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117TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. 4074 

To prevent future pandemics, and for other purposes. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

APRIL 7, 2022 

Mr. CORNYN (for himself, Mr. BOOKER, Mr. PORTMAN, Mr. COONS, Mr. GRAHAM, and Mr. CARPER) introduced the following bill; which was read 

twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations 

A BILL 

To prevent future pandemics, 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 ‘‘Preventing Future 

5 Pandemics Act of 2022’’. 

6 SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS. 

7 In this Act: 

8 (1) APPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL COMMIT9 TEES.—The term ‘‘appropriate congressional com10 mittees’’ means— 


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1 (A) the Committee on Foreign Relations of 

2 the Senate; 

3 (B) the Committee on Appropriations of 

4 the Senate; 

5 (C) the Committee on Foreign Affairs of 

6 the House of Representatives; and 

7 (D) the Committee on Appropriations of 

8 the House of Representatives. 

9 (2) COMMERCIAL TRADE IN LIVE WILDLIFE.— 

10 The term ‘‘commercial trade in live wildlife’’— 

11 (A) means commercial trade in live wildlife 

12 for human consumption as food or medicine, 

13 whether the animals originated in the wild or in 

14 a captive environment; and 

15 (B) does not include— 

16 (i) fish; 

17 (ii) invertebrates; 

18 (iii) amphibians and reptiles; and 

19 (iv) the meat of ruminant game spe20 cies— 

21 (I) traded in markets in coun22 tries with effective implementation 

23 and enforcement of scientifically 

24 based, nationally implemented policies 


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1 and legislation for processing, trans2 port, trade, and marketing; and 

3 (II) sold after being slaughtered 

4 and processed under sanitary condi5 tions. 

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

7 means a collaborative, multi-sectoral, and 

8 transdisciplinary approach working at the local, re9 gional, national, and global levels with the goal of 

10 achieving optimal health outcomes that recognizes 

11 the interconnection between— 

12 (A) people, animals, both wild and domes13 tic, and plants; and 

14 (B) the environment shared by such peo15 ple, animals, and plants. 

16 (4) WILDLIFE MARKET.—The term ‘‘wildlife 

17 market’’— 

18 (A) means a commercial market or sub19 section of a commercial market— 

20 (i) where live mammalian or avian 

21 wildlife is held, slaughtered, or sold for 

22 human consumption as food or medicine 

23 whether the animals originated in the wild 

24 or in a captive environment; and 


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1 (ii) that delivers a product in commu2 nities where alternative nutritional or pro3 tein sources are readily available and af4 fordable; and 

5 (B) does not include— 

6 (i) markets in areas where no other 

7 practical alternative sources of protein or 

8 meat exists, such as wildlife markets in 

9 rural areas on which indigenous people and 

10 rural local communities rely to feed them11 selves and their families; and 

12 (ii) processors of dead wild game and 

13 fish. 

14 SEC. 3. COUNTRY-DRIVEN APPROACH TO END THE COM15 MERCIAL TRADE IN LIVE WILDLIFE AND AS16 SOCIATED WILDLIFE MARKETS. 

17 (a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 120 days after the 

18 completion of the first report required under section 6, 

19 the Secretary of State, in coordination with the Adminis20 trator of the United States Agency for International De21 velopment and the heads of other relevant Federal depart22 ments and agencies, including the Centers for Disease 

23 Control and Prevention, the Secretary of Agriculture, and 

24 the Secretary of the Interior, and after consideration of 

25 the results of best available scientific findings of practices 


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1 and behaviors occurring at the source of zoonoses spillover 

2 and spread, shall publicly release a list of countries the 

3 governments of which express willingness to end the do4 mestic and international commercial trade in live wildlife 

5 and associated wildlife markets for human consumption, 

6 as defined for purposes of this Act— 

7 (1) immediately; 

8 (2) after a transitional period; and 

9 (3) aspirationally, over a long-term period. 

