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117TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 3424 

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

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

MAY 20, 2021 

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 Pandemic Pre5 vention and Biosecurity Act’’. 

6 SEC. 2. STATEMENT OF POLICY. 

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

9 (1) support improved community health, forest 

10 management, sustainable agriculture, and safety of 

11 livestock production in developing countries; 


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1 (2) support the availability of scalable and sus2 tainable alternative animal and plant-sourced protein 

3 for local communities, where appropriate, in order to 

4 minimize human reliance on the trade in live wildlife 

5 and raw or unprocessed wildlife parts and deriva6 tives; 

7 (3) support foreign governments to— 

8 (A) transition from the sale of such wildlife 

9 for human consumption in markets and res10 taurants to alternate protein and nutritional 

11 sources; 

12 (B) prevent commercial trade in live wild13 life and raw or unprocessed wildlife parts and 

14 derivatives that risks contributing to zoonotic 

15 spillover events between animals and humans, 

16 not to include commercial trade in— 

17 (i) fish; 

18 (ii) invertebrates; 

19 (iii) amphibians; 

20 (iv) reptiles; or 

21 (v) the meat of game species— 

22 (I) traded in markets in coun23 tries with effective implementation 

24 and enforcement of scientifically 

25 based, nationally implemented policies 


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

3 (II) sold after being slaughtered 

4 and processed under sanitary condi5 tions; and 

6 (C) establish and effectively manage pro7 tected and conserved areas, including in tropical 

8 landscapes, and including indigenous and com9 munity-conserved areas; 

10 (4) encourage development projects that do not 

11 contribute to the destruction, fragmentation or deg12 radation of forests or loss of biodiversity; and 

13 (5) respect the rights and needs of indigenous 

14 people and local communities dependent on such 

15 wildlife for nutritional needs and food security. 

16 SEC. 3. DEFINITIONS. 

17 In this Act: 

18 (1) ADMINISTRATOR.—The term ‘‘Adminis19 trator’’ means the Administrator of the United 

20 States Agency for International Development. 

21 (2) APPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL COMMIT22 TEES.—The term ‘‘appropriate congressional com23 mittees’’ means— 


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1 (A) the Committee on Foreign Affairs and 

2 the Committee on Appropriations in the House 

3 of Representatives; and 

4 (B) the Committee on Foreign Relations 

5 and the Committee on Appropriations in the 

6 Senate. 

7 (3) COMMERCIAL WILDLIFE TRADE.—The term 

8 ‘‘commercial wildlife trade’’ means trade in wildlife 

9 for the purpose of obtaining economic benefit, 

10 whether in cash or otherwise, that is directed toward 

11 sale, resale, exchange, or any other form of economic 

12 use or benefit. 

13 (4) HUMAN CONSUMPTION.—The term ‘‘human 

14 consumption’’ means specific use for human food or 

15 medicine. 

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

17 wildlife market’’ means a commercial market that 

18 sells, processes, or slaughters live or fresh wildlife 

19 for human consumption in markets or restaurants, 

20 irrespective of whether such wildlife originated in the 

21 wild or in a captive situation. 

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

23 means a collaborative, multisectoral, and trans-dis24 ciplinary approach achieving optimal health out25 comes that recognizes the interconnection between— 


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

2 (B) the environment shared by such peo3 ple, wildlife, and plants. 

4 (7) OUTBREAK.—The term ‘‘outbreak’’ means 

5 the occurrence of disease cases in excess of normal 

6 expectancy. 

7 (8) PUBLIC HEALTH EMERGENCY.—The term 

8 ‘‘public health emergency’’ means the public health 

9 emergency declared by the Secretary of Health and 

10 Human Services pursuant to section 319 of the Pub11 lic Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 247d) on January 

12 31, 2020, with respect to COVID–19. 

13 (9) SPILLOVER EVENT.—The term ‘‘spillover 

14 event’’ means the transmission of a pathogen from 

15 one species to another. 

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

17 means the Global Zoonotic Disease Task Force es18 tablished under section 6(a). 

