 
                       PART II--CRIMINAL PROCEDURE
 
                   CHAPTER 203--ARREST AND COMMITMENT
 
Sec. 3059. Rewards and appropriations therefor

    (a)(1) There is authorized to be appropriated, out of any money in 
the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, the sum of $25,000 as a reward 
or rewards for the capture of anyone who is charged with violation of 
criminal laws of the United States or any State or of the District of 
Columbia, and an equal amount as a reward or rewards for information 
leading to the arrest of any such person, to be apportioned and expended 
in the discretion of, and upon such conditions as may be imposed by, the 
Attorney General of the United States. Not more than $25,000 shall be 
expended for information or capture of any one person.
    (2) If any of the said persons shall be killed in resisting lawful 
arrest, the Attorney General may pay any part of the reward money in his 
discretion to the person or persons whom he shall adjudge to be entitled 
thereto but no reward money shall be paid to any official or employee of 
the Department of Justice of the United States.
    (b) The Attorney General each year may spend not more than $10,000 
for services or information looking toward the apprehension of narcotic 
law violators who are fugitives from justice.
    (c)(1) In special circumstances and in the Attorney General's sole 
discretion, the Attorney General may make a payment of up to $10,000 to 
a person who furnishes information unknown to the Government relating to 
a possible prosecution under section 2326 which results in a conviction.
    (2) A person is not eligible for a payment under paragraph (1) if--
        (A) the person is a current or former officer or employee of a 
    Federal, State, or local government agency or instrumentality who 
    furnishes information discovered or gathered in the course of 
    government employment;
        (B) the person knowingly participated in the offense;
        (C) the information furnished by the person consists of an 
    allegation or transaction that has been disclosed to the public--
            (i) in a criminal, civil, or administrative proceeding;
            (ii) in a congressional, administrative, or General 
        Accounting Office report, hearing, audit, or investigation; or
            (iii) by the news media, unless the person is the original 
        source of the information; or

        (D) when, in the judgment of the Attorney General, it appears 
    that a person whose illegal activities are being prosecuted or 
    investigated could benefit from the award.

    (3) For the purposes of paragraph (2)(C)(iii), the term ``original 
source'' means a person who has direct and independent knowledge of the 
information that is furnished and has voluntarily provided the 
information to the Government prior to disclosure by the news media.
    (4) Neither the failure of the Attorney General to authorize a 
payment under paragraph (1) nor the amount authorized shall be subject 
to judicial review.

(June 25, 1948, ch. 645, 62 Stat. 818; Pub. L. 97-258, Sec. 2(d)(2), 
Sept. 13, 1982, 96 Stat. 1058; Pub. L. 103-322, title XXV, Sec. 250004, 
Sept. 13, 1994, 108 Stat. 2086.)


                      Historical and Revision Notes

                            1948 Act

    Based on title 18, U.S.C., 1940 ed., Sec. 575 (June 6, 1934, ch. 
408, 48 Stat. 910).
    Changes were made in phraseology.

                                                    1982 Act
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           Revised Section                   Source (U.S. Code)                
Source (Statutes at Large)
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3059(b)..............................  31:1023(c).                     June 1, 
1955, ch. 119, Sec.  1(c), 69
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    The words ``Attorney General'' are substituted for ``Secretary of 
the Treasury'' because of section 1 of Reorganization Plan No. 2 of 1973 
(eff. July 1, 1973, 87 Stat. 1091).

                       References in Text

    The criminal laws of the United States, referred to in subsec. 
(a)(1), are classified generally to this title.


                               Amendments

    1994--Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 103-322 added subsec. (c).
    1982--Pub. L. 97-258, Sec. 2(d)(2), redesignated existing provisions 
as subsec. (a)(1) and (2) and added subsec. (b).


                       Spending Limitations Lifted

    Pub. L. 104-19, title III, Sec. 3001, July 27, 1995, 109 Stat. 250, 
provided that: ``Any funds made available to the Attorney General 
heretofore or hereafter in any Act shall not be subject to the spending 
limitations contained in sections 3059 and 3072 of title 18, United 
States Code: Provided, That any reward of $100,000 or more, up to a 
maximum of $2,000,000, may not be made without the personal approval of 
the President or the Attorney General, and such approval may not be 
delegated.''
    Similar provisions were contained in the following appropriation 
acts:
    Pub. L. 106-553, Sec. 1(a)(2) [title I, Sec. 106], Dec. 21, 2000, 
114 Stat. 2762, 2762A-67.
    Pub. L. 106-113, div. B, Sec. 1000(a)(1) [title I, Sec. 106], Nov. 
29, 1999, 113 Stat. 1535, 1501A-19.
    Pub. L. 105-277, div. A, Sec. 101(b) [title I, Sec. 106], Oct. 21, 
1998, 112 Stat. 2681-50, 2681-66.
    Pub. L. 105-119, title I, Sec. 106, Nov. 26, 1997, 111 Stat. 2457.
    Pub. L. 104-208, div. A, title I, Sec. 101(a) [title I, Sec. 106], 
Sept. 30, 1996, 110 Stat. 3009, 3009-17.

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in section 14 of this title.