10 (b) GLOBAL HEALTH SECURITY ZOONOSIS PLANS.— 

11 The Secretary of State and the Administrator of the 

12 United States Agency for International Development shall 

13 work bilaterally with the governments of the countries list14 ed pursuant to subsection (a) to establish Global Health 

15 Security Zoonoses Plans that— 

16 (1) outline actions to address novel pathogens 

17 of zoonotic origin that have the potential to become 

18 epidemics or pandemics; 

19 (2) identify incentives and strengthened poli20 cies; and 

21 (3) provide technical support to communities, 

22 policy makers, civil society, law enforcement, and 

23 other stakeholders to— 

24 (A) end the domestic and international 

25 commercial trade in live wildlife and associated 


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1 wildlife markets for human consumption imme2 diately, during a transitional period, or 

3 aspirationally; and 

4 (B) improve the biosecurity and sanitation 

5 conditions in markets. 

6 (c) UPDATES.—The list of countries required by sub7 section (a), the corresponding Global Health Security Zo8 onosis plans established pursuant to subsection (b), and 

9 any actions taken under such plans to end the commercial 

10 trade in live wildlife and associated wildlife markets for 

11 human consumption immediately, during a transitional pe12 riod, or aspirationally, shall be reviewed, updated, and 

13 publicly released annually by the Secretary and Adminis14 trator, following review of the most recent scientific data. 

15 SEC. 4. SENSE OF CONGRESS. 

16 It is the sense of Congress that global institutions, 

17 including the Food and Agriculture Organization of the 

18 United Nations, the World Organisation for Animal 

19 Health, the World Health Organization, and the United 

20 Nations Environment Programme, together with leading 

21 intergovernmental and nongovernmental organizations, 

22 veterinary and medical colleges, the Department of State, 

23 and the United States Agency for International Develop24 ment, should— 


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1 (1) promote the paradigm of One Health as an 

2 effective and integrated way to address the com3 plexity of emerging disease threats; and 

4 (2) support improved community health, bio5 diversity conservation, forest conservation and man6 agement, sustainable agriculture, and the safety of 

7 livestock, domestic animals, and wildlife in devel8 oping countries, particularly in tropical landscapes 

9 where there is an elevated risk of zoonotic disease 

10 spill over. 

11 SEC. 5. STATEMENT OF POLICY. 

12 It is the policy of the United States to— 

13 (1) support the availability of scalable and sus14 tainable alternative sources of protein and nutrition 

15 for local communities, where appropriate, in order to 

16 minimize human reliance on the commercial trade in 

17 live wildlife for human consumption; 

18 (2) support foreign governments to— 

19 (A) reduce commercial trade in live wildlife 

20 for human consumption; 

21 (B) transition from the commercial trade 

22 in live wildlife for human consumption to 

23 sustainably produced alternate protein and nu24 tritional sources; 


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1 (C) establish and effectively manage and 

2 protect natural habitat, including protected and 

3 conserved areas and the lands of Indigenous 

4 peoples and local communities, particularly in 

5 countries with tropical forest hotspots for 

6 emerging diseases; 

7 (D) strengthen veterinary and agricultural 

8 extension capacity to improve sanitation along 

9 the value chain and biosecurity of live animal 

10 markets; and 

11 (E) strengthen public health capacity, par12 ticularly in countries where there is a high risk 

13 of emerging zoonotic viruses and other infec14 tious diseases; 

15 (3) respect the rights and needs of indigenous 

16 peoples and local communities dependent on such 

17 wildlife for nutritional needs and food security; and 

18 (4) facilitate international cooperation by work19 ing with international partners through intergovern20 mental, international, and nongovernmental organi21 zations such as the United Nations to— 

22 (A) lead a resolution at the United Nations 

23 Security Council or General Assembly and 

24 World Health Assembly outlining the danger to 

25 human and animal health from emerging 


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1 zoonotic infectious diseases, with recommenda2 tions for implementing the closure of wildlife 

3 markets and prevention of the commercial trade 

4 in live wildlife for human consumption, except 

5 where the consumption of wildlife is necessary 

6 for local food security or where such actions 

7 would significantly disrupt a readily available 

8 and irreplaceable food supply; 

9 (B) raise awareness and build stakeholder 

10 engagement networks, including civil society, 

11 the private sector, and local and regional gov12 ernments on the dangerous potential of wildlife 

13 markets as a source of zoonotic diseases and re14 duce demand for the consumption of wildlife 

15 through evidence-based behavior change pro16 grams, while ensuring that existing wildlife 

17 habitat is not encroached upon or destroyed as 

18 part of this process; 

19 (C) encourage and support alternative 

20 forms of sustainable food production, farming, 

21 and shifts to sustainable sources of protein and 

22 nutrition instead of terrestrial wildlife, where 

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1 tems, especially in areas where wildlife markets 

2 play a significant role in meeting subsistence 

3 needs while ensuring that existing wildlife habi4 tat is not encroached upon or destroyed as part 

5 of this process; and 

6 (D) strive to increase biosecurity and hygi7 enic standards implemented in farms, gathering 

8 centers, transport, and market systems around 

9 the globe, especially those specializing in the 

10 provision of products intended for human con11 sumption. 

