or covert activities are concluded, whichever occurs later, the term ‘employees’ means employees, as defined in section 2105 of title 5 of the United States Code, of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, and the gross receipts (excluding interest earned) exceed $50,000, or expenditures (other than expenditures for salaries of employees) exceed $150,000, and which is exempt from section 3302 or 9102 of title 31 of the United States Code, report the results of each audit in writing to the Department of Justice, and report annually to the Congress concerning these audits. in which the gross receipts exceed $50,000, and which is exempted from section 3617 of the Revised Statutes ( 31 U.S.C. 484 ) [ 31 U.S.C. 3302(b) ] or section 304(a) of the Government Corporation Control Act ( 31 U.S.C. 869(a) ) [ 31 U.S.C. 9102 ].”