(A) builds local, national, and regional 
wildlife conservation capacity within range 
States; 
(B) strengthens strategic landscape and 
ecosystem-level conservation planning; 
(C) facilitates scientific, technical, and fi-
nancial assistance to conserve wildlife species 
and their habitats; 
(D) bolsters law enforcement and informa-
tion sharing; 
(E) strengthens on-the-ground monitoring 
of wildlife health; 
(F) enhances long-term public outreach 
and education opportunities; and 
(G) enhances opportunities for wildlife re-
habilitation and restoration; 
(3) to provide a formal coordinating authority 
within the Federal Government to promote inter-
national wildlife conservation, improve coordination, 
and develop a cohesive and strategic approach to the 
implementation of the action strategy developed 
under title II; and 
(4) to demonstrate the United States’ commit-
ment to international wildlife conservation and the 
preservation of global biological diversity. 
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SEC. 3. DEFINITIONS. 
In this Act: 
(1) ACTION PLAN.—The term ‘‘Action Plan’’ 
means the Action Plan created under section 101(d). 
(2) ADVISORY COMMITTEE.—The term ‘‘Advi-
sory Committee’’ means a Global Wildlife Conserva-
tion Advisory Committee established under section 
131. 
(3) CAPACITY BUILDING.—The term ‘‘capacity 
building’’ means the active process of developing and 
strengthening the technical skills, abilities, adminis-
trative and management processes, and resources 
that organizations and communities need to survive, 
grow, learn, and adapt to variable circumstances to 
successfully implement and fulfill long-term wildlife 
conservation initiatives. 
(4) CENTER.—The term ‘‘Center’’ means the 
Center for International Wildlife Recovery Partner-
ships established under section 123. 
(5) CITES.—The term ‘‘CITES’’ means the 
Convention on International Trade in Endangered 
Species of Wild Fauna and Flora. 
(6) CONSERVATION.—The term ‘‘conservation’’ 
includes— 
(A) the methods and procedures necessary 
to bring a species to the point at which there 
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are sufficient populations in the wild to ensure 
that the species does not become extinct; and 
(B) all activities associated with protection 
and management of a species, including— 
(i) maintenance, management, protec-
tion, and restoration of species habitat; 
(ii) research and monitoring; 
(iii) law enforcement; 
(iv) community outreach and edu-
cation, both of the general public and con-
sumers of wildlife or wildlife products; and 
(v) strengthening the capacity of local 
communities, government agencies, non-
governmental organizations, and other 
stakeholder institutions to implement con-
servation programs and activities. 
(7) COUNCIL.—The term ‘‘Council’’ means the 
Global Wildlife Coordination Council established 
under section 201. 
(8) DIRECTOR.—The term ‘‘Director’’ means 
the Director of the United States Fish and Wildlife 
Service. 
(9) EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR.—The term ‘‘Execu-
tive Director’’ refers to the head of the Center for 
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International Wildlife Recovery Partnerships, estab-
lished by section 123 of this Act. 
(10) FUND.—The term ‘‘Fund’’ means the 
International Fish and Wildlife Conservation Fund 
established by section 132. 
(11) INSTITUTE.—The term ‘‘Institute’’ means 
the Institute for International Wildlife Conservation 
established under section 101. 
(12) PROGRAM.—The term ‘‘Program’’ means 
the Wildlife Without Borders Program under section 
121. 
(13) RANGE STATE.—The term ‘‘range State’’ 
means a State any portion of which is within the 
natural range of distribution of a wildlife species. 
(14) 
SECRETARY.—The 
term 
‘‘Secretary’’ 
means the Secretary of the Interior. 
(15) SERVICE.—The term ‘‘Service’’ means the 
United States Fish and Wildlife Service. 
(16) SPECIES.—The term ‘‘species’’ includes 
any subspecies of fish or wildlife or plants, and any 
distinct population segment of any species of 
vertebrate fish or wildlife. 
(17) STATE.—The term ‘‘State’’ includes the 
several States, the District of Columbia, American 
Samoa, Guam, the Commonwealth of the Northern 
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Mariana Islands, Puerto Rico, and the Virgin Is-
lands. 
