; and (v) the purpose of the civil forfeiture statute in question. (C) Application A reimbursement described in subparagraph (A) shall be credited to— (i) the agency that paid the costs being reimbursed; or (ii) the fund that was used to pay the costs being reimbursed. (D) Definition In this paragraph, the term covered proceeding means a civil forfeiture proceeding under section 26 of the Animal Welfare Act ( 7 U.S.C. 2156 ) or section 1955 of this title, the subject of which is an animal. .