nancial intelligence units, customs and border pro-
tection agencies, and the judiciary system, that will 
serve as a conduit to the larger wildlife enforcement 
network and the central secretariat; 
(4) strengthen cooperation and the capacity of 
law enforcement agencies of the wildlife enforcement 
network; 
(5) facilitate the sharing of intelligence and rel-
evant case information within the agencies of a wild-
life enforcement network; 
(6) support the cooperation and coordination 
between different regional wildlife enforcement net-
works; 
(7) incorporate and utilize expertise from inter-
national bodies and civil society organizations that 
have appropriate subject matter expertise; and 
(8) eventually create an institutionalized, sus-
tainable, and self-sufficient platform. 
SEC. 4. SUPPORTING THE PROFESSIONALIZATION OF THE 
WILDLIFE LAW ENFORCEMENT SECTOR. 
The Secretary of State, the Administrator of the 
United States Agency for International Development, the 
Director of the United States Fish and Wildlife Service, 
and heads of other appropriate agencies, including the Na-
tional Park Service and the United States Forest Service, 
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should, in an effort to address local and regional threats 
to biodiversity and conservation and support the rule of 
law and good governance, promote the professionalization 
of the wildlife law enforcement sector and professional 
ranger training in partner countries through support and 
technical assistance for the following: 
(1) The creation and adoption of standards for 
professional ranger training and qualifications, in-
cluding in relevant international fora and multilat-
eral agreements. 
(2) Training and accreditation systems based 
on the standards described in paragraph (1) that 
produce professionally trained and qualified rangers 
and promote the overall professionalization of ranger 
forces, whether through existing United States insti-
tutions, such as International Law Enforcement 
Academies, or through partnerships with national or 
regional training institutions. 
(3) Legal reforms, where necessary, to provide 
rangers with authority to detain and arrest suspects, 
process crime scenes, present evidence in court, and 
defend themselves in life threatening situations. 
(4) The development and institutionalization of 
reward and promotion systems for rangers based on 
performance and set competencies. 
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(5) The development and institutionalization of 
national systems to provide insurance to rangers and 
their families and compensation for those rangers 
killed in the line of duty. 
(6) Cooperation and coordination between local 
law enforcement tasked with wildlife or park protec-
tion and defense forces, where appropriate, including 
training opportunities, logistical support, or provi-
sion of equipment. 
SEC. 5. DESIGNATION OF MAJOR WILDLIFE TRAFFICKING 
COUNTRIES AND AUTHORITY TO WITHHOLD 
CERTAIN ASSISTANCE. 
(a) REPORT.—Not later than September 15 of each 
year, the Secretary of State, in consultation with the Sec-
retary of the Interior and the Secretary of Commerce, 
shall submit to Congress a report that lists each foreign 
country determined to be a major source of wildlife traf-
ficking products or their derivatives, a major transit point 
of wildlife trafficking products or their derivatives, or a 
major consumer of wildlife trafficking products or their 
derivatives. 
(b) SPECIAL DESIGNATION.—In each report required 
under subsection (a), the Secretary of State, in consulta-
tion with the Secretary of Interior and the Secretary of 
Commerce, shall— 
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(1) designate each country listed in the report 
that has failed demonstrably, during the previous 
12-month period, to make substantial efforts to ad-
here to its obligations under international agree-
ments relating to endangered or threatened species; 
and 
(2) include a short justification for each deter-
mination made under paragraph (1). 
(c) WITHHOLDING OF ASSISTANCE.—The Secretary 
of State may withhold assistance described in subsection 
(d) with respect to each foreign country that is specially 
designated under subsection (b). 
(d) ASSISTANCE DESCRIBED.—The assistance de-
scribed in this subsection are sections 516, 524, and 541 
of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2321j, 
2344, or 2347), chapter 6 of part II of the Foreign Assist-
ance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2348 et seq.), and section 
23 of the Arms Export Control Act (22 U.S.C. 2763). 
