turtle’’ each place it appears and inserting ‘‘marine 
turtle, freshwater turtle, and tortoise’’; 
(B) in each of sections 4(b) and 4(d), (16 
U.S.C. 6603(b) and 6603(d)), by striking ‘‘marine 
turtle’’ each place it appears and inserting ‘‘marine 
turtle, freshwater turtle, or tortoise’’; 
(C) in each of sections 2(a)(5), 2(a)(6), 2(a)(7), 
2(a)(9), 2(b), and 4(a) (16 U.S.C. 6601(a)(5), 
6601(a)(6), 6601(a)(7), 6601(a)(9), 6601(b), and 
6603(a)), by striking ‘‘marine turtles’’ each place it 
appears and inserting ‘‘marine turtles, freshwater 
turtles, and tortoises’’; 
(D) in each of sections 3(2), 4(b), 4(d), 4(e), 
and 6(a) (16 U.S.C. 6602(2), 6603(b), 6603(d), 
6603(e), and 6605(a)), by striking ‘‘marine turtles’’ 
each place it appears and inserting ‘‘marine turtles, 
freshwater turtles, or tortoises’’; 
(E) in the heading for section 4 (16 U.S.C. 
6603), by striking ‘‘MARINE TURTLE’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘TURTLE AND TORTOISE’’; and 
(F) in section 5 (16 U.S.C. 6604)— 
(i) in the section heading, by striking ‘‘MA-
RINE TURTLE’’ and inserting ‘‘TURTLE AND 
TORTOISE’’; and 
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(ii) in subsection (a), by striking ‘‘Marine 
Turtle’’ and inserting ‘‘Turtle and Tortoise’’— 
(I) by striking ‘‘Marine Turtle’’ and 
inserting ‘‘Turtle and Tortoise’’; 
(5) in section 4 (16 U.S.C. 6603)— 
(A) in subsection (b)(1)(A), by inserting 
‘‘or territory of the United States’’ after ‘‘for-
eign country’’; and 
(B) in subsection (d) by inserting ‘‘or ter-
ritories of the United States’’ after ‘‘foreign 
countries’’; 
(6) in section 5(a) (16 U.S.C. 6604(a)), by 
striking ‘‘and’’ after the semicolon at the end of 
paragraph (2), striking the period at the end of 
paragraph (3) and inserting ‘‘; and’’, and by adding 
at the end the following: 
‘‘(4) any amounts received by the United States 
for any violation of law pertaining to marine turtles, 
freshwater turtles, or tortoises under the Endan-
gered Species Act of 1973 (16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.), 
the Lacey Act Amendments of 1981 (16 U.S.C. 
3371 et seq.), or regulations implementing those 
Acts, including such amounts received as— 
‘‘(A) fines or penalties; 
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‘‘(B) proceeds from sales of forfeited prop-
erty, assets, or cargo; or 
‘‘(C) restitution to the Federal Govern-
ment.’’; and 
(7) in section 7 (16 U.S.C. 6606)— 
(A) by inserting before the text the fol-
lowing: ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—’’; and 
(B) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(b) ALLOCATION.—Of the amount authorized by 
subsection (a) for each fiscal year— 
‘‘(1) an amount not exceeding $1,510,000 is 
authorized only for use by the Secretary for marine 
turtle conservation purposes under this Act; and 
‘‘(2) of the amount appropriated in excess of 
$1,510,000, not less than 40 percent is authorized 
only for use by the Secretary for freshwater turtle 
and tortoise conservation purposes under this Act.’’. 
SEC. 8. FUNDING FOR MARINE MAMMAL CONSERVATION. 
All amounts collected by the Secretary of Commerce, 
including fines, penalties, and proceeds from sales of for-
feited assets or cargo, for violations of the Marine Mam-
mal Protection Act of 1972 (16 U.S.C. 1361 et seq.) or 
regulations implementing that Act shall be used by the 
Secretary for— 
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(1) the benefit of the marine mammal species 
impacted by the applicable violation, to the extent 
practicable; 
(2) marine mammal conservation purposes, as 
determined by the Secretary; 
(3) responding to marine mammal strandings, 
entanglements, or unusual mortality events, includ-
ing activities under the John H. Prescott Marine 
Mammal Rescue Assistance Grant Program author-
ized by section 408 of the Marine Mammal Protec-
tion Act of 1972 (16 U.S.C. 4121f–1); 
(4) payment of awards to whistleblowers on the 
applicable violation under section 4(c) of this Act; or 
(5) enforcement of the Marine Mammal Protec-
tion Act of 1972 (16 U.S.C. 1361 et seq.) and regu-
lations implementing that Act. 
SEC. 9. FUNDING FOR SHARK CONSERVATION. 
All amounts available to the Secretary of Commerce 
that are attributable to fines, penalties, and forfeitures of 
property (or proceeds from the sale of such forfeited prop-
erty) imposed for violations under section 307(1)(P) of the 
Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Manage-
ment Act (16 U.S.C. 1857(1)(P)) or violations of any fish-
ery management plan for sharks under that Act shall be 
used by the Secretary for— 
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(1) the benefit of the shark species impacted by 
the applicable violation, to the extent practicable; 
(2) shark conservation purposes, including to 
carry out the provisions of law enacted by the Shark 
Conservation Act of 2010 (Public Law 111–348); 
(3) payment of awards to whistleblowers on the 
applicable violation under section (4)(c) of this Act; 
or 
(4) enforcement of section 307(1)(P) of the 
Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Man-
agement Act (16 U.S.C. 1857(1)(P)) or any fishery 
management plan for sharks under that Act. 
SEC. 10. WILDLIFE TRAFFICKING VIOLATIONS AS PREDI-
CATE OFFENSES UNDER TRAVEL ACT AND 
RACKETEERING STATUTE. 
(a) TRAVEL ACT.—Section 1952 of title 18, United 
States Code, is further 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 any of sub-
paragraphs (A) through (F) of section 9(a)(1) 
of the Endangered Species Act of 1973 (16 
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