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

20 United States Agency for International Develop21 ment. 

22 (12) ZOONOTIC DISEASE.—The term ‘‘zoonotic 

23 disease’’ means any disease that is naturally trans24 missible between animals and humans. 


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1 SEC. 4. FINDINGS. 

2 Congress makes the following findings: 

3 (1) The majority of recent emerging infectious 

4 diseases have originated in wildlife. 

5 (2) There is a rise in the frequency of zoonotic 

6 spillover events and outbreaks of such diseases. 

7 (3) This rise in such spillover events and out8 breaks relates to the increased interaction between 

9 humans and wildlife. 

10 (4) There is a progressive and increasing rise in 

11 interaction between human populations and wildlife 

12 related to deforestation, habitat degradation, and ex13 pansion of human activity into the habitat of such 

14 wildlife. 

15 (5) The increase in such interactions due to 

16 these factors, particularly in forested regions of trop17 ical countries where there is high mammalian diver18 sity, is a serious risk factor for spillover events. 

19 (6) A serious risk factor for spillover events 

20 also relates to the collection, production, commercial 

21 trade, and sale for human consumption of wildlife 

22 that may transmit to zoonotic pathogens to humans 

23 that may then replicate and be transmitted within 

24 the human population. 

25 (7) Such a risk factor is increased if it involves 

26 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 (8) Markets for such wildlife to be sold for 

7 human consumption are found in many countries. 

8 (9) In some communities, such wildlife may be 

9 the only accessible source of high quality nutrition. 

10 (10) The public health emergency has resulted 

11 in— 

12 (A) trillions of dollars in economic damage 

13 to the United States; and 

14 (B) the deaths of hundreds of thousands of 

15 American citizens. 

16 SEC. 5. UNITED STATES POLICY TOWARD ASSISTING COUN17 TRIES IN PREVENTING ZOONOTIC SPILLOVER 

18 EVENTS. 

19 The Secretary of State and Administrator of the 

20 United States Agency for International Development, in 

21 consultation with the Director of the United States Fish 

22 and Wildlife Service, the Secretary of Agriculture, and the 

23 leadership of other relevant agencies, shall coordinate, en24 gage, and work with governments, multilateral entities, 


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1 intergovernmental organizations, international partners, 

2 and non-governmental organizations to— 

3 (1) prevent commercial trade in live wildlife and 

4 raw or unprocessed wildlife parts and derivatives for 

5 human consumption that risks contributing to 

6 zoonotic spillover, placing a priority focus on tropical 

7 countries or countries with significant markets for 

8 live wildlife for human consumption, which includes 

9 such wildlife trade activities as— 

10 (A) high volume commercial trade and as11 sociated markets; 

12 (B) trade in and across well connected 

13 urban centers; 

14 (C) trade for luxury consumption or where 

15 there is no dietary necessity by— 

16 (i) working through existing treaties, 

17 conventions, and agreements to develop a 

18 new protocol, or to amend existing proto19 cols or agreements; and 

20 (ii) expanding combating wildlife traf21 ficking programs to support enforcement 

22 of the closure of such markets and new il23 legal markets in response to closures, and 

24 the prevention of such trade, including— 


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1 (I) providing assistance to im2 prove law enforcement; 

3 (II) detecting and deterring the 

4 illegal import, transit, sale and export 

5 of wildlife; 

6 (III) strengthening such pro7 grams to assist countries through 

8 legal reform; 

9 (IV) improving information shar10 ing and enhancing capabilities of par11 ticipating foreign governments; 

12 (V) supporting efforts to change 

13 behavior and reduce demand for such 

14 wildlife products; and 

15 (VI) leveraging United States 

16 private sector technologies and exper17 tise to scale and enhance enforcement 

18 responses to detect and prevent such 

19 trade; 

20 (D) leveraging strong United States bilat21 eral relationships to support new and existing 

22 inter-ministerial collaborations or task forces 

23 that can serve as regional One Health models; 

