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116TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 8678 

To establish a global zoonotic disease task force, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

OCTOBER 23, 2020 

Ms. MENG (for herself and Mr. FORTENBERRY) introduced the following bill; 

which was referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs 

A BILL 

To establish a global zoonotic disease task force, and for 

other purposes. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Global Wildlife Trade 

5 Biosecurity Act’’. 

6 SEC. 2. STATEMENT OF POLICY. 

7 It shall be the policy of the United States Govern8 ment to— 

9 (1) support scalable and sustainable availability 

10 for local communities of alternative animal and 


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1 plant-sourced protein in order to minimize human 

2 reliance on the live and fresh wildlife trade; 

3 (2) support foreign governments to— 

4 (A) transition from the sale of such wildlife 

5 for human consumption in markets and res6 taurants to alternate protein sources; and 

7 (B) ban the commercial trade of such wild8 life, except for the meat of game species— 

9 (i) traded in markets in countries with 

10 effective implementation and enforcement 

11 of scientifically based, nationally imple12 mented policies and legislation for proc13 essing, transport, trade, marketing; and 

14 (ii) sold after being slaughtered and 

15 processed under sanitary conditions; and 

16 (3) consider the needs of indigenous people and 

17 local communities dependent on such wildlife for nu18 tritional needs and food security. 

19 SEC. 3. DEFINITIONS. 

20 In this Act: 

21 (1) ADMINISTRATOR.—The term ‘‘Adminis22 trator’’ means the Administrator of the United 

23 States Agency for International Development. 


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1 (2) APPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL COMMIT2 TEES.—The term ‘‘appropriate congressional com3 mittees’’ means— 

4 (A) the Committee on Foreign Affairs and 

5 the Committee on Appropriations in the House 

6 of Representatives; and 

7 (B) the Committee on Foreign Relations 

8 and the Committee on Appropriations in the 

9 Senate. 

10 (3) COMMERCIAL WILDLIFE TRADE.—The term 

11 ‘‘commercial wildlife trade’’ means trade in wildlife 

12 can be considered as commercial when its purpose is 

13 to obtain economic benefit, whether in cash or other14 wise, and is directed toward sale, resale, exchange, 

15 or any other form of economic use or benefit. 

16 (4) INSTITUTION OF HIGHER EDUCATION.—The 

17 term ‘‘institution of higher education’’ has the 

18 meaning given the term in section 101(a) of the 

19 Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1001(a)). 

20 (5) LIVE WILDLIFE MARKET.—The term ‘‘live 

21 wildlife market’’ means a commercial market that 

22 sells, processes, or slaughters live or fresh wildlife 

23 for human consumption in markets or restaurants, 

24 irrespective of whether such wildlife originated in the 

25 wild or in a captive situation. 


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1 (6) ONE HEALTH.—The term ‘‘One Health’’ 

2 means a collaborative, multi-sectoral, and trans-dis3 ciplinary approach to achieving optimal health out4 comes that recognizes the interconnection between— 

5 (A) people, wildlife, and plants; and 

6 (B) the environment shared by such peo7 ple, wildlife, and plants. 

8 (7) OUTBREAK.—The occurrence of disease 

9 cases in excess of normal expectancy. 

10 (8) PUBLIC HEALTH EMERGENCY.—The term 

11 ‘‘public health emergency’’ means the public health 

12 emergency declared by the Secretary of Health and 

13 Human Services pursuant to section 319 of the Pub14 lic Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 247d) on January 

15 31, 2020, with respect to COVID–19. 

16 (9) SPILLOVER EVENTS.—The term ‘‘spillover 

17 events’’ means the transmission of a pathogen from 

18 one species to another. 

19 (10) TASK FORCE.—The term ‘‘Task Force’’ 

20 means the Global Zoonotic Disease Task Force es21 tablished under section 6(a). 

22 (11) USAID.—The term ‘‘USAID’’ means the 

23 United States Agency for International Develop24 ment. 


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1 (12) WILDLIFE.—The term ‘‘wildlife’’ means 

2 mammals, birds, reptiles, and amphibians of wild or3 igin, whether removed directly from the wild or born 

4 or bred in captivity. 

5 (13) ZOONOTIC DISEASE.—The term ‘‘zoonotic 

6 disease’’ means any disease that is naturally trans7 missible between vertebrate wildlife and humans. 