(18) STRATEGIC PLAN.—The term ‘‘Strategic 
Plan’’ means the United States Fish and Wildlife 
Service’s Office of Law Enforcement Strategic Plan 
2006–2010. 
(19) WILDLIFE.—The term ‘‘wildlife’’ means 
any member of the animal kingdom, including, but 
not limited to, mammals, fish, birds, amphibians, 
reptiles, mollusks, or arthropods. 
SEC. 4. COORDINATION. 
The Secretary may utilize all land, services, equip-
ment, personnel, facilities, and resources of the Depart-
ment of the Interior, its bureaus and agencies, in further-
ance of the mandates under this Act. 
SEC. 5. RELATIONSHIP TO OTHER AUTHORITIES. 
Nothing in this Act affects authorities, responsibil-
ities, obligations, or powers of the Secretary under any 
other statute. 
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TITLE I—DEPARTMENT OF THE 
INTERIOR 
INTERNATIONAL 
WILDLIFE 
CONSERVATION 
PROGRAM AUTHORITY 
Subtitle 
A—Institute 
for 
Inter-
national Wildlife Conservation 
SEC. 101. INSTITUTE FOR INTERNATIONAL WILDLIFE CON-
SERVATION. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall establish 
within the Service the Institute for International Wildlife 
Conservation, which shall implement and administer the 
programs authorized by this title. 
(b) ASSISTANT DIRECTOR.—The Institute shall be 
headed by an Assistant Director for International Wildlife 
Conservation, appointed by the Secretary from among in-
dividuals with appropriate experience and education. 
(c) FUNCTIONS.—The Secretary, through the Insti-
tute, shall— 
(1) coordinate international conservation efforts 
abroad initiated by the Department of the Interior 
under other provisions of law, including the provi-
sion of monetary, technical, and logistical assistance 
to on-the-ground conservation efforts at the global, 
regional, and species-specific levels in range States; 
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(2) enhance wildlife species conservation by fo-
cusing efforts on long-term capacity building, con-
servation education, wildlife health, wildlife adapta-
tion to climate change impacts, and human-wildlife 
conflict reduction; 
(3) enhance the capabilities of the Institute to 
work with domestic and international wildlife law en-
forcement; 
(4) provide a forum for the coordination of 
Federal, State, local, tribal, and nongovernmental 
wildlife conservation efforts; 
(5) create and maintain a public education cam-
paign to inform consumers of the laws guiding the 
buying, selling, and transporting of fish or wildlife 
and their derivatives, and the global implications of 
the take of wildlife and the associated wildlife and 
wildlife-related human health risks; and 
(6) any other functions that the Secretary con-
siders necessary to the promotion of wildlife con-
servation internationally. 
(d) INTERNATIONAL WILDLIFE CONSERVATION AC-
TION PLAN.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—No later than one year after 
the date of enactment of this Act, the Assistant Di-
rector, in consultation with the Director, the head of 
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the Office of Law Enforcement within the Service, 
and other bureaus or agencies within the Depart-
ment of the Interior responsible for the conservation 
of wildlife, shall create, submit to the Committee on 
Natural Resources of the House of Representatives, 
and the Committee on Environment and Public 
Works of the Senate, and publish in the Federal 
Register an International Wildlife Conservation Ac-
tion Plan consistent with the purposes of this Act. 
(2) GOALS AND OBJECTIVES.—The Action Plan 
shall include— 
(A) a statement of goals and objectives; 
(B) an implementation schedule, including 
a description of future priorities to advance 
international wildlife conservation; and 
(C) discussion of— 
(i) an assessment of existing and pro-
jected threats facing global wildlife and 
their habitats; 
(ii) an evaluation of current wildlife 
conservation education initiatives in the 
United States and an identification of wild-
life conservation educational needs in the 
United States; 
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(iii) creation, maintenance, and eval-
uation of a wildlife education strategy, in-
cluding identification of target audiences 
and selection of appropriate educational 
messages and types of media to conduct 
public and consumer education programs 
regarding trade in wildlife and wildlife 
products; 
(iv) an assessment of existing wildlife 
law enforcement activities and enhance-
ment strategies for improving international 
wildlife law enforcement; 
(v) an evaluation of the Program, and 
its effective utilization and incorporation of 
principles of conservation biology and land-
scape and ecosystem-level conservation for 
long-term efficiency in conservation; 
(vi) an evaluation of the activities of 
the Center; 
(vii) assessment of the effective, effi-
cient, and coordinated implementation of 
the programs authorized under the Insti-
tute; 
(viii) an assessment of existing coordi-
nation of Federal and non-Federal re-
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sponses to address wildlife and wildlife-re-
lated human health risks in the United 
States; and 
(ix) other factors considered essential 
by the Assistant Director of the Institute. 