24 or 


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1 (E) building local agricultural capacity by 

2 leveraging expertise from the Department of 

3 Agriculture, U.S. Fish and Wildlife, and insti4 tutions of higher education with agricultural ex5 pertise; 

6 (2) prevent the degradation and fragmentation 

7 of forests and other intact ecosystems, particularly 

8 in tropical countries, to minimize interactions be9 tween wildlife and human and livestock populations 

10 that could contribute to spillover events and zoonotic 

11 disease transmission, including by providing assist12 ance or supporting policies to— 

13 (A) conserve, protect, and restore the in14 tegrity of such ecosystems; 

15 (B) support the rights of indigenous peo16 ples and local communities and their abilities to 

17 continue their effective stewardships of their 

18 traditional lands and territories; 

19 (C) support the establishment and effective 

20 management of protected areas, prioritizing 

21 highly intact areas; and 

22 (D) prevent activities that result in the de23 struction, degradation, fragmentation, or con24 version of intact forests and other intact eco25 systems and biodiversity strongholds, including 


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1 by governments, private sector entities, and 

2 multilateral development financial institutions; 

3 (3) offer alternative livelihood and worker train4 ing programs and enterprise development to wildlife 

5 traders, wildlife breeders, and local communities 

6 whose members are engaged in the commercial wild7 life trade for human consumption; 

8 (4) work with indigenous peoples and local com9 munities to— 

10 (A) ensure that their rights are respected 

11 and their authority to exercise such rights is 

12 protected; 

13 (B) provide education and awareness on 

14 animal handling, sanitation, and disease trans15 mission, as well as sustainable wildlife manage16 ment and support to develop village-level alter17 native sources of protein and nutrition; 

18 (C) reduce the risk of zoonotic spillover 

19 while ensuring food security and access to 

20 healthy diets; and 

21 (D) improve farming practices to reduce 

22 the risk of zoonotic spillover to livestock; 

23 (5) strengthen global capacity for detection of 

24 zoonotic diseases with pandemic potential; and 


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1 (6) support the development of One Health sys2 tems at the community level. 

3 SEC. 6. GLOBAL ZOONOTIC DISEASE TASK FORCE. 

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

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

6 Force’’. 

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

8 Task Force shall be to— 

9 (1) ensure an integrated approach across the 

10 Federal Government and globally to the prevention 

11 of, early detection of, preparedness for, and response 

12 to zoonotic spillover and the outbreak and trans13 mission of zoonotic diseases that may pose a threat 

14 to global health security; 

15 (2) not later than one year after the date of the 

16 enactment of this Act, develop and publish, on a 

17 publicly accessible website, a plan for global biosecu18 rity and zoonotic disease prevention and response 

19 that leverages expertise in public health, wildlife 

20 health, livestock veterinary health, sustainable forest 

21 management, community-based conservation, rural 

22 food security, and indigenous rights to coordinate 

23 zoonotic disease surveillance internationally, includ24 ing support for One Health institutions around the 


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1 world that can prevent and provide early detection 

2 of zoonotic outbreaks; and 

3 (3) expanding the scope of the implementation 

4 of the White House’s Global Health Security Strat5 egy to more robustly support the prevention of 

6 zoonotic spillover and respond to zoonotic disease in7 vestigations and outbreaks by establishing a 10-year 

8 strategy with specific Federal Government inter9 national goals, priorities, and timelines for action, 

10 including to— 

11 (A) recommend policy actions and mecha12 nisms in developing countries to reduce the risk 

13 of zoonotic spillover and zoonotic disease emer14 gence and transmission, including in support of 

15 the activities described in section 5; 

16 (B) identify new mandates, authorities, 

17 and incentives needed to strengthen the global 

18 zoonotic disease plan under paragraph (2); and 

19 (C) prioritize engagement in programs that 

20 target tropical countries and regions experi21 encing high rates of deforestation, forest deg22 radation, and land conversion, and countries 

23 with significant markets for live wildlife for 

24 human consumption. 

