have proven unable or unwilling to stop the product 
from coming across their borders; and 
(7) strategies to reduce demand for ivory 
through education and other nonbinding means are 
necessary, but not sufficient, to conserve African ele-
phant populations. 
(b) PURPOSE.—The purpose of this Act is to provide 
a means by which the United States can affect demand 
for and illegal trafficking of African elephant ivory in 
other countries by requiring those countries to enter into 
consultations with the United States to end the illegal 
ivory trade, as a condition of continued access to United 
States markets for other natural resource products. 
SEC. 3. ILLEGAL IVORY TRADE DEFINED. 
Section 2305 of the African Elephant Conservation 
Act (16 U.S.C. 4244) is amended by redesignating para-
graphs (5) through (13) as paragraphs (6) through (14), 
respectively, and by inserting after paragraph (4) the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(5) ILLEGAL IVORY TRADE.—The term ‘illegal 
ivory trade’ means any sale, purchase, barter, tran-
sit, or exchange of raw ivory or worked ivory that 
was taken in violation of the laws of an ivory pro-
ducing country or of international wildlife trade 
agreements, including CITES.’’. 
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SEC. 4. AMENDMENT TO FINDINGS IN AFRICAN ELEPHANT 
CONSERVATION ACT. 
Section 2003 of the African Elephant Conservation 
Act (16 U.S.C. 4202) is amended by adding at the end 
the following: 
‘‘(10) Poaching and trafficking of wildlife has 
become a global crisis, funding organized criminal 
syndicates and terrorist organizations and harming 
elephant populations and local communities. African 
elephant ivory is at the center of this crisis, and im-
mediate action is necessary to eliminate the demand 
for ivory and the profit incentive for poachers and 
traffickers.’’. 
SEC. 5. STATEMENT OF POLICY. 
Section 2004 of the African Elephant Conservation 
Act (16 U.S.C. 4203) is amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘and’’ after the semicolon at the 
end of paragraph (1); 
(2) by striking the period at the end of para-
graph (2) and by inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 
(3) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(3) to prevent additional African elephant 
ivory from entering global commerce, and to reduce 
demand for ivory that is driving elephant poaching 
by limiting natural resources-related trade with 
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countries whose nationals are engaged in illegal 
ivory trade.’’. 
SEC. 6. CERTIFICATION UNDER FISHERMEN’S PROTECTIVE 
ACT OF 1967. 
Section 2202 of the African Elephant Conservation 
Act (16 U.S.C. 4222) is amended by adding at the end 
the following: 
‘‘(g) CERTIFICATION.—Identification of a country by 
the CITES Standing Committee as a country of primary 
concern because it is a significant source or transit or des-
tination point for illegal ivory trade is deemed to be a cer-
tification with respect to the country for the purposes of 
section 8(a) of the Fishermen’s Protective Act of 1967 (22 
U.S.C. 1978(a)).’’. 
SEC. 7. CONSULTATION AND SANCTION. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Part II of the African Elephant 
Conservation Act (16 U.S.C. 4221 et seq.) is amended by 
adding at the end the following: 
‘‘SEC. 2206. CONSULTATION AND SANCTION. 
‘‘(a) CONSULTATION.—Not later than 30 days after 
a certification with respect to the country under section 
2202(g), the President shall seek to enter into consulta-
tions with the government of the country for the purpose 
of obtaining an agreement that will immediately terminate 
all illegal ivory trade into, out of, or within that country. 
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‘‘(b) PROHIBITION ON TRADE IN RELATED NATURAL 
RESOURCES.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—If consultations with a gov-
ernment under subsection (a) are not satisfactorily 
concluded within 90 days or if a government refuses 
to enter into consultations, the President shall direct 
the Secretary to prohibit the importation into the 
United States of products of wildlife, fish, and 
plants from that country until the earlier of— 
‘‘(A) the date an agreement with the coun-
try under subsection (a) is finalized; or 
‘‘(B) the date the CITES Standing Com-
mittee finds that the country is no longer a sig-
nificant source or transit or destination point 
for illegal ivory trade. 
‘‘(2) PUBLIC
NOTICE.—The Secretary shall 
publish public notice of any prohibition under this 
subsection not later than 30 days before the effective 
date of the prohibition. 
‘‘(c) DETERMINATION OF EFFECTIVENESS OF SANC-
TIONS.—Not later than 180 days after the effective date 
of a prohibition under subsection (b), the Secretary shall 
determine and report to Congress whether— 
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‘‘(1) the prohibition is sufficient to cause the 
country to terminate illegal ivory trade into, out of, 
or within that country; and 
‘‘(2) that country has retaliated against the 
United States as a result of that prohibition.’’. 
(b) 
COUNTRIES
IDENTIFIED
BEFORE
ENACT-
MENT.—In the case of a country that before the date of 
the enactment of this Act was identified by the CITES 
Standing Committee as a country of primary concern be-
cause it is a significant source or transit or destination 
point for illegal ivory trade and that the CITES Standing 
Committee continues to identify as such on the date of 
the enactment of this Act, the President shall seek to enter 
into consultations under the amendment made by sub-
section (a) by not later than 30 days after the date of 
the enactment of this Act. 
Æ 
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