(3) CONSULTATION.—The Assistant Director, 
through the Institute, shall consult with accredited 
zoos and aquariums, international wildlife organiza-
tions, academic institutions, nongovernmental orga-
nizations, and other relevant stakeholders with ex-
pertise in wildlife conservation regarding the devel-
opment of the Action Plan. 
(4) REPORTING.—Beginning no later than 
three years after date of enactment of this Act and 
biennially thereafter, the Secretary shall report to 
the Committee on Environment and Public Works in 
the Senate and the Committee on Natural Resources 
of the House of Representatives on the implementa-
tion of the Action Plan. 
(5) REVIEW.—The Assistant Director, through 
the Institute, shall periodically review and revise the 
Action Plan as necessary but no less than once every 
five years. 
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Subtitle B—Programs 
SEC. 121. WILDLIFE WITHOUT BORDERS PROGRAM. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary, through the Insti-
tute, shall carry out a Wildlife Without Borders Program 
to provide international wildlife conservation assistance 
through the initiation, facilitation, and promotion of lo-
cally adapted wildlife management and conservation pro-
grams in coordination with nongovernmental organiza-
tions, governments, private businesses, community lead-
ers, and other stakeholders. The Program shall include, 
but shall not be limited to, partnership programs for 
grassroots capacity building, landscape and ecosystem- 
level conservation planning, applied scientific conservation 
research, wildlife health, wildlife adaptation to climate 
change impacts, application of field methods and proce-
dures, and wildlife management training. 
(b) PROGRAM COMPONENTS.—The Program shall in-
clude the following components: 
(1) GLOBAL PROGRAM.— 
(A) IN
GENERAL.—A global program, 
which shall, through programs under the juris-
diction of the Secretary that are implemented 
through the Service— 
(i) implement global habitat and con-
servation initiatives; 
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(ii) address the international aspects 
of global conservation threats, such as cli-
mate change, invasive species, wildlife dis-
ease, habitat conversion, fragmentation 
and 
degradation, 
and 
illegal 
and 
unsustainable wildlife trade; 
(iii) coordinate, to the extent prac-
ticable, with the activities of other Federal 
agencies participating in the Council and 
those Federal agencies with relevant wild-
life conservation functions; 
(iv) coordinate, and implement inter-
national treaties, conventions, and accords 
on behalf of the Service and in collabora-
tion with other appropriate Federal agen-
cies; and 
(v) 
assess 
opportunities 
for 
transboundary conservation initiatives that 
conserve wildlife and build managing part-
nerships. 
(B) RELATIONSHIP
TO
OTHER
LAW.— 
Nothing in this paragraph alters the respon-
sibilities of the Secretary required under section 
8 of the Fish and Wildlife Act of 1956 (16 
U.S.C. 742g). 
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(2) REGIONAL PROGRAM.—A regional program, 
which shall— 
(A) address grassroots conservation prob-
lems through, subject to the availability of ap-
propriations, a regional grant program focused 
on capacity building within regional range 
States to achieve comprehensive landscape or 
ecosystem-level fish or wildlife conservation in a 
manner adapted to the particular needs of a re-
spective range State; 
(B) facilitate and guide delivery of finan-
cial, scientific, and other technical assistance 
provided by other programs conducted by the 
Service; 
(C) develop and implement regional coordi-
nation mechanisms necessary to implement 
treaties, conventions, or accords entered into by 
the United States under authority delegated to 
the Secretary to promote international fish or 
wildlife conservation; and 
(D) develop and implement a plan to ex-
pand existing regional programs in Mexico, 
Latin America and Caribbean, Russian Far 
East and Africa to other critical landscapes and 
wildlife habitat globally such as increased pres-
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ence in South, Central, East, and Southeast 
Asia. 