25 (c) MEMBERSHIP.— 


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1 (1) IN GENERAL.—The members of the Task 

2 Force established pursuant to subsection (a) shall be 

3 composed of representatives from each of the fol4 lowing agencies: 

5 (A) One permanent Chairperson at the 

6 level of Deputy Assistant Secretary or above 

7 from the following agencies, to rotate every two 

8 years in an order to be determined by the Ad9 ministrator: 

10 (i) The Animal and Plant Health In11 spection Service of the Department of Ag12 riculture. 

13 (ii) The Department of Health and 

14 Human Services or the Centers for Disease 

15 Control and Prevention. 

16 (iii) The Department of the Interior 

17 or the United States Fish and Wildlife 

18 Service. 

19 (iv) The Department of State or 

20 USAID. 

21 (v) The National Security Council. 

22 (B) At least 13 additional members, with 

23 at least one from each of the following agencies: 

24 (i) The Centers for Disease Control 

25 and Prevention. 


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1 (ii) The Department of Agriculture. 

2 (iii) The Department of Defense. 

3 (iv) The Department of State. 

4 (v) The Environmental Protection 

5 Agency. 

6 (vi) The National Science Foundation. 

7 (vii) The National Institutes of 

8 Health. 

9 (viii) The National Institute of Stand10 ards and Technology. 

11 (ix) The Office of Science and Tech12 nology Policy. 

13 (x) The United States Agency for 

14 International Development. 

15 (xi) The United States Fish and Wild16 life Service. 

17 (xii) U.S. Customs and Border Pro18 tection. 

19 (xiii) U.S. Immigration and Customs 

20 Enforcement. 

21 (2) TIMING OF APPOINTMENTS.—Appointments 

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

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

24 (3) TERMS.— 


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1 (A) IN GENERAL.—Each member of the 

2 Task Force shall be appointed for a term of two 

3 years. 

4 (B) VACANCIES.—Any member appointed 

5 to fill a vacancy occurring before the expiration 

6 of the term for which the member’s predecessor 

7 was appointed shall be appointed only for the 

8 remainder of that term. A member may serve 

9 after the expiration of that term until a suc10 cessor has been appointed. 

11 (d) MEETING.— 

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

13 hold its initial meeting not later than 45 days after 

14 the final appointment of all members under sub15 section (b)(2). 

16 (2) MEETINGS.— 

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

18 meet at the call of the Chairperson. 

19 (B) QUORUM.—Eight members of the 

20 Task Force shall constitute a quorum, but a 

21 lesser number may hold hearings. 

22 (e) COMPENSATION.— 

23 (1) PROHIBITION OF COMPENSATION.—Except 

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

25 Force may not receive additional pay, allowances, 


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1 benefits by reason of their service on the Task 

2 Force. 

3 (2) TRAVEL EXPENSES.—Each member shall 

4 receive travel expenses, including per diem in lieu of 

5 subsistence, in accordance with applicable provisions 

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

7 States Code. 

8 (f) REPORTS.— 

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

10 6 months after the enactment of this act and annu11 ally thereafter, the Federal agencies listed in sub12 section (b), shall submit a report to the Task Force 

13 containing a detailed statement with respect to the 

14 results of any programming within their agencies 

15 that addresses the goals of zoonotic spillover and 

16 disease prevention. 

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

18 months after the date of the enactment of this Act 

19 and annually thereafter, the Task Force shall submit 

20 to the appropriate congressional committees and the 

21 National Security Advisor a report containing a de22 tailed statement of the recommendations of the 

23 Council pursuant to subsection (b). 

24 (g) FACA.—Section 14(a)(2)(B) of the Federal Ad25 visory Committee Act shall not apply to the Task Force. 