12 SEC. 6. PREVENTION OF FUTURE ZOONOTIC SPILLOVER 

13 EVENT. 

14 (a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of State and the 

15 Administrator of the United States Agency for Inter16 national Development, in consultation with the Director 

17 of the United States Fish and Wildlife Service, the Sec18 retary of Agriculture, the Director of the Centers for Dis19 ease Control and Prevention, and the heads of other rel20 evant departments and agencies, shall work with foreign 

21 governments, multilateral entities, intergovernmental or22 ganizations, international partners, private sector part23 ners, and nongovernmental organizations to carry out ac24 tivities supporting the following objectives, recognizing 

25 that multiple interventions will likely be necessary to make 


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1 an impact, and that interventions will need to be tailored 

2 to the situation to— 

3 (1) pursuant to section 3, close wildlife markets 

4 and prevent associated commercial trade in live wild5 life, placing a priority focus on countries with sig6 nificant markets for live wildlife for human con7 sumption, high-volume commercial trade and associ8 ated markets, trade in and across urban centers, 

9 and trade for luxury consumption or where there is 

10 no dietary necessity— 

11 (A) through existing treaties, conventions, 

12 and agreements; 

13 (B) by amending existing protocols or 

14 agreements; 

15 (C) by pursuing new protocols; or 

16 (D) by other means of international coordi17 nation; 

18 (2) improve regulatory oversight and reduce 

19 commercial trade in live wildlife and eliminate prac20 tices identified to contribute to zoonotic spillover and 

21 emerging pathogens; 

22 (3) prevent commercial trade in live wildlife 

23 through programs that combat wildlife trafficking 

24 and poaching, including— 


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1 (A) providing assistance to improve law en2 forcement; 

3 (B) detecting and deterring the illegal im4 port, transit, sale, and export of wildlife; 

5 (C) strengthening such programs to assist 

6 countries through legal reform; 

7 (D) improving information sharing and en8 hancing capabilities of participating foreign 

9 governments; 

10 (E) supporting efforts to change behavior 

11 and reduce demand for such wildlife products; 

12 (F) leveraging United States private sector 

13 technologies and expertise to scale and enhance 

14 enforcement responses to detect and prevent 

15 such trade; and 

16 (G) strengthening collaboration with key 

17 private sector entities in the transportation in18 dustry to prevent and report the transport of 

19 such wildlife and wildlife products; 

20 (4) leverage strong United States bilateral rela21 tionships to support new and existing inter-Ministe22 rial collaborations or Task Forces that can serve as 

23 regional One Health models; 

24 (5) build local agricultural and food safety ca25 pacity by leveraging expertise from the United 


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1 States Department of Agriculture (USDA) and in2 stitutions of higher education with agricultural or 

3 natural resource expertise; 

4 (6) work through international organizations to 

5 help develop a set of objective risk-based metrics 

6 that provide a cross-country comparable measure of 

7 the level of risk posed by wildlife trade and mar8 keting and can be used to track progress nations 

9 make in reducing risks, identify where resources 

10 should be focused, and potentially leverage a peer in11 fluence effect; 

12 (7) increase efforts to prevent the degradation 

13 and fragmentation of forests and other intact eco14 systems to minimize interactions between wildlife 

15 and human and livestock populations that could con16 tribute to spillover events and zoonotic disease trans17 mission, including by providing assistance or sup18 porting policies to, for example— 

19 (A) conserve, protect, and restore the in20 tegrity of such ecosystems; 

21 (B) support the rights and needs of Indige22 nous People and local communities and their 

23 ability to continue their effective stewardship of 

24 their traditional lands and territories; 


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1 (C) support the establishment and effective 