8 SEC. 4. FINDINGS. 

9 Congress makes the following findings: 

10 (1) The majority of recent emerging infectious 

11 diseases have originated in wildlife. 

12 (2) There is a rise in zoonotic spillover events 

13 and outbreaks of such diseases. 

14 (3) This rise in such spillover events and out15 breaks relates to the increased interaction between 

16 human and wildlife. 

17 (4) There is a rise in interaction between 

18 human and wildlife related to deforestation, habitat 

19 degradation, and expansion into the habitat of such 

20 wildlife. 

21 (5) A serious risk factor for spillover events re22 lates to the collection, production, commercial trade, 

23 and sale of wildlife for human consumption. 

24 (6) Such a risk factor is increased if it involves 

25 wildlife that— 


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1 (A) does not ordinarily interact with hu2 mans; or 

3 (B) lives under a stressful condition as 

4 such condition exacerbates the shedding of 

5 zoonotic pathogens. 

6 (7) Markets for such wildlife to be sold for 

7 human consumption are found in many countries. 

8 (8) In some local, rural communities, such wild9 life is the only accessible source of high quality nu10 trition. 

11 (9) The public health emergency is an example 

12 of the human, economic, and security costs of global 

13 pandemics and regional epidemics of zoonotic dis14 eases and emerging infectious diseases. 

15 (10) The public health emergency may result 

16 in— 

17 (A) trillions of dollars in damage to the 

18 economy of the United States; and 

19 (B) hundreds of thousands of deaths of 

20 citizens. 

21 (11) PREDICT and PREDICT–2, previous 

22 zoonotic disease prevention programs, resulted in co23 operation over 10 years with more than 60 countries 

24 to strengthen zoonotic pathogen surveillance and 


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1 identified at least 931 novel virus species from 

2 145,000 samples of wildlife, livestock, and humans. 

3 SEC. 5. UNITED STATES POLICY TOWARD LIVE AND FRESH 

4 WILDLIFE MARKETS FOR HUMAN CONSUMP5 TION. 

6 The Secretary of State, in consultation with the Ad7 ministrator and the Director of the United States Fish 

8 and Wildlife Service, shall work with governments, multi9 lateral entities, intergovernmental organizations, inter10 national partners, and non-governmental organizations— 

11 (1) to work through existing treaties, conven12 tions, and agreements to develop a new protocol to 

13 close live wildlife markets and end commercial wild14 life trade for human consumption; 

15 (2) expand combating wildlife trafficking pro16 grams to support enforcement of the closure of such 

17 markets and the end of such trade by— 

18 (A) providing assistance to improve law en19 forcement; 

20 (B) detecting and deterring the illegal im21 port, transit, and export of wildlife; 

22 (C) strengthening such programs to assist 

23 countries through legal reform; and 


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1 (D) improving information sharing and en2 hancing capabilities of participating foreign 

3 governments; 

4 (3) reduce the demand for the human consump5 tion of wildlife by— 

6 (A) supporting targeted social marketing 

7 campaigns to change the behavior of wildlife 

8 consumers; and 

9 (B) increasing consumer access to afford10 able, culturally appropriate, and sustainable 

11 produced alternative animal source foods, in 

12 areas where wildlife is a dietary necessity; 

13 (4) to minimize the interaction between humans 

14 and wildlife in order to prevent the degradation of 

15 intact ecosystems with the goal of protecting and re16 storing the integrity of such ecosystems by— 

17 (A) supporting Indigenous People and local 

18 communities to continue their effective steward19 ship of their intact traditional territories; 

20 (B) supporting establishment and effective 

21 management of protected areas, prioritizing 

22 highly intact areas; 

23 (C) halting industrial scale degradation, 

24 deforestation, and fragmentation of intact eco25 systems, including by private sector entities and 


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1 multilateral development financial institutions; 

2 and 

3 (D) halting extractive industries practices 

4 that encroach into nature strongholds and in5 crease human-wildlife interfaces where spillover 

6 events occur and can result in zoonotic disease 

7 outbreaks; 

8 (5) offering alternative livelihood and worker 

9 training programs and enterprise development for 

10 local communities previously engaged in the com11 mercial wildlife trade for human consumption; and 

12 (6) ensuring that the rights of Indigenous Peo13 ples and local communities, are respected and their 

14 authority to exercise these rights is protected. 