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1 The Task Force is authorized for seven years beginning 

2 on the date of the enactment of this Act, and up to an 

3 additional two years at the discretion of the Task Force 

4 Chairperson. 

5 SEC. 7. PREVENTING OUTBREAKS OF ZOONOTIC DISEASES. 

6 (a) INTEGRATED ZOONOTIC DISEASES PROGRAM.— 

7 There is authorized an integrated zoonotic diseases pro8 gram within the United States Agency for International 

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

10 Administrator, in consultation with the Director for the 

11 Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and other rel12 evant Federal agencies, to prevent spillover events, 

13 epidemics, and pandemics through the following activities: 

14 (1) Partnering with a consortium that possesses 

15 the following technical capabilities: 

16 (A) Institution with expertise in global 

17 wildlife health and zoonotic pathogen, animal 

18 care and management, combating wildlife traf19 ficking, including community-based conserva20 tion, wildlife trade and trafficking, wildlife habi21 tat protection, protected area management, and 

22 preventing deforestation and forest degradation. 

23 (B) Institutions of higher education with 

24 veterinary and public health expertise. 


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1 (C) Institutions with public health exper2 tise. 

3 (2) Implementing programs that aim to prevent 

4 zoonotic spillover and expand on the results of the 

5 USAID Emerging Pandemic Threat Outcomes pro6 gram, including PREDICT and PREDICT–2, to 

7 prioritize the following activities: 

8 (A) Utilizing coordinated information and 

9 data sharing platforms, including information 

10 related to biosecurity threats, in ongoing and 

11 future research. 

12 (B) Conducting One Health zoonotic re13 search at human-wildlife interfaces. 

14 (C) Conducting One Health research into 

15 known and novel zoonotic pathogen detection. 

16 (D) Conducting surveillance, including bio17 security surveillance, of priority and unknown 

18 zoonotic diseases and the transmission of such 

19 diseases. 

20 (E) Preventing spillover events of zoonotic 

21 diseases. 

22 (F) Investing in frontline diagnostic capa23 bility at points of contact. 

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1 value chains, and their impacts on biodiversity 

2 loss on human-wildlife interfaces. 

3 (H) Understanding the impacts of land-use 

4 change and conversion and biodiversity loss on 

5 human-wildlife interfaces and zoonotic spillover 

6 risk. 

7 (I) Supporting development of One Health 

8 capacity and systems at the community level in9 cluding integrating activities to improve com10 munity health, promote sustainable manage11 ment and conservation of forests, and ensure 

12 safety in livestock production and handling. 

13 (J) Utilizing existing One Health trained 

14 workforce in developing countries to identify 

15 high risk or reoccurring spillover event locations 

16 and concentrate capacity and functionality at 

17 such locations. 

18 (K) Continuing to train a One Health 

19 workforce in developing countries to prevent 

20 and respond to disease outbreaks in animals 

21 and humans, including training protected area 

22 managers in disease collection technology linked 

23 to existing data sharing platforms. 

24 (b) TERMINATION.—The integrated zoonotic diseases 

25 program authorized under this section shall terminate on 


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

2 of this Act. 

3 SEC. 8. USAID MULTISECTORAL STRATEGY FOR FOOD SE4 CURITY, GLOBAL HEALTH, BIODIVERSITY 

5 CONSERVATION, AND REDUCING DEMAND 

6 FOR WILDLIFE FOR HUMAN CONSUMPTION. 

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

8 and publish on a publicly accessible website, a multisec9 toral strategy for food security, global health, and bio10 diversity protection and shall include information about 

11 zoonotic disease surveillance in the reports required by 

12 section 406(b) of the Coronavirus Preparedness and Re13 sponse Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2020. 

14 (b) MULTISECTORAL STRATEGY.—The Adminis15 trator of the United States Agency for International De16 velopment (USAID), through sectoral and regional bu17 reaus, shall develop a multisectoral strategy to integrate 

18 and mitigate risks of zoonotic disease emergence and 

19 spread, food insecurity, biodiversity conservation, and 

20 wildlife and habitat destruction. The strategy shall include 

21 participation of the following: 

22 (1) The Bureau for Africa. 

23 (2) The Bureau for Asia. 

24 (3) The Bureau for Economic Growth, Edu25 cation, and Environment. 