(3) SPECIES
PROGRAM.—A species program, 
which shall be comprised of administration of the 
Multinational Species Conservation Funds and pro-
grams authorized by— 
(A) the African Elephant Conservation Act 
of 1988 (16 U.S.C. 4201 et seq.); 
(B) the Asian Elephant Conservation Act 
of 1997 (16 U.S.C. 4261 et seq.); 
(C) the Rhinoceros and Tiger Conservation 
Act of 1994 (16 U.S.C. 5301 et seq.); 
(D) the Great Ape Conservation Act of 
2000 (16 U.S.C. 6301); 
(E) the Marine Turtle Conservation Act of 
2004 (16 U.S.C. 6601); and 
(F) any similar authority provided to the 
Secretary by laws enacted after the enactment 
of this Act and implemented by the Service con-
cerning international fish or wildlife conserva-
tion. 
(c) COORDINATION.—The Secretary shall operate the 
Program components authorized under this section in a 
coordinated fashion to ensure efficient and cost-effective 
implementation. 
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(d) ADDITIONAL COMPONENTS.—The Secretary may 
conduct under the Program other programs that are au-
thorized by law to be conducted by the Secretary, to ad-
dress new and emerging fish and wildlife needs and to ful-
fill the purposes of this Act as the Secretary considers ap-
propriate. 
(e) ACCEPTANCE AND USE OF DONATIONS.—In ad-
ministering the Program, the Secretary may accept dona-
tions of funds, gifts, and in-kind contributions and use 
such donations for capacity building, grants, and other on- 
the-ground uses carried out by the Program components 
authorized under subsection (b). 
(f) MULTIYEAR COOPERATIVE AGREEMENTS.—The 
Secretary may enter into multiyear cooperative agree-
ments with the heads of other Federal agencies, range 
States, territories, other freely associated States, tribal 
governments, local governments, academic institutions, 
and nongovernmental organizations to carry out the activi-
ties authorized under paragraphs (1) and (2) of subsection 
(b) or to otherwise fulfill the purposes of this Act. 
SEC. 122. PUBLIC OUTREACH, EDUCATION, AND WILDLIFE 
AWARENESS PROGRAM. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary, through the Insti-
tute, shall develop and conduct a multifaceted program to 
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broadly engage the general public and target audiences to 
increase public understanding and appreciation of— 
(1) global wildlife resources and biodiversity; 
(2) the threats confronting wildlife populations 
globally; and 
(3) activities that can be undertaken to address 
habitat 
loss 
and 
fragmentation, 
illegal 
and 
unsustainable trade in wildlife and wildlife products, 
wildlife health, climate change, and other threats 
identified by the Secretary. 
(b) EDUCATIONAL OUTREACH PROGRAM.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days 
after the date of enactment of this Act, the Sec-
retary shall develop and implement an educational 
outreach program to increase public awareness of 
United States consumers concerning the importance 
of international wildlife conservation and the threats 
of the illegal and unsustainable consumption and 
trade of wildlife resources and associated wildlife 
and wildlife-related human health risks. 
(2) GUIDELINES.—The Secretary shall publish 
in the Federal Register guidelines for the program. 
(3) PROGRAM
COMPONENTS.—The program 
shall include the following: 
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(A) DEVELOPMENT OF EDUCATIONAL MA-
TERIALS GENERAL.—The Secretary shall pub-
lish and disseminate public information regard-
ing— 
(i) laws governing the consumption 
and trade of fish or wildlife or wildlife 
products, in particular laws prohibiting the 
trade of endangered species of wildlife and 
wildlife products; 
(ii) the importance of international 
wildlife conservation; and 
(iii) the global implications of species 
and biodiversity loss. 
(B) DISTRIBUTION OF EDUCATIONAL MA-
TERIALS.—The Secretary, through the Insti-
tute, shall disseminate educational materials in 
a way that— 
(i) targets vendors, transporters, and 
consumers of legal and illegal wildlife prod-
ucts, in particular heavily trafficked ports 
of tourist embarkation and return, live or 
wet markets in range States where there 
are wildlife or wildlife-related human 
health risks, businesses and commercial 
enterprises legally licensed to sell fish or 
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