15 SEC. 6. GLOBAL ZOONOTIC DISEASE TASK FORCE. 

16 (a) ESTABLISHMENT.—There is established a task 

17 force to be known as the ‘‘Global Zoonotic Disease Task 

18 Force’’. 

19 (b) DUTIES OF TASK FORCE.—The duties of the 

20 Task Force shall be to— 

21 (1) ensure an integrated response to the early 

22 detection, prevention, preparedness, and response 

23 across the Federal Government and globally to a 

24 global zoonotic disease spillover or outbreak; 


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1 (2) develop and publish, on a publicly accessible 

2 website, a global biosecurity zoonotic disease plan 

3 not later than one year after the date of the enact4 ment of this Act that leverages public health, wildlife 

5 health, and livestock veterinary expertise to coordi6 nate zoonotic disease surveillance internationally, in7 cluding support for One Health institutions around 

8 the world that can prevent and provide early detec9 tion of zoonotic outbreaks; and 

10 (3) expanding the scope of the implementation 

11 of the White House’s Global Health Security Strat12 egy to more robustly respond to zoonotic disease in13 vestigations and outbreaks by establishing a ten-year 

14 strategy with specific Federal Government inter15 national goals, priorities, and timelines for action, 

16 including to— 

17 (A) recommend policy actions and mecha18 nisms in developing countries to reduce the risk 

19 of zoonotic disease emergence and transmission, 

20 including coordinating a whole of government 

21 response to live and fresh wildlife market clo22 sures and ending the global trade in live and 

23 fresh wildlife for human consumption; 


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1 (B) identify new mandates, authorities, 

2 and incentives needed to strengthen the global 

3 zoonotic disease plan under paragraph (1); and 

4 (C) prioritize engagement in programs that 

5 target countries with threat of spillover derived 

6 from high levels of human expansion into wild 

7 places for land conversion and extractive indus8 tries, and where remote wildlife protected areas 

9 and corridors must be protected. 

10 (c) MEMBERSHIP.— 

11 (1) IN GENERAL.—The members of the task 

12 force established pursuant to subsection (a) shall be 

13 composed of representatives from each of the fol14 lowing agencies: 

15 (A) One permanent Chairperson at the 

16 level of Deputy Assistant Secretary or above 

17 from the following agencies, to rotate every two 

18 years in an order to be determined by the Ad19 ministrator: 

20 (i) The Animal and Plant Health In21 spection Service of the Department of Ag22 riculture. 

23 (ii) The Department of Health and 

24 Human Services or the Centers for Disease 

25 Control and Prevention. 


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1 (iii) The Department of the Interior 

2 or the United States Fish and Wildlife 

3 Service. 

4 (iv) The Department of State or the 

5 United States Agency for International 

6 Development. 

7 (v) The National Security Council. 

8 (B) At least 13 additional members, with 

9 at least one from each of the following agencies: 

10 (i) The Centers for Disease Control 

11 and Prevention. 

12 (ii) The Department of Agriculture. 

13 (iii) The Department of Defense. 

14 (iv) The Department of State. 

15 (v) The Environmental Protection 

16 Agency. 

17 (vi) The National Science Foundation. 

18 (vii) The National Institutes of 

19 Health. 

20 (viii) The National Institute of Stand21 ards and Technology. 

22 (ix) The Office of Science and Tech23 nology Policy. 

24 (x) The United States Agency for 

25 International Development. 


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1 (xi) The United States Fish and Wild2 life Service. 

3 (xii) U.S. Customs and Border Pro4 tection. 

5 (xiii) U.S. Immigration and Customs 

6 Enforcement. 

7 (2) TIMING OF APPOINTMENTS.—Appointments 

8 to the Task Force shall be made not later than 30 

9 days after the date of the enactment of this Act. 

10 (3) TERMS.— 

11 (A) IN GENERAL.—Each member shall be 

12 appointed for a term of 2 years. 

13 (B) VACANCIES.—Any member appointed 

14 to fill a vacancy occurring before the expiration 

15 of the term for which the member’s predecessor 

16 was appointed shall be appointed only for the 

17 remainder of that term. A member may serve 

18 after the expiration of that term until a suc19 cessor has been appointed. 

