subject to the withholding of assistance described in 
subsection (c). 
(f) REPORTING COST OFFSET.—Section 8 of Public 
Law 107–245 (50 U.S.C. 1701 note) is repealed. 
(g) SUNSET.—This section shall terminate on the 
date that is 5 years after the date of the enactment of 
this Act. 
SEC. 6. SENSE OF CONGRESS REGARDING SECURITY AS-
SISTANCE
TO
COUNTER
WILDLIFE
TRAF-
FICKING AND POACHING IN AFRICA. 
It is the sense of Congress that the United States 
should continue to provide defense articles (not including 
significant military equipment), defense services, and re-
lated training to appropriate security forces of countries 
of Africa for the purposes of countering wildlife trafficking 
and poaching. 
SEC. 7. UPDATES TO THE FISHERMEN’S PROTECTIVE ACT 
OF 1967. 
Section 8 of the Fishermen’s Protective Act of 1967 
(22 U.S.C. 1978) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (a)— 
(A) in paragraph (1), by inserting ‘‘, in 
consultation with the Secretary of State,’’ after 
‘‘Secretary of Commerce’’; 
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(B) in paragraph (2), by inserting ‘‘, in 
consultation with the Secretary of State,’’ be-
fore ‘‘finds’’; 
(C) in paragraph (3), by inserting ‘‘in con-
sultation with the Secretary of State,’’ after ‘‘, 
as appropriate,’’; 
(D) by redesignating paragraph (4) as 
paragraph (5), and by inserting after paragraph 
(3) the following: 
‘‘(4) The Secretary of Commerce and the Secretary 
of the Interior shall each report to the Congress each cer-
tification to the President made by such Secretary under 
this subsection, within 15 days after making such certifi-
cation.’’; and 
(2) in subsection (d), by inserting ‘‘in consulta-
tion with the Secretary of State,’’ after ‘‘as the case 
may be,’’. 
SEC. 8. WILDLIFE TRAFFICKING VIOLATIONS AS PREDI-
CATE OFFENSES UNDER RACKETEERING AND 
MONEY LAUNDERING STATUTES. 
(a) TRAVEL ACT.—Section 1952 of title 18, United 
States Code, is amended— 
(1) in subsection (b)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘or (3)’’ and inserting 
‘‘(3)’’; and 
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(B) by striking ‘‘of this title and (ii)’’ and 
inserting the following: ‘‘of this title, or (4) any 
act that is a criminal violation of section 
9(a)(1) of the Endangered Species Act of 1973 
(16 U.S.C. 1538(a)(1)), section 2203 of the Af-
rican Elephant Conservation Act (16 U.S.C. 
4223), or section 7(a) of the Rhinoceros and 
Tiger Conservation Act of 1994 (16 U.S.C. 
5305a(a)), if the endangered or threatened spe-
cies, products, items, or substances involved in 
the violation and relevant conduct, as applica-
ble, have a total value of more than $10,000 
and (ii)’’; and 
(2) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(f) USE OF AMOUNTS FROM FINES, FORFEITURES, 
AND
RESTITUTION
RELATING
TO
WILDLIFE
TRAF-
FICKING VIOLATIONS.—Any amounts received by the 
United States as fines, forfeitures of property or assets, 
or restitution to the Government for any violation under 
this section that involves an unlawful activity described in 
subsection (b)(i)(4) shall be transferred by the Secretary 
of the Treasury, to the extent practicable, to the Multi-
national Species Conservation Fund and used as provided 
in advance in appropriations Acts for the benefit of the 
species impacted by the applicable violation.’’. 
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(b) MONEY LAUNDERING.—Section 1956 of title 18, 
United States Code, is amended— 
(1) in subsection (c)(7)— 
(A) in subparagraph (E), by striking ‘‘or’’ 
at the end; 
(B) in subparagraph (F), by adding ‘‘or’’ 
at the end; and 
(C) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(G) any act or acts constituting a crimi-
nal violation of section 9(a)(1) of the Endan-
gered
Species
Act
of
1973
(16
U.S.C. 
1538(a)(1)), section 2203 of the African Ele-
phant Conservation Act (16 U.S.C. 4223), or 
section 7(a) of the Rhinoceros and Tiger Con-
servation Act of 1994 (16 U.S.C. 5305a(a)), if 
the endangered or threatened species, products, 
items, or substances involved in the violation 
and relevant conduct, as applicable, have a total 
value of more than $10,000;’’; and 
(2) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(j) USE
OF AMOUNTS FROM CIVIL PENALTIES, 
FINES, FORFEITURES, AND RESTITUTION RELATING TO 
WILDLIFE TRAFFICKING VIOLATIONS.—Any amounts re-
ceived by the United States as fines, forfeitures of prop-
erty or assets, or restitution to the Government for any 
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violation under this section that involves an unlawful activ-
ity described in subsection (c)(7)(G) shall be transferred 
by the Secretary of the Treasury, to the extent practicable, 
to the Multinational Species Conservation Fund and used 
as provided in advance in appropriations Acts for the ben-
efit of the species impacted by the applicable violation.’’. 
(c) RICO.—Chapter 96 of title 18, United States 
Code, is amended— 
(1) in section 1961(1)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘or (G)’’ and inserting 
‘‘(G)’’; and 
(B) by inserting before the semicolon at 
the end the following: ‘‘, or (H) any act consti-
tuting a criminal violation of section 9(a)(1) of 
the Endangered Species Act of 1973 (16 U.S.C. 
1538(a)(1)), section 2203 of the African Ele-
phant Conservation Act (16 U.S.C. 4223), or 
section 7(a) of the Rhinoceros and Tiger Con-
servation Act of 1994 (16 U.S.C. 5305a(a)), if 
the endangered or threatened species, products, 
items, or substances involved in the violation 
and relevant conduct, as applicable, have a total 
value of more than $10,000’’; and 
(2) in section 1963, by adding at the end the 
following: 
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