2 management of protected areas, prioritizing 

3 highly intact areas; and 

4 (D) prevent activities that result in the de5 struction, degradation, fragmentation, or con6 version of intact forests and other intact eco7 systems and biodiversity strongholds, including 

8 by governments, private sector entities, and 

9 multilateral development financial institutions; 

10 (8) offer appropriate alternative livelihood and 

11 worker training programs and enterprise develop12 ment to wildlife traders, wildlife breeders, and local 

13 communities whose members are engaged in the 

14 commercial trade in live wildlife for human con15 sumption; 

16 (9) ensure that the rights of indigenous peoples 

17 and local communities are respected and their au18 thority to exercise these rights is protected; 

19 (10) strengthen global capacity for prevention, 

20 prediction, and detection of novel and existing 

21 zoonoses with pandemic potential, including the sup22 port of innovative technologies in coordination with 

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1 tion, and other relevant departments and agencies; 

2 and 

3 (11) support the development of One Health 

4 systems at the local, regional, national, and global 

5 levels in coordination with the United States Agency 

6 for International Development, the Centers for Dis7 ease Control and Prevention, and other relevant de8 partments and agencies, particularly in emerging in9 fectious disease hotspots, through a collaborative, 

10 multisectoral, and transdisciplinary approach that 

11 recognizes the interconnections among people, ani12 mals, plants, and their shared environment to 

13 achieve equitable and sustainable health outcomes. 

14 (b) ACTIVITIES MAY INCLUDE.— 

15 (1) GLOBAL COOPERATION.—The United States 

16 Government, working through the United Nations 

17 and its components, as well as international organi18 zation such as Interpol, the Food and Agriculture 

19 Organization of the United Nations, and the World 

20 Organisation for Animal Health, and in furtherance 

21 of the policies described in section 5, shall— 

22 (A) collaborate with other member States, 

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1 kets, and prevent commercial trade in live wild2 life for human consumption; and 

3 (B) urge increased enforcement of existing 

4 laws to end wildlife trafficking. 

5 (2) INTERNATIONAL COALITIONS.—The Sec6 retary of State shall seek to build new, and support 

7 existing, international coalitions focused on closing 

8 wildlife markets and preventing commercial trade in 

9 live wildlife for human consumption, with a focus on 

10 the following efforts: 

11 (A) Providing assistance and advice to 

12 other governments in the adoption of legislation 

13 and regulations to close wildlife markets and 

14 associated trade over such timeframe and in 

15 such manner as to minimize the increase of 

16 wildlife trafficking and poaching. 

17 (B) Creating economic and enforcement 

18 pressure for the immediate shut down of uncon19 trolled, unsanitary, or illicit wildlife markets 

20 and their supply chains to prevent their oper21 ation. 

22 (C) Providing assistance and guidance to 

23 other governments on measures to prohibit the 

24 import, export, and domestic commercial trade 


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1 in live wildlife for the purpose of human con2 sumption. 

3 (D) Implementing risk reduction interven4 tions and control options to address zoonotic 

5 spillover along the supply chain for the wildlife 

6 market system. 

7 (E) Engaging and receiving guidance from 

8 key stakeholders at the ministerial, local gov9 ernment, and civil society level, including Indig10 enous Peoples, in countries that will be im11 pacted by this Act and where wildlife markets 

12 and associated wildlife trade are the predomi13 nant source of meat or protein, in order to miti14 gate the impact of any international efforts on 

15 food security, nutrition, local customs, conserva16 tion methods, or cultural norms. 

17 (c) UNITED STATES AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL

18 DEVELOPMENT.— 

19 (1) SUSTAINABLE FOOD SYSTEMS FUNDING.— 

20 (A) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIA21 TIONS.—In addition to any other amounts pro22 vided for such purposes, there is authorized to 

23 be appropriated such sums as necessary for 

24 each of fiscal years 2023 through 2032 to the 

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1 opment to reduce demand for consumption of 

2 wildlife from wildlife markets and support shifts 

3 to diversified alternative and sustainably pro4 duced sources of nutritious food and protein in 

5 communities that rely upon the consumption of 

6 wildlife for food security, while ensuring that 

7 existing wildlife habitat is not encroached upon 

8 or destroyed as part of this process, using a 

9 multisectoral approach and including support 

10 for demonstration programs. 

