(1) IN
GENERAL.—Section 2319A of title 18, 
United States Code, is amended— 
(A) by striking subsection (c) and redesig-
nating subsections (d), (e), and (f) as subsections 
(c), (d), and (e), respectively; and 
(B) by amending subsection (b) to read as 
follows: 
‘‘(b) FORFEITURE
AND
DESTRUCTION; RESTITU-
TION.— 
‘‘(1) CIVIL FORFEITURE PROCEEDINGS.—(A) The 
following property is subject to forfeiture to the 
United States: 
‘‘(i) Any copies or phonorecords of a live 
musical performance described in subsection 
(a)(1) that are made without the consent of the 
performer or performers involved, and any 
plates, molds, matrices, masters, tapes, and film 
negatives by means of which such copies or 
phonorecords may be made. 
‘‘(ii) Any property constituting or derived 
from any proceeds obtained directly or indirectly 
as a result of a violation of subsection (a). 
‘‘(iii) Any property used, or intended to be 
used, to commit or facilitate the commission of 
a violation of subsection (a) that is owned or 
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predominantly controlled by the violator or by a 
person conspiring with or aiding and abetting 
the violator in committing the violation, except 
that property is subject to forfeiture under this 
clause only if the Government establishes that 
there was a substantial connection between the 
property and the violation of subsection (a). 
‘‘(B) The provisions of chapter 46 relating to 
civil forfeitures shall extend to any seizure or civil 
forfeiture under paragraph (1). At the conclusion of 
the forfeiture proceedings, the court shall order that 
any forfeited unauthorized copies or phonorecords of 
live musical performances, and any plates, molds, 
matrices, maters, tapes, and film negatives by means 
of which such unauthorized copies or phonorecords 
may be made, be destroyed or otherwise disposed of 
according to law. 
‘‘(C) In this paragraph, the term ‘aiding and 
abetting’ means knowingly providing aid to the viola-
tor with the intent to facilitate the violation. 
‘‘(2) CRIMINAL FORFEITURE PROCEEDINGS.—(A) 
The court, in imposing sentence on a person convicted 
of an offense under this section, shall order, in addi-
tion to any other sentence imposed, that the person 
forfeit to the United States the following property: 
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‘‘(i) 
Any 
unauthorized 
copies 
or 
phonorecords of a live musical performance that 
were used, intended for use, or possessed with in-
tent to use in the commission of an offense under 
subsection (a), and any plates, molds, matrices, 
masters, tapes, and film negatives by means of 
which such copies or phonorecords may be made. 
‘‘(ii) Any property constituting or derived 
from any proceeds obtained directly or indirectly 
as a result of an offense under subsection (a). 
‘‘(iii) Any property used, or intended to be 
used, to commit or substantially facilitate the 
commission of an offense under subsection (a). 
‘‘(B) The forfeiture of property under subpara-
graph (A), including any seizure and disposition of 
the property and any related judicial or administra-
tive proceeding, shall be governed by the procedures 
set forth in section 413 of the Comprehensive Drug 
Abuse Prevention and Control Act of 1970 (21 U.S.C. 
853), other than subsection (d) of that section. At the 
conclusion of the forfeiture proceedings, the court shall 
order that any forfeited unauthorized copies or 
phonorecords of live musical performances, and any 
plates, molds, matrices, masters, tapes, and film nega-
tives by means of which such unauthorized copies of 
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phonorecords may be made, be destroyed or otherwise 
disposed of according to law. 
‘‘(3) NOTIFICATION OF IMPORTATION.—The Sec-
retary of Homeland Security shall issue regulations 
by which any performer may, upon payment of a 
specified fee, be entitled to notification by U.S. Cus-
toms and Border Protection of the importation of cop-
ies or phonorecords that appear to consist of unau-
thorized fixations of the sounds or sounds and images 
of a live musical performance prohibited by this sec-
tion. 
‘‘(4) RESTITUTION.—When a person is convicted 
of an offense under this section, the court, pursuant 
to sections 3556, 3663A, and 3664, shall order the 
person to pay restitution to the performer or per-
formers involved, and any other victim of the offense 
as an offense against property referred to in section 
3663A(c)(1)(A)(ii).’’. 
(2) APPLICABILITY.—Section 2319A(e), as redes-
ignated by paragraph (1) of this subsection, is 
amended by inserting before the period the following: 
‘‘, except that the forfeiture provisions under sub-
section (b)(2), as added by the Prioritizing Resources 
and Organization for Intellectual Property Act, shall 
apply only in a case in which the underlying act or 
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acts occur on or after the date of the enactment of 
that Act’’. 
(d) UNAUTHORIZED RECORDING
OF MOTION PIC-
TURES.—Section 2319B(b) of title 18, United States Code, 
is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘(b) FORFEITURE
AND
DESTRUCTION; RESTITU-
TION.— 
‘‘(1) CIVIL FORFEITURE PROCEEDINGS.—(A) The 
following property is subject to forfeiture to the 
United States: 
‘‘(i) Any copies of a motion picture or other 
audiovisual work protected under title 17 that 
are made without the authorization of the copy-
right owner. 
‘‘(ii) Any property constituting or derived 
from any proceeds obtained directly or indirectly 
as a result of a violation of subsection (a). 
‘‘(iii) Any property used, or intended to be 
used, to commit or facilitate the commission of 
a violation of subsection (a) that is owned or 
predominantly controlled by the violator or by a 
person conspiring with or aiding and abetting 
the violator in committing the violation, except 
that property is subject to forfeiture under this 
clause only if the Government establishes that 
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