`(A) IN GENERAL- For the purpose of a forfeiture under this section or under the Controlled Substances Act (21 U.S.C. 801 et seq.), if funds are deposited into an account at a foreign bank, and that foreign bank has an interbank account in the United States with a covered financial institution (as defined in section 5318(j)(1) of title 31), the funds shall be deemed to have been deposited into the interbank account in the United States, and any restraining order, seizure warrant, or arrest warrant in rem regarding the funds may be served on the covered financial institution, and funds in the interbank account, up to the value of the funds deposited into the account at the foreign bank, may be restrained, seized, or arrested.
`(B) AUTHORITY TO SUSPEND- The Attorney General, in consultation with the Secretary of the Treasury, may suspend or terminate a forfeiture under this section if the Attorney General determines that a conflict of law exists between the laws of the jurisdiction in which the foreign bank is located and the laws of the United States with respect to liabilities arising from the restraint, seizure, or arrest of such funds, and that such suspension or termination would be in the interest of justice and would not harm the national interests of the United States.
`(2) NO REQUIREMENT FOR GOVERNMENT TO TRACE FUNDS- If a forfeiture action is brought against funds that are restrained, seized, or arrested under paragraph (1), it shall not be necessary for the Government to establish that the funds are directly traceable to the funds that were deposited into the foreign bank, nor shall it be necessary for the Government to rely on the application of section 984.
`(3) CLAIMS BROUGHT BY OWNER OF THE FUNDS- If a forfeiture action is instituted against funds restrained, seized, or arrested under paragraph (1), the owner of the funds deposited into the account at the foreign bank may contest the forfeiture by filing a claim under section 983.
`(4) DEFINITIONS- For purposes of this subsection, the following definitions shall apply:
`(A) INTERBANK ACCOUNT- The term `interbank account' has the same meaning as in section 984(c)(2)(B).
`(B) OWNER-
`(i) IN GENERAL- Except as provided in clause (ii), the term `owner'--
`(I) means the person who was the owner, as that term is defined in section 983(d)(6), of the funds that were deposited into the foreign bank at the time such funds were deposited; and
`(II) does not include either the foreign bank or any financial institution acting as an intermediary in the transfer of the funds into the interbank account.