An administrative forfeiture is not really a proceeding at all in the judicial sense. It is more like an abandonment. In 2000, however, Congress substantially revised the rules governing administrative forfeitures to ensure that property owners are afforded due process. The procedural statutes governing administrative forfeiture procedures are 18.S.C.§§983(a)(1) and (2)(enactedbyCAFRA), and 19U.S.C.§§1602-1613. See United State v. $557, 933.89, More or Less, in U.S. Funds, 287F.3d 66, 77 n.7 (2d Cir. 2002) (procedures set forth in 19U.S.C.§§1602-1613 are superseded by CAFRA where inconsistent). Under CAFRA, the seizing agency must begin the forfeiture proceeding within a fixed period of time and must give the property owner ample time to file a claim. Then, if someone files a claim, the agency has another fixed period of time in which to refer the matter to a prosecutor for the commencement of a judicial forfeiture action, or to simply return the property.