(e) NOTIFICATION.—The Secretary of State shall no-
tify— 
(1) the government of each foreign country that 
is listed in the report required under subsection (a) 
that the country has been so listed; and 
(2) the government of each foreign country that 
is specially designated under subsection (b) and is 
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subject to the withholding of assistance described in 
subsection (c). 
SEC. 6. AUTHORITY TO PROVIDE SECURITY ASSISTANCE TO 
COUNTER 
WILDLIFE 
TRAFFICKING 
AND 
POACHING IN AFRICA. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The President is authorized to 
provide defense articles, defense services, and related 
training to security forces of countries of Africa for the 
purpose of countering wildlife trafficking and poaching. 
(b) TYPES
OF ASSISTANCE.—Assistance provided 
under subsection (a) may include intelligence and surveil-
lance assets, communications and electronic equipment, 
mobility assets, night vision and thermal imaging devices, 
and organizational clothing and individual equipment, 
pursuant to the applicable provisions of the Arms Export 
Control Act (22 U.S.C. 2751 et seq.), the Foreign Assist-
ance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2151 et seq.), and other rel-
evant provisions of law. 
(c) SPECIAL RULE.—Assistance provided under sub-
section (a) shall be in addition to any other assistance pro-
vided to the countries referred to in such subsection under 
any other provision of law. 
(d) PROHIBITION ON ASSISTANCE.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—No assistance may be pro-
vided under subsection (a) to a unit of a security 
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force of a country of Africa if the President deter-
mines that the unit has been found to engage in 
wildlife trafficking or poaching. 
(2) EXCEPTION.—The prohibition in paragraph 
(1) shall not apply with respect to a unit of a secu-
rity force of a country of Africa if the President de-
termines that the government of the country is tak-
ing effective steps to hold the unit accountable and 
prevent the unit from engaging in trafficking and 
poaching. 
(e) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) DEFENSE
ARTICLE, DEFENSE
SERVICE, 
AND TRAINING.—The terms ‘‘defense article’’, ‘‘de-
fense service’’, and ‘‘training’’ have the meanings 
given such terms in section 47 of the Arms Export 
Control Act (22 U.S.C. 2794 note). 
(2) SECURITY
FORCE.—The term ‘‘security 
force’’ means a military, law enforcement, gendar-
merie, park ranger, or any other security force with 
responsibility for protecting wildlife and natural 
habitats. 
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— 
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(1) in subsection (a)— 
(A) in paragraph (1), by inserting ‘‘, in 
consultation with the Secretary of State,’’ after 
‘‘Secretary of Commerce’’; 
(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,’’; and 
(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,’’. 
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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 
(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, 
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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 for the ben-
efit of the species impacted by the applicable violation.’’. 
(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 
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(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 
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 
for the benefit 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 
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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: 
‘‘(n) 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 
section 1962 that is based on racketeering activity de-
scribed in section 1961(1)(H) shall be transferred by the 
Secretary of the Treasury, to the extent practicable, to the 
Multinational Species Conservation Fund and used for the 
benefit of the species impacted by the applicable viola-
tion.’’. 
(d) TECHNICAL AND CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.— 
(1) USE OF AMOUNTS FROM FINES.—Section 
1402(b)(1)(A) of the Victims of Crime Act of 1984 
(42 U.S.C. 10601(b)(1)(A)) is amended— 
(A) in clause (i), by striking ‘‘and’’ at the 
end; and 
(B) by adding at the end the following: 
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‘‘(iii) sections 1952(e), 1956(j), and 
1963(n) of title 18, United States Code; 
and’’. 
(2) USE OF AMOUNTS FROM FORFEITURES.— 
Section 524(c)(4)(A) of title 28, United States Code, 
is amended by inserting before ‘‘or the Postmaster 
General’’ the following: ‘‘under section 1952(f), 
1956(j), or 1963(n) of title 18,’’. 
Æ 
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