(e) CHAIRMAN.—A member of the Advisory Board 
shall be elected by a vote of the majority of the Board 
to serve as Chairman for a 2-year term. 
(f) MEETINGS.—The Advisory Board shall convene at 
the call of the Chairman to consider a specific agenda of 
issues, as determined by the Chairman in consultation 
with the working group and other members of the Advi-
sory Board. 
(g) REPORTING.—The Advisory Board shall report to 
the working group chair designated in accordance with 
subsection (a)(3) on its deliberations, conclusions, and rec-
ommendations. 
(h) APPLICABILITY OF FEDERAL ADVISORY COM-
MITTEE ACT.—The Advisory Board shall be exempt from 
the provisions of the Federal Advisory Committee Act (5 
U.S.C. App.). 
SEC. 203. REPORTING. 
(a) GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE RE-
PORT.—Not later than 4 years after the International 
Conservation Strategy is established under section 201, 
the Comptroller General of the United States shall con-
duct an audit to consider the progress made to achieve 
the objectives, goals, and benchmarks described in section 
201(b), and submit to the appropriate congressional com-
mittees a report on the development and implementation 
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of the International Conservation Strategy. The report 
shall— 
(1) assess progress made in accomplishing the 
goals and benchmarks described in section 201(b); 
(2) assess the extent to which the executive 
branch agencies have identified conservation pro-
grams and projects that have the potential for rep-
lication or adaptation, particularly at low cost, in 
other United States international conservation ef-
forts; 
(3) assess the extent to which agencies have in-
creased the efficiency and effectiveness of United 
States international conservation programs and re-
ducing executive branch agency overhead or project 
administration costs for conservation programs im-
plemented abroad; 
(4) assess the extent to which agencies have 
identified unsuccessful projects and programs and 
the actions taken to improve performance or termi-
nate such projects and programs; 
(5) assess the extent to which agencies have 
quantified the economic benefits that resulted from 
investments in international conservation programs 
and activities called for in the Strategy, and an ac-
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counting of the measures utilized to calculate such 
benefits; 
(6) assess the security benefits to the United 
States and friends and allies from better manage-
ment of natural resources and reduction of poaching 
and wildlife trafficking; 
(7) include policy analyses and outline options 
for congressional consideration; and 
(8) include any other analyses the Comptroller 
General considers necessary or appropriate. 
SEC. 204. WILDLIFE DEPENDENT RECREATION AND USES 
OF WILDLIFE. 
(a) WILDLIFE DEPENDENT RECREATION.—No pro-
vision in this Act shall be construed as restricting, lim-
iting, or otherwise impairing properly managed rec-
reational hunting and angling. 
(b) REGULATED USES OF WILDLIFE.—No provision 
in this Act shall be construed as restricting, limiting, or 
otherwise impairing the ability of any foreign jurisdiction 
or authority to authorize regulated programs supporting 
wildlife for local consumption and commercialization. 
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TITLE III—SUPPORT AND RE-
SOURCES 
FROM 
OTHER 
COUNTRIES 
SEC. 301. DIPLOMATIC GOALS AND VENUES. 
(a) GOALS.—Congress urges the President to work 
with the world’s major foreign assistance donor countries 
to— 
(1) develop a comprehensive and coordinated 
international conservation assistance strategy con-
sistent with the priorities identified in the United 
States’ International Conservation Strategy estab-
lished pursuant to section 201(a); 
(2) identify innovative and efficient multilateral 
mechanisms that can be used to coordinate inter-
national action by all participating donor countries, 
identify and reduce duplication of efforts among 
such donors, achieve the most cost effective invest-
ments, and leverage international foreign assistance 
with meaningful financial and other commitments in 
recipient countries; and 
(3) agree on a timetable for achieving the goals 
of the United States’ International Conservation 
Strategy. 
(b) VENUES.—Congress urges the President to ex-
plore opportunities for achieving the goals identified in 
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this section within the context of United States bilateral 
diplomacy with other important international donor coun-
tries, bilateral diplomacy with newly emerging donor coun-
tries, and all appropriate multilateral venues. 
Æ 
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