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 
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: 
‘‘(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 as pro-
vided in advance in appropriations Acts for the benefit of 
the species impacted by the applicable violation.’’. 
(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: 
‘‘(iii) sections 1952(f), 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: ‘‘or section 1952(f), 1956(j), 
or 1963(n) of title 18,’’. 
SEC. 9. OTHER ACTIONS RELATING TO WILDLIFE TRAF-
FICKING PROGRAMS. 
It is the sense of Congress that the Secretary of State 
should dedicate sufficient program resources to— 
(1) conduct monitoring and evaluation, with a 
special emphasis where feasible on impact evalua-
tions, of wildlife trafficking programs consistent with 
the Department of State’s January 2015 Evaluation 
Policy; 
(2) publish program information on wildlife 
trafficking programs on the Department of State’s 
Internet website, ‘‘ForeignAssistance.gov’’ in a dig-
ital format consistent with the United States com-
mitment to the International Aid Transparency Ini-
tiative (IATI); and
(3) develop and implement a learning agenda to 
improve the performance and impact of wildlife traf-
ficking programs and to share best practices among 
relevant executive branch agencies. 
Passed the House of Representatives November 2, 
2015. 
Attest: 
Clerk.
114TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 2494 
AN ACT 
To support global anti-poaching efforts, strengthen 
the capacity of partner countries to counter wild-
life trafficking, designate major wildlife traf-
ficking countries, and for other purposes.