11 (B) ACTIVITIES.—The Bureau for Devel12 opment, Democracy and Innovation (DDI), the 

13 Bureau for Resilience and Food Security 

14 (RFS), and the Bureau for Global Health (GH) 

15 of the United States Agency for International 

16 Development shall, in partnership with United 

17 States and international institutions of higher 

18 education and nongovernmental organizations, 

19 co-develop approaches focused on safe, sustain20 able food systems that support and incentivize 

21 the replacement of terrestrial wildlife in diets, 

22 while ensuring that existing wildlife habitat is 

23 not encroached upon or destroyed as part of 

24 this process. 


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1 (2) ADDRESSING THREATS AND CAUSES OF

2 ZOONOTIC DISEASE OUTBREAKS.—The Adminis3 trator of the United States Agency for International 

4 Development, in consultation with the Secretary of 

5 the Interior, shall increase activities in United States 

6 Agency for International Development programs re7 lated to conserving biodiversity, combating wildlife 

8 trafficking, sustainable landscapes, global health, 

9 food security, and resilience in order to address the 

10 threats and causes of zoonotic disease outbreaks, in11 cluding through— 

12 (A) education; 

13 (B) capacity building; 

14 (C) strengthening human, livestock, and 

15 wildlife health monitoring systems of pathogens 

16 of zoonotic origin to support early detection and 

17 reporting of novel and known pathogens for 

18 emergence of zoonotic disease and strength19 ening cross-sectoral collaboration to align risk 

20 reduction approaches in consultation with the 

21 Director of the Centers for Disease Control and 

22 the Secretary of Health and Human Services; 

23 (D) improved domestic and wild animal 

24 disease monitoring and control at production 

25 and market levels; 


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1 (E) development of alternative livelihood 

2 opportunities where possible; 

3 (F) preventing degradation and fragmenta4 tion of forests and other intact ecosystems and 

5 restoring the integrity of such ecosystems, par6 ticularly in tropical countries, to prevent the 

7 creation of new pathways for zoonotic pathogen 

8 transmission that arise from interactions among 

9 wildlife, humans, and livestock populations; 

10 (G) minimizing interactions between do11 mestic livestock and wild animals in markets 

12 and captive production; 

13 (H) supporting shifts from wildlife markets 

14 to diversified, safe, affordable, and accessible al15 ternative sources of protein and nutrition 

16 through enhanced local and national food sys17 tems while ensuring that existing wildlife habi18 tat is not encroached upon or destroyed as part 

19 of this process; 

20 (I) improving community health, forest 

21 management practices, and safety of livestock 

22 production in tropical landscapes, particularly 

23 in hotspots for zoonotic spillover and emerging 

24 infectious diseases; 


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1 (J) preventing degradation and fragmenta2 tion of forests and other intact ecosystems, par3 ticularly in tropical countries, to minimize inter4 actions between wildlife, human, and livestock 

5 populations that could contribute to spillover 

6 events and zoonotic disease transmission, in7 cluding by providing assistance or supporting 

8 policies to— 

9 (i) conserve, protect, and restore the 

10 integrity of such ecosystems; and 

11 (ii) support the rights of Indigenous 

12 People and local communities and their 

13 ability to continue their effective steward 

14 ship of their intact traditional lands and 

15 territories; 

16 (K) supporting development and use of 

17 multi-data sourced predictive models and deci18 sionmaking tools to identify areas of highest 

19 probability of zoonotic spillover and to deter20 mine cost-effective monitoring and mitigation 

21 approaches; and 

22 (L) other relevant activities described in 

23 this section that are within the mandate of the 

24 United States Agency for International Devel25 opment. 


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1 (d) STAFFING REQUIREMENTS.—The Administrator 

2 of the United States Agency for International Develop3 ment, in collaboration with the United States Fish and 

4 Wildlife Service, the United States Department of Agri5 culture Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, the 

6 Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and other 

7 Federal entities as appropriate, is authorized to hire addi8 tional personnel— 

9 (1) to undertake programs aimed at reducing 

10 the risks of endemic and emerging infectious dis11 eases and exposure to antimicrobial resistant patho12 gens; 

13 (2) to provide administrative support and re14 sources to ensure effective and efficient coordination 