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1 (4) The Bureau for Global Health. 

2 (5) The Bureau for Latin America and the Car3 ibbean. 

4 (6) The Bureau for Resiliency, and Food Secu5 rity. 

6 (7) The Democracy, Conflict, and Humani7 tarian Assistance Bureau. 

8 (c) CONTENTS.—The USAID multisectoral strategy 

9 developed pursuant to subsection (a) shall include— 

10 (1) a statement of the United States intention 

11 to facilitate international cooperation to prevent 

12 commercial trade in live wildlife and raw or unproc13 essed wildlife parts and derivatives for human con14 sumption, that risk contributing to zoonotic spillover 

15 and to prevent the degradation and fragmentation of 

16 forests and other intact ecosystems in tropical coun17 tries while ensuring full consideration to the needs 

18 and rights of Indigenous Peoples and local commu19 nities that depend on wildlife for their food security; 

20 (2) programs supporting integrated One Health 

21 activities to improve community health, promote the 

22 sustainable management, conservation, and restora23 tion of forests, and ensure safety in livestock produc24 tion and handling; 


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1 (3) programs and objectives to change wildlife 

2 consumers’ behavior, attitudes and consumption of 

3 wildlife that risks contributing to zoonotic spillover; 

4 (4) programs to increase supplies of sustainably 

5 and locally produced alternative animal and plant6 based sources of protein and nutrition; 

7 (5) programs to protect, maintain and restore 

8 ecosystem integrity; 

9 (6) programs to ensure that countries are suffi10 ciently prepared to detect, report, and respond to 

11 zoonotic disease spillover events; 

12 (7) programs to prevent, prepare for, detect, re13 port, and respond to zoonotic disease spillover 

14 events; and 

15 (8) the identification of Landscape Leaders re16 siding in-country who will coordinate strategic imple17 mentation, the overseeing of Conservation Corps vol18 unteers, and coordination with donors and award re19 cipients throughout the term of the project. 

20 SEC. 9. IMPLEMENTATION OF MULTISECTORAL STRATEGY. 

21 (a) IMPLEMENTATION.—The USAID multisectoral 

22 strategy under section 8 shall be implemented— 

23 (1) through USAID bilateral programs through 

24 missions and embassies and will account for half of 

25 the portfolio; and 


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1 (2) through demonstration projects that meet 

2 the requirements of subsection (b) and account for 

3 half of the portfolio. 

4 (b) DEMONSTRATION PROJECTS.— 

5 (1) PURPOSE.—The purpose of demonstration 

6 projects under subsection (a) shall be to— 

7 (A) pilot the implementation of the USAID 

8 multisectoral strategy by leveraging the inter9 national commitments of the donor community; 

10 (B) prevent pandemics and reduce demand 

11 for fresh and live wildlife source foods as a way 

12 to stop spillover; 

13 (C) establish and increase availability of 

14 and access to sustainably and locally produced 

15 animal and plant-based sources of protein and 

16 nutrition to provide an alternative to the grow17 ing wild meat demand in urban, suburban, and 

18 exurban communities; and 

19 (D) realize the greatest impact in low ca20 pacity forested countries with susceptibility to 

21 zoonotic spillover and spread that can lead to a 

22 pandemic. 

23 (2) DEMONSTRATION PROJECT COUNTRY

24 PLANS.— 


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1 (A) IN GENERAL.—USAID shall lead a 

2 collaborative effort in coordination with the De3 partment of State, embassies of the United 

4 States, and the International Development Fi5 nance Corporation to consult with in-country 

6 stakeholder and participants in key forested 

7 countries to develop a plan that reflects the 

8 local needs and identifies measures of nutrition, 

9 yield gap analysis, global health safeguards, for10 est and biodiversity protection, bushmeat de11 mand reduction and consumer behavior change, 

12 and market development progress, within 90 

13 days of completion of the multisectoral strategy. 

