(a) Right to Contest.— An owner of property that is confiscated under any provision of law relating to the confiscation of assets of suspected international terrorists, may contest that confiscation by filing a claim in the manner set forth in the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure (Supplemental Rules for Certain Admiralty and Maritime Claims), and asserting as an affirmative defense that
(1) the property is not subject to confiscation under such provision of law; or
(2) the innocent owner provisions of section
983 (d) of title
18, United States Code, apply to the case.
(c) Clarifications.—
(1) Protection of rights.— The exclusion of certain provisions of Federal law from the definition of the term civil forfeiture statute in section
983 (i) of title
18, United States Code, shall not be construed to deny an owner of property the right to contest the confiscation of assets of suspected international terrorists under
(A) subsection (a) of this section;
(B) the Constitution; or
(C) subchapter II of chapter
5 of title
5, United States Code (commonly known as the Administrative Procedure Act).
(2) Savings clause.— Nothing in this section shall limit or otherwise affect any other remedies that may be available to an owner of property under section
983 of title
18, United States Code, or any other provision of law.