                 TITLE 18--CRIMES AND CRIMINAL PROCEDURE
 
                       PART II--CRIMINAL PROCEDURE
 
                   CHAPTER 203--ARREST AND COMMITMENT
 
Sec. 3059A. Special rewards for information relating to certain 
        financial institution offenses
        
    (a)(1) In special circumstances and in the Attorney General's sole 
discretion, the Attorney General may make payments to persons who 
furnish information unknown to the Government relating to a possible 
prosecution under section 215, 225, 287, 656, 657, 1001, 1005, 1006, 
1007, 1014, 1032, 1341, 1343, 1344, or 1517 of this title affecting a 
depository institution insured by the Federal Deposit Insurance 
Corporation or any other agency or entity of the United States, or to a 
possible prosecution for conspiracy to commit such an offense.
    (2) The amount of a payment under paragraph (1) shall not exceed 
$50,000 and shall be paid from the Financial Institution Information 
Award Fund established under section 2569 of the Financial Institutions 
Anti-Fraud Enforcement Act of 1990.
    (b) A person is not eligible for a payment under subsection (a) if--
        (1) the person is a current or former officer or employee of a 
    Federal or State government agency or instrumentality who furnishes 
    information discovered or gathered in the course of his government 
    employment;
        (2) the furnished information consists of allegations or 
    transactions that have been disclosed to a member of the public in a 
    criminal, civil, or administrative proceeding, in a congressional, 
    administrative, or General Accounting Office report, hearing, audit 
    or investigation, from any other government source, or from the news 
    media unless the person is the original source of the information;
        (3) the person is an institution-affiliated party (as defined in 
    section 3(u) of the Federal Deposit Insurance Act, 12 U.S.C. 
    1813(u)) which withheld information during the course of any bank 
    examination or investigation authorized pursuant to section 10 of 
    such Act (12 U.S.C. 1820) who such party owed a fiduciary duty to 
    disclose;
        (4) the person is a member of the immediate family of the 
    individual whose activities are the subject of the declaration or 
    where, in the discretion of the Attorney General, it appears the 
    individual could benefit from the award; or
        (5) the person knowingly participated in the violation of the 
    section with respect to which the payment would be made.

    (c) For the purposes of subsection (b)(2), the term ``original 
source'' means a person who has direct and independent knowledge of the 
information on which the allegations are based and has voluntarily 
provided the information to the Government prior to the disclosure.
    (d) Neither the failure of the Attorney General to authorize a 
payment nor the amount authorized shall be subject to judicial review.
    (e)(1) A person who--
        (A) is discharged, demoted, suspended, threatened, harassed, or 
    in any other manner discriminated against in the terms and 
    conditions of employment by an employer because of lawful acts done 
    by the person on behalf of the person or others in furtherance of a 
    prosecution under any of the sections referred to in subsection (a) 
    (including provision of information relating to, investigation for, 
    initiation of, testimony for, or assistance in such a prosecution); 
    and
        (B) was not a knowing participant in the unlawful activity that 
    is the subject of such a prosecution,

may, in a civil action, obtain all relief necessary to make the person 
whole.
    (2) Relief under paragraph (1) shall include--
        (A)(i) reinstatement with the same seniority status;
        (ii) 2 times the amount of back pay plus interest; and
        (iii) interest on the back pay,

    that the plaintiff would have had but for the discrimination; and
        (B) compensation for any special damages sustained as a result 
    of the discrimination, including litigation costs and reasonable 
    attorney's fees.

(Added Pub. L. 101-647, title XXV, Sec. 2587(a), Nov. 29, 1990, 104 
Stat. 4904; amended Pub. L. 103-322, title XXXII, Sec. 320607, title 
XXXIII, Sec. 330010(10), (17), Sept. 13, 1994, 108 Stat. 2120, 2143, 
2144; Pub. L. 104-294, title VI, Secs. 601(f)(4), 604(b)(24), Oct. 11, 
1996, 110 Stat. 3499, 3508.)

                       References in Text

    Section 2569 of the Financial Institutions Anti-Fraud Enforcement 
Act of 1990, referred to in subsec. (a)(2), is classified to section 
4209 of Title 12, Banks and Banking.


                               Amendments

    1996--Subsec. (a)(1). Pub. L. 104-294, Sec. 601(f)(4), substituted 
``section 215, 225,'' for ``section 215 225,,''.
    Subsec. (e)(2)(A)(iii). Pub. L. 104-294, Sec. 604(b)(24), amended 
directory language of Pub. L. 103-322, Sec. 330010(17). See 1994 
Amendment note below.
    1994--Subsec. (a)(1). Pub. L. 103-322, Sec. 320607, inserted 
``225,'' after ``215'', struck out ``or'' before ``1344'', and inserted 
``, or 1517'' after ``1344''.
    Subsecs. (b), (c). Pub. L. 103-322, Sec. 330010(10), substituted 
``subsection'' for ``this subsection''.
    Subsec. (e)(2)(A)(iii). Pub. L. 103-322, Sec. 330010(17), as amended 
by Pub. L. 104-294, Sec. 604(b)(24), substituted ``back pay'' for 
``backpay''.


                    Effective Date of 1996 Amendment

    Amendment by section 604(b)(24) of Pub. L. 104-294 effective Sept. 
13, 1994, see section 604(d) of Pub. L. 104-294, set out as a note under 
section 13 of this title.

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in title 12 sections 4205, 4209, 4212, 
4225, 4229.