20 (d) MEETING.— 

21 (1) INITIAL MEETING.—The Task Force shall 

22 hold its initial meeting not later than 45 days after 

23 the final appointment of all members under sub24 section (b)(2). 

25 (2) MEETINGS.— 


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1 (A) IN GENERAL.—The Task Force shall 

2 meet at the call of the Chairperson. 

3 (B) QUORUM.—Eight members of the 

4 Task Force shall constitute a quorum, but a 

5 lesser number may hold hearings. 

6 (e) COMPENSATION.— 

7 (1) PROHIBITION OF COMPENSATION.—Except 

8 as provided in paragraph (2), members of the Task 

9 Force may not receive additional pay, allowances, or 

10 benefits by reason of their service on the Task 

11 Force. 

12 (2) TRAVEL EXPENSES.—Each member shall 

13 receive travel expenses, including per diem in lieu of 

14 subsistence, in accordance with applicable provisions 

15 under subchapter I of chapter 57 of title 5, United 

16 States Code. 

17 (f) REPORTS.— 

18 (1) REPORT TO TASK FORCE.—Not later than 

19 6 months after the enactment of this act and annu20 ally thereafter, the Federal agencies listed in section 

21 6(b), shall submit a report to the Task Force con22 taining a detailed statement with respect to the re23 sults of any programming within their agencies that 

24 addresses the goals of zoonotic disease prevention. 


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1 (2) REPORT TO CONGRESS.—Not later than 12 

2 months after the date of the enactment of this Act 

3 and annually thereafter, the Task Force shall submit 

4 to the appropriate congressional committees and the 

5 National Security Advisor a report containing a de6 tailed statement of the recommendations of the 

7 Council pursuant to subsection (b). 

8 (g) FACA.—Section 14(a)(2)(B) of the Federal Ad9 visory Committee Act shall not apply to the Task Force. 

10 This task force shall be authorized for seven years after 

11 the enactment of this Act, and up to an additional two 

12 years at the discretion of the Task Force Chair. 

13 SEC. 7. PREVENTING OUTBREAKS OF ZOONOTIC DISEASES. 

14 (a) INTEGRATED ZOONOTIC DISEASES PROGRAM.— 

15 There is authorized an integrated zoonotic diseases pro16 gram within the United States Agency for International 

17 Development’s global health security programs, led by the 

18 Administrator, in consultation with the Director for the 

19 Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and other rel20 evant Federal agencies, to prevent spillover events, 

21 epidemics, and pandemics through the following activities: 

22 (1) Partnering with a consortium that possesses 

23 the following technical capabilities: 

24 (A) Multidisciplinary zoological institution 

25 with experience in global health surveillance, 


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1 combating wildlife trafficking, and global con2 servation protected area management. 

3 (B) Institutions of higher education with 

4 veterinary and public health expertise. 

5 (C) Institutions with public health exper6 tise. 

7 (2) Implementing programs that expand on the 

8 results of USAID emerging pandemic threat out9 comes from PREDICT and PREDICT–2 to 

10 prioritize the following activities: 

11 (A) Utilizing coordinated information and 

12 data sharing platforms, including information 

13 related to biosecurity threats, in ongoing and 

14 future research. 

15 (B) Conducting One Health zoonotic re16 search at human-wildlife interfaces. 

17 (C) Conducting One Health research into 

18 known and novel zoonotic pathogen detection. 

19 (D) Conducting surveillance, including bio20 security surveillance, of priority and unknown 

21 zoonotic diseases and the transmission of such 

22 diseases. 

23 (E) Preventing spillover events of zoonotic 

24 diseases. 


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1 (F) Investing in frontline diagnostic capa2 bility at points of contact. 

3 (G) Understanding global legal and illegal 

4 wildlife trade routes, value chains, and the im5 pacts of biodiversity loss and land-use change 

6 on human-wildlife interfaces. 

7 (H) Utilizing existing One Health trained 

8 workforce in developing countries to identify 

9 high risk or reoccurring spillover event locations 

10 and concentrate capacity and functionality at 

11 such locations. 

12 (I) Continuing to train a One Health work13 force in developing countries to prevent and re14 spond to disease outbreaks in animals and hu15 mans, including training protected area man16 agers in disease collection technology linked to 

17 existing data sharing platforms. 

