1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Civil Asset Forfeiture Elimination Act . I Federal Forfeiture 101. Conforming amendments to title 18 (a) General rules for civil forfeiture proceedings Section 983 of title 18, United States Code, is amended to read as follows: 983. Prohibiting civil forfeiture No person shall be required, under the laws of the United States, to forfeit to the United States any property, real or personal, pursuant to a civil forfeiture proceeding, including a nonjudicial civil forfeiture proceeding. . (b) Foreign forfeiture Section 981 of title 18, United States Code, is amended to read as follows: 981. Forfeiture involving foreign countries (a) Arrest or charge in a foreign country (1) In general If any person is arrested or charged in a foreign country in connection with an offense that would give rise to the forfeiture of property in the United States under the Controlled Substances Act, the Attorney General may apply to any Federal judge or magistrate judge in the district in which the property is located for an ex parte order restraining the property subject to forfeiture for not more than 30 days, except that the time may be extended for good cause shown at a hearing conducted in the manner provided in rule 43(e) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure. (2) Application The application for the restraining order shall set forth the nature and circumstances of the foreign charges and the basis for belief that the person arrested or charged has property in the United States that would be subject to forfeiture, and shall contain a statement that the restraining order is needed to preserve the availability of property for such time as is necessary to receive evidence from the foreign country or elsewhere in support of probable cause for the seizure of the property under this subsection. (b) Transfer (1) In general Whenever property is criminally forfeited under this chapter, the Attorney General or the Secretary of the Treasury, as the case may be, may transfer the forfeited personal