15 of funding opportunities and sharing of expertise 

16 from relevant United States Agency for Inter17 national Development bureaus and programs, includ18 ing emerging pandemic threats; 

19 (3) to award funding to on-the-ground projects; 

20 (4) to provide project oversight to ensure ac21 countability and transparency in all phases of the 

22 award process; and 

23 (5) to undertake additional activities under this 

24 Act. 

25 (e) REPORTING REQUIREMENTS.— 


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1 (1) DEPARTMENT OF STATE AND UNITED

2 STATES AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOP3 MENT.— 

4 (A) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 1 year 

5 after the date of the enactment of this Act, and 

6 annually thereafter until 2030, the Secretary of 

7 State and the Administrator of the United 

8 States Agency for International Development 

9 shall submit to the appropriate congressional 

10 committees a report— 

11 (i) describing— 

12 (I) the actions taken pursuant to 

13 this Act and the provision of United 

14 States technical assistance; 

15 (II) the impact and effectiveness 

16 of international cooperation on shut17 ting down wildlife markets; 

18 (III) partnerships developed with 

19 other institutions of higher learning 

20 and nongovernmental organizations; 

21 and 

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1 life for the purpose of human use as 

2 food or medicine, while accounting for 

3 the differentiated needs of vulnerable 

4 populations who depend upon such 

5 wildlife as a predominant source of 

6 meat or protein; 

7 (ii) identifying— 

8 (I) foreign countries that con9 tinue to enable the operation of wild10 life markets as defined by this Act 

11 and the associated trade of wildlife 

12 products for human use as food or 

13 medicine that feeds such markets; 

14 (II) recommendations for 

15 incentivizing or enforcing compliance 

16 with laws and policies to close wildlife 

17 markets pursuant to section 3 and un18 controlled, unsanitary, or illicit wild19 life markets and end the associated 

20 commercial trade in live wildlife for 

21 human use as food or medicine, which 

22 may include visa restrictions and 

23 other diplomatic or economic tools; 

24 and 


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1 (III) summarizing additional per2 sonnel hired with funding authorized 

3 under this Act, including the number 

4 hired in each bureau. 

5 (B) INITIAL REPORT.—The first report 

6 submitted under subparagraph (A) shall in7 clude, in addition to the elements described in 

8 such subparagraph, a summary of existing re9 search and findings related to the risk live wild10 life markets pose to human health through the 

11 emergence or reemergence of pathogens and ac12 tivities to reduce the risk of zoonotic spillover. 

13 (C) FORM.—The report required under 

14 this paragraph shall be submitted in unclassi15 fied form, but may include a classified annex. 

16 SEC. 7. LAW ENFORCEMENT ATTACHE DEPLOYMENT. 

17 (a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of the Interior, act18 ing through the Director of the United States Fish and 

19 Wildlife Service, and in consultation with the Secretary 

20 of State, shall require the Chief of Law Enforcement of 

21 the United States Fish and Wildlife Service to hire, train, 

22 and deploy not fewer than 50 new United States Fish and 

23 Wildlife Service law enforcement attaches, and appro24 priate additional support staff, at 1 or more United States 

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1 (1) in 1 or more countries designated as a focus 

2 country or a country of concern in the most recent 

3 report submitted under section 201 of the Eliminate, 

4 Neutralize, and Disrupt Wildlife Trafficking Act of 

5 2016 (16 U.S.C. 7621); and 

6 (2) in such additional countries or regions, as 

7 determined by the Secretary of the Interior, that are 

8 known or suspected to be a source of illegal trade of 

9 species listed— 

10 (A) as a threatened species or an endan11 gered species under the Endangered Species 

12 Act of 1973 (16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.); or 

13 (B) under appendix I of the Convention on 

14 International Trade in Endangered Species of 

15 Wild Fauna and Flora, done at Washington 

16 March 3, 1973 (27 UST 1087; TIAS 8249). 

17 (b) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There is 

18 authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section 

19 $150,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2023 through 2032. 

20 SEC. 8. RESERVATION OF RIGHTS. 

21 Nothing in this Act shall restrict or otherwise pro22 hibit— 

23 (1) legal and regulated hunting, fishing, or 

24 trapping activities for subsistence, sport, or recre25 ation; or 


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1 (2) the lawful domestic and international trans2 port of legally harvested fish or wildlife trophies. 

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