18 (b) TERMINATION.—The integrated zoonotic diseases 

19 program authorized under this section shall terminate on 

20 the date that is ten years after the date of the enactment 

21 of this Act. 


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1 SEC. 8. USAID MULTISECTORAL STRATEGY FOR FOOD SE2 CURITY, GLOBAL HEALTH, BIODIVERSITY, 

3 AND REDUCING DEMAND FOR WILDLIFE FOR 

4 HUMAN CONSUMPTION. 

5 (a) IN GENERAL.—The Administrator shall develop, 

6 and publish on a publicly accessible website, a multisec7 toral strategy for food security, global health, and bio8 diversity protection and shall include information about 

9 zoonotic disease surveillance in the reports required by 

10 section 406(b) of the Coronavirus Preparedness and Re11 sponse Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2020. 

12 (b) MULTISECTORAL STRATEGY.—The Adminis13 trator of the United States Agency for International De14 velopment (USAID), through sectoral and regional bu15 reaus, shall develop a multisectoral strategy to integrate 

16 and mitigate risks of zoonotic disease emergence and 

17 spread, food insecurity, biodiversity conservation, and 

18 wildlife and habitat destruction. The strategy shall include 

19 participation of the following: 

20 (1) Bureau for Africa. 

21 (2) Bureau for Asia. 

22 (3) Bureau for Economic Growth, Education, 

23 and Environment. 

24 (4) Bureau for Global Health. 

25 (5) Bureau for Latin America and the 

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1 (6) Bureau for Resiliency, and Food Security. 

2 (7) Democracy, Conflict, and Humanitarian As3 sistance Bureau. 

4 (c) CONTENTS.—The USAID multisectoral strategy 

5 developed pursuant to subsection (a) shall include— 

6 (1) a statement of the United States intention 

7 to facilitate international cooperation to close live 

8 wildlife markets and end commercial wildlife trade 

9 for human consumption, while ensuring full consid10 eration to the needs and rights of Indigenous Peo11 ples and local communities that are truly dependent 

12 on wildlife for their food security; 

13 (2) programs and objectives to change wildlife 

14 consumers’ behavior, attitudes and consumption de15 cisions; 

16 (3) programs to increase supplies of sustainably 

17 and locally produced alternative animal and plant 

18 sourced foods; 

19 (4) programs to protect, maintain and restore 

20 ecosystem integrity; 

21 (5) programs to ensure that countries are suffi22 ciently prepared to detect, report, and respond to 

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1 (6) programs to prevent, prepare for, detect, re2 port, and respond to zoonotic disease spillover 

3 events; and 

4 (7) the identification of Landscape Leaders re5 siding in-country who will coordinate strategic imple6 mentation, the overseeing of Conservation Corps vol7 unteers, and coordination with donors and award re8 cipients throughout the term of the project. 

9 SEC. 9. IMPLEMENTATION OF MULTISECTORAL STRATEGY. 

10 (a) IMPLEMENTATION.—The USAID Multi-sectoral 

11 Strategy shall be implemented— 

12 (1) through USAID bilateral programs through 

13 missions and embassies and will account for half of 

14 the portfolio; and 

15 (2) through demonstration projects that meet 

16 the requirements of section 9(b) and account for 

17 half of the portfolio. 

18 (b) DEMONSTRATION PROJECTS.— 

19 (1) PURPOSE.—The purpose of demonstration 

20 projects is— 

21 (A) to pilot the implementation of 

22 USAID’s multi-sectoral strategy by leveraging 

23 the international commitments of the donor 

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1 (B) to stop pandemics and reduce avail2 ability of and demand for fresh and live wildlife 

3 source foods; 

4 (C) to establish and increase access to 

5 sustainably and locally produced animal and 

6 plant source foods and grain distribution to 

7 provide an alternative to the growing wild meat 

8 demand in urban, suburban, and exurban com9 munities in particular; and 

10 (D) to realize the greatest impact in low 

11 capacity forested countries with susceptibility to 

12 zoonotic spillover and spread that can lead to a 

13 pandemic. 