14 (B) ELIGIBLE PROJECTS.—Eligible dem15 onstration projects shall include small holder 

16 backyard production of animal source foods in17 cluding poultry, fish, guinea pigs, and insects. 

18 (C) STAKEHOLDERS AND PARTICIPANTS.— 

19 Stakeholder and participants in the develop20 ment of the multisectoral country plans shall 

21 include but are not limited to— 

22 (i) recipient countries; 

23 (ii) donors governments; 

24 (iii) multilaterals institutions; 

25 (iv) conservation organizations; 


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1 (v) One Health institutions; 

2 (vi) agricultural extension services; 

3 (vii) domestic and international insti4 tutions of higher education; 

5 (viii) food security experts; 

6 (ix) United States grain and animal 

7 protein production experts; 

8 (x) social marketing and behavioral 

9 change experts; and 

10 (xi) financial institutions and micro11 enterprise experts. 

12 (3) CHANGE IN LIVELIHOODS.—Multisectoral 

13 country plans shall include programs to re-train in14 dividuals no longer engaged in supplying wildlife 

15 markets in fundamental components of commercial 

16 animal source food production, including agriculture 

17 extension, veterinary care, sales and marketing, sup18 ply chains, transportation, livestock feed production, 

19 micro-enterprise, and market analysis. 

20 (4) LOCATION OF DEMONSTRATION

21 PROJECTS.—Collaboration between United States 

22 Government assistance and other donor investments 

23 shall occur in five demonstration projects, which 

24 shall be in Africa, Asia, and Latin America. 


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1 (5) TIMING.—Five demonstration projects shall 

2 be selected and each shall be tested over four years 

3 after the date of the enactment of this Act. 

4 (c) REPORTING.— 

5 (1) AGENCY REPORT.—The Administrator shall 

6 annually submit to the global zoonotic disease task 

7 force established pursuant to section 6, the Presi8 dent, and the appropriate congressional committees 

9 a report regarding the progress achieved and chal10 lenges concerning the development of a multisectoral 

11 strategy for food security, global health, biodiversity, 

12 and reducing demand for wildlife for human con13 sumption required under this section. Data included 

14 in each such report shall be disaggregated by coun15 try, and shall include recommendations to resolve, 

16 mitigate, or otherwise address such challenges. Each 

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

18 publicly available. 

19 (2) REPORT TO CONGRESS.—The Administrator 

20 shall submit a strategy within one year of the enact21 ment of this Act outlining the implementation of the 

22 country plans and identifying demonstration sites 

23 and criteria for pilot programs. Four years after the 

24 enactment, the Administrator shall submit a reas25 sessment of the strategy to Congress, as well as a 


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1 recommendation as to whether and how to expand 

2 these programs globally. 

3 SEC. 10. ESTABLISHMENT OF CONSERVATION CORPS. 

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

5 a Conservation Corps to provide Americans eligible for 

6 service abroad, under conditions of hardship if necessary, 

7 to deliver technical and strategic assistance to in-country 

8 leaders of demonstration projects, stakeholders, and do9 nors implementing and financing the multisectoral strat10 egy under section 8 to reduce demand for wildlife for 

11 human consumption through food security, global health, 

12 and biodiversity and related demonstration projects. 

13 (b) PERSONS ELIGIBLE TO SERVE AS VOLUN14 TEERS.—The Administrator may enroll in the Conserva15 tion Corps for service abroad qualified citizens and nation16 als for short terms of service at the discretion of the Ad17 ministrator. 

18 (c) RESPONSIBILITIES.—The Conservation Corps vol19 unteers shall be responsible for— 

20 (1) providing training to agricultural producers 

21 to encourage participants to share and pass on to 

22 other agricultural producers in the home commu23 nities of the participants the information and skills 

24 obtained from the training under this section; 


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1 (2) identifying areas for the extension of addi2 tional technical resources through farmer-to-farmer 

3 exchanges; and 

4 (3) conducting assessments of individual 

5 projects and bilateral strategies and recommend 

6 knowledge management strategies toward building 

7 programs to scale and strengthening projects. 

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