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<br />ENDANGERED SPECIES ACT OF 1973, Endangered sp,..00253J Page 38 of44 <br /> <br />States; including the courts enumerated in section 460 of title 28, United States Code, <br />shall have jurisdiction over any actions arising under this Act. For the purpose of this <br />Act, American Samoa shall be included within the judicial district of the District <br />Court of the United States for the District of Hawaii. <br /> <br />(d) REWARDS AND CERTAIN INCIDENTAL EXPENSES.- The Secretary or the <br />Secretary of the Treasury shall pay, from sums received as penalties, fines, or <br />forfeitures of property for any violation of this chapter or any regulation issued <br />hereunder <br />(I) a reward to any person who furnishes information which leads to an arrest, a <br />criminal conviction, civil penalty assessment, or forfeiture of property for any <br />violation of this chapter or any regulation issued hereunder, and <br />(2) the reasonable and necessary costs incurred by any person in providing temporary <br />care for any fish, wildlife, or plant pending the disposition of any civil or criminal <br />proceeding alleging a violation of this chapter with respect to that fish, wildlife, or <br />plant. The amount of the reward, if any, is to be designated by the Secretary or the <br />Secretary of the Treasury, as appropriate. Any officer or employee of the United <br />States or any State or local government who furnishes information or renders service <br />in the performance of his official duties is ineligible for payment under this <br />subsection. Whenever the balance of sums received under this section and section <br />6(d) of the Act of November 16,1981 (16 U.S.C. 3375(d)) as penalties or fines, or <br />from forfeitures of property, exceed $500,000, the Secretary of the Treasury shall <br />deposit an amount equal to such excess balance in the cooperative endangered <br />species conservation fund established under section 6(i) of this Act. <br /> <br />(e) ENFORCEMENT.- <br />(I) The provisions of this Act and any regulations or permits issued pursuant thereto <br />shall be enforced by the Secretary, the Secretary of the Treasury, or the Secretary of <br />the Department in which the Coast Guard is operating, or all such Secretaries. Each <br />such Secretary may utilize by agreement, with or without reimbursement, the <br />personnel, services, and facilities of any other Federal agency or any State agency for <br />purposes of en- forcing this Act. <br />(2) The judges of the district courts of the United States and the United States <br />magistrates may within their respective jurisdictions, upon proper oath or affirmation <br />showing probable cause, issue such warrants or other process as may be required for <br />enforcement of this Act and any regulation issued thereunder. <br />(3) Any person authorized by the Secretary, the Secretary of the Treasury, or the <br />Secretary of the Department in which the Coast Guard is operating, to enforce this <br />Act may detain for inspection and inspect any package, crate, or other container, <br />including its contents, and all accompanying documents, upon importation or <br />exportation. Such persons may make arrests without a warrant for any violation of <br />this Act ifhe has reasonable grounds to believe that the person to be arrested is <br />committing the violation in his presence or view and may execute and serve any <br />arrest warrant, search warrant, or other warrant or civil or criminal process issued by <br />any officer or court of competent jurisdiction for enforcement of this Act. Such <br />person so authorized may search and seize, with or without a warrant, as authorized <br />by law. Any fish, wildlife, property, or item so seized shall be held by any person <br /> <br />http://www . fws.gov l-rgendspp/esa.html <br /> <br />9/30197 <br />