14 (2) DEMONSTRATION PROJECT COUNTRY

15 PLANS.— 

16 (A) IN GENERAL.—USAID shall lead a 

17 collaborative effort in coordination with the De18 partment of State, embassies of the United 

19 States, and the International Development Fi20 nance Corporation to consult with in-country 

21 stakeholder and participants in key forested 

22 countries to develop a plan that reflects the 

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1 tion and consumer behavior change, and market 

2 development progress, within 90 days of com3 pletion of the multi-sectoral strategy. 

4 (B) ELIGIBLE PROJECTS.—Eligible local 

5 projects include small holder backyard produc6 tion of animal source foods including poultry, 

7 fish, guinea pigs, and insects. 

8 (C) STAKEHOLDERS AND PARTICIPANTS.— 

9 Stakeholder and participants in the develop10 ment of the Multi-sectoral country plans shall 

11 include but are not limited to— 

12 (i) recipient countries; 

13 (ii) donors governments; 

14 (iii) multilaterals institutions; 

15 (iv) conservation organizations; 

16 (v) One Health Institutions; 

17 (vi) agricultural extension services; 

18 (vii) domestic and international insti19 tutions of higher education; 

20 (viii) food security experts; 

21 (ix) United States grain and animal 

22 protein production experts; 

23 (x) social marketing and behavioral 

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1 (xi) financial institutions and micro2 enterprise experts. 

3 (3) CHANGE IN LIVELIHOODS.—As wildlife 

4 hunting for markets ends, multi-sectoral country 

5 plans shall include programs to re-train individuals 

6 in fundamental components of commercial animal 

7 source food production, including agriculture exten8 sion, veterinary care, sales and marketing, supply 

9 chains, transportation, livestock feed production, 

10 micro-enterprise, and market analysis. 

11 (4) LOCATION OF DEMONSTRATION

12 PROJECTS.—Collaboration between United States 

13 Government assistance and other donor investments 

14 shall occur in five demonstration projects, at least 

15 three of which shall be in Africa. 

16 (5) TIMING.—Five demonstration projects shall 

17 be selected and each shall be tested over four years 

18 from the date of the enactment of this Act. 

19 (c) REPORTING.— 

20 (1) AGENCY REPORT.—The Administrator shall 

21 annually submit to the global zoonotic disease task 

22 force established pursuant to section 6, the Presi23 dent, and the appropriate congressional committees 

24 a report regarding the progress achieved and chal25 lenges concerning the development of a multisectoral 


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1 strategy for food security, global health, biodiversity, 

2 and reducing demand for wildlife for human con3 sumption required under this section. Data included 

4 in each such report shall be disaggregated by coun5 try, and shall include recommendations to resolve, 

6 mitigate, or otherwise address such challenges. Each 

7 such report shall, to the extent possible, be made 

8 publicly available. 

9 (2) REPORT TO CONGRESS.—The Administrator 

10 must submit a strategy within one year of enactment 

11 of this Act outlining the implementation of the coun12 try plans and identifying demonstration sites and 

13 criteria for pilot programs. Four years after enact14 ment USAID will be required to submit a reassess15 ment of the strategy to Congress, as well as a rec16 ommendation as to whether and how to expand these 

17 programs globally. 

18 SEC. 10. ESTABLISHMENT OF CONSERVATION CORPS. 

19 (a) IN GENERAL.—The Administrator shall establish 

20 a Conservation Corps to provide Americans eligible for 

21 service abroad, under conditions of hardship if necessary, 

22 to deliver technical and strategic assistance to in-country 

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1 tion through Food Security, Global Health, and Biodiver2 sity and related demonstration projects. 

3 (b) PERSONS ELIGIBLE TO SERVE AS VOLUN4 TEERS.—The Administrator may enroll in the Conserva5 tion Corps for service abroad qualified citizens and nation6 als for short terms of service at the discretion of the Ad7 ministrator. 

8 (c) RESPONSIBILITIES.—The Conservation Corps vol9 unteers will be responsible for— 

10 (1) providing training to agricultural producers 

11 to encourage participants to share and pass on to 

12 other agricultural producers in the home commu13 nities of the participants, the information and skills 

14 obtained from the training; 

15 (2) identifying areas for the extension of addi16 tional technical resources through farmer-to-farmer 

17 exchanges; and 

18 (3) conducting assessments of individual 

19 projects and bilateral strategies and recommend 

20 knowledge management strategies toward building 

21 programs to scale and strengthening projects. 

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