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TITLE 
IV—PROGRAMS 
TO 
AD-
DRESS 
THE 
ESCALATING 
WILDLIFE TRAFFICKING CRI-
SIS 
SEC. 401. ANTI-POACHING PROGRAMS. 
(a) WILDLIFE LAW ENFORCEMENT PROFESSIONAL 
TRAINING AND COORDINATION ACTIVITIES.—The Secretary 
of State and the Administrator of the United States Agency 
for International Development, in collaboration with the 
heads of other relevant United States agencies and non-
governmental partners where appropriate, may provide as-
sistance to focus countries to carry out the recommendations 
made in the strategic plan required by section 301(a)(2), 
among other goals, to improve the effectiveness of wildlife 
law enforcement in regions and countries that have dem-
onstrated capacity, willingness, and need for assistance. 
(b) SENSE OF CONGRESS REGARDING SECURITY AS-
SISTANCE
TO
COUNTER
WILDLIFE
TRAFFICKING
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 related training to appropriate security forces 
of countries of Africa for the purposes of countering wildlife 
trafficking and poaching.
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SEC. 402. ANTI-TRAFFICKING PROGRAMS. 
(a) INVESTIGATIVE CAPACITY BUILDING.—The Sec-
retary of State and the Administrator of the United States 
Agency for International Development, in collaboration 
with the heads of other relevant United States agencies and 
communities, regions, and governments in focus countries, 
may design and implement programs in focus countries to 
carry out the recommendations made in the strategic plan 
required under section 301(a)(2) among other goals, with 
clear and measurable targets and indicators of success, to 
increase the capacity of wildlife law enforcement and cus-
toms and border security officers in focus countries. 
(b) TRANSNATIONAL PROGRAMS.—The Secretary of 
State and the Administrator of the United States Agency 
for International Development, in collaboration with other 
relevant United States agencies, nongovernmental partners, 
and international bodies, and in collaboration with commu-
nities, regions, and governments in focus countries, may de-
sign and implement programs, including support for Wild-
life Enforcement Networks, in focus countries to carry out 
the recommendations made in the strategic plan required 
under section 301(a)(2), among other goals, to better under-
stand and combat the transnational trade in illegal wild-
life.
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SEC. 403. ENGAGEMENT OF UNITED STATES DIPLOMATIC 
MISSIONS. 
As soon as practicable but not later than 2 years after 
the date of the enactment of this Act, each chief of mission 
to a focus country should begin to implement the rec-
ommendations contained in the strategic plan required 
under section 301(a)(2), among other goals, for the country. 
SEC. 404. COMMUNITY CONSERVATION. 
The Secretary of State, in collaboration with the 
United State Agency for International Development, heads 
of other relevant United States agencies, the private sector, 
nongovernmental organizations, and other development 
partners, may provide support in focus countries to carry 
out the recommendations made in the strategic plan re-
quired under section 301(a)(2) as such recommendations re-
late to the development, scaling, and replication of commu-
nity wildlife conservancies and community conservation 
programs in focus countries to assist with rural stability 
and greater security for people and wildlife, empower and 
support communities to manage or benefit from their wild-
life resources in a long-term biologically viable manner, and 
reduce the threat of poaching and trafficking, including 
through— 
(1) promoting conservation-based enterprises and 
incentives, such as eco-tourism and stewardship-ori-
ented agricultural production, that empower commu-
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nities to manage wildlife, natural resources, and com-
munity ventures where appropriate, by ensuring they 
benefit from well-managed wildlife populations; 
(2) helping create alternative livelihoods to 
poaching by mitigating wildlife trafficking, helping 
support rural stability, greater security for people 
and wildlife, responsible economic development, and 
economic incentives to conserve wildlife populations; 
(3) engaging regional businesses and the private 
sector to develop goods and services to aid in anti- 
poaching and anti-trafficking measures; 
(4) working with communities to develop secure 
and safe methods of sharing information with enforce-
ment officials; 
(5) providing technical assistance to support 
land use stewardship plans to improve the economic, 
environmental, and social outcomes in community- 
owned or -managed lands; 
(6) supporting community anti-poaching efforts, 
including policing and informant networks; 
(7) working with community and national gov-
ernments to develop relevant policy and regulatory 
frameworks to enable and promote community con-
servation programs, including supporting law en-
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forcement engagement with wildlife protection au-
thorities to promote information-sharing; and 
(8) working with national governments to ensure 
that communities have timely and effective support 
from national authorities to mitigate risks that com-
munities may face when engaging in anti-poaching 
and anti-trafficking activities. 
TITLE V—OTHER ACTIONS RE-
LATING TO WILDLIFE TRAF-
FICKING PROGRAMS 
SEC. 501. AMENDMENTS TO FISHERMAN’S PROTECTIVE ACT 
OF 1967. 
Section 8 of the Fisherman’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’’; 
(B) in paragraph (2), by inserting ‘‘, in 
consultation with the Secretary of State,’’ after 
‘‘Secretary of the Interior’’; 
(C) in paragraph (3), by inserting ‘‘in con-
sultation with the Secretary of State,’’ after ‘‘, as 
appropriate,’’;
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(D) by redesigning paragraph (4) as para-
graph (5); and 
(E) by inserting after paragraph (3) the fol-
lowing new paragraph: 
‘‘(4) The Secretary of Commerce and the Sec-
retary of the Interior shall each report to Congress 
each certification to the President made by such Sec-
retary under this subsection, within 15 days after 
making such certification.’’; and 
(2) in subsection (d), by inserting ‘‘in consulta-
tion with the Secretary of State,’’ after ‘‘as the case 
may be,’’. 
SEC. 502. WILDLIFE TRAFFICKING VIOLATIONS AS PREDI-
CATE OFFENSES UNDER MONEY LAUNDERING 
STATUTE. 
Section 1956(c)(7) of title 18, United States Code, is 
amended— 
(1) in subparagraph (E), by striking ‘‘; or’’ and 
inserting a semicolon; 
(2) in subparagraph (F), by striking the semi-
colon and inserting ‘‘; or’’; and 
(3) by adding at the end the following new sub-
paragraph: 
‘‘(G) any act that is a criminal violation of 
subparagraph (A), (B), (C), (D), (E), or (F) of