(7) support effective implementation of CITES 
and other international agreements relating to wild-
life conservation, in coordination with the Secretary 
of State; 
(8) work to reduce global demand for illegally 
traded wildlife products and illegally taken wildlife; 
and 
(9) conduct other duties as the Secretary, in 
consultation with the Secretary of State, determines 
to be appropriate to combat wildlife trafficking and 
promote conservation of at-risk species. 
SEC. 302. 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 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 subparagraph 
(A), (B), (C), (D), (E), or (F) of section 
9(a)(1) of the Endangered Species Act of 1973 
(16 U.S.C. 1538(a)(1)), section 2203 of the Af-
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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 of fish or wildlife, products, items, or sub-
stances involved in the violation and relevant 
conduct, as applicable, have a total value of 
more than $10,000 and (ii)’’; and 
(2) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(f) The Secretary of the Treasury shall transfer to 
the Secretary of the Interior any amounts received by the 
United States as civil penalties, fines, forfeitures of prop-
erty or assets, or restitution to the Federal Government 
for any violation under this section that involves an unlaw-
ful activity described in subsection (b)(i)(4).’’. 
(b) 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 that is 
a criminal violation of subparagraph (A), (B), 
(C), (D), (E), or (F) of section 9(a)(1) of the 
Endangered Species Act of 1973 (16 U.S.C. 
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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 of fish or 
wildlife, products, items, or substances involved 
in the violation and relevant conduct, as appli-
cable, have a total value of more than 
$10,000’’; and 
(2) in section 1963, by adding at the end the 
following: 
‘‘(n) The Secretary of the Treasury shall transfer to 
the Secretary of the Interior any amounts received by the 
United States as civil penalties, fines, forfeitures of prop-
erty or assets, or restitution to the Federal Government 
for any violation of section 1962 that is based on racket-
eering activity described in section 1961(1)(H).’’. 
(c) SPORT-HUNTED TROPHIES.—Nothing in this sec-
tion or the amendments made by this section— 
(1) nullifies or supersedes any other provision 
of Federal law or any regulation pertaining to the 
import of sport-hunted wildlife trophies; 
(2) prohibits any citizen, national, or legal resi-
dent of the United States, or an agent of such an 
individual, from importing a lawfully taken sport- 
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hunted trophy for personal or similar noncommercial 
use if the importation is in compliance with sections 
4(d) and 10 of the Endangered Species Act of 1973 
(16 U.S.C. 1533(d), 1539), section 3(a) of the 
Lacey Act Amendments of 1981 (16 U.S.C. 
3372(a)), and regulations implementing those sec-
tions; or 
(3) may be used to prosecute any citizen, na-
tional, or legal resident of the United States, or an 
agent of such an individual, for importing a lawfully 
taken sport-hunted trophy for personal or similar 
noncommercial use if the importation is in compli-
ance with sections 4(d) and 10 of the Endangered 
Species Act of 1973 (16 U.S.C. 1533(d), 1539), sec-
tion 3(a) of the Lacey Act Amendments of 1981 (16 
U.S.C. 3372(a)), and regulations implementing 
those sections. 
SEC. 303. FUNDS FROM WILDLIFE TRAFFICKING VIOLA-
TIONS OF MONEY LAUNDERING STATUTE. 
Section 1956 of title 18, United States Code, is 
amended by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(j) The Secretary of the Treasury shall transfer to 
the Secretary of the Interior any amounts received by the 
United States as civil penalties, fines, forfeitures of prop-
erty or assets, or restitution to the Federal Government 
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for any violation under this section that involves an unlaw-
ful activity described in subsection (c)(7)(G).’’. 
SEC. 304. TECHNICAL AND CONFORMING AMENDMENTS. 
(a) USE
OF
AMOUNTS
FROM
FINES.—Section 
1402(b)(1)(A) of the Victims of Crime Act of 1984 (34 
U.S.C. 20101(b)(1)(A)) is amended— 
(1) in clause (i), by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end; 
and 
(2) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(iii) section 1952(f), section 1956(j), 
and section 1963(n) of title 18, United 
States Code; and’’. 
(b) USE OF AMOUNTS FROM FORFEITURES.—Sec-
tion 524(c)(4)(A) of title 28, United States Code, is 
amended by inserting ‘‘the Secretary of the Treasury pur-
suant to section 1952(f), section 1956(j), or section 
1963(n) of title 18,’’ before ‘‘or the Postmaster General’’. 
SEC. 305. PUBLICATION OF CERTIFICATIONS UNDER THE 
PELLY AMENDMENT. 
Section 8 of the Fisherman’s Protective Act of 1967 
(22 U.S.C. 1978) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (a)— 
(A) in paragraph (4), by inserting at the 
end the following: ‘‘The Secretary of the Inte-
rior or the Secretary of Commerce, as appro-
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priate, shall make readily available on an appro-
priate public internet website of the Federal 
Government a list of all certifications made 
under subsection (a) and maintain such listing 
until a termination of each such certification is 
made under subsection (d).’’; and 
(B) in paragraph (5), by inserting at the 
end the following: ‘‘The Secretary of the Treas-
ury shall make readily available on an appro-
priate public internet website of the Federal 
Government a list of all offending countries for 
which a prohibition was made at the direction 
of the President under this paragraph.’’; and 
(2) in subsection (d), by inserting ‘‘and on the 
public Federal Government internet website required 
under subsection (a)(4)’’ before the period. 
TITLE 
IV—ILLEGAL, 
UNRE-
PORTED, AND UNREGULATED 
FISHING 
SEC. 401. FUNDING FOR ILLEGAL, UNREPORTED, AND UN-
REGULATED FISHING ENFORCEMENT. 
All amounts available to the Secretary of Commerce 
that are attributable to fines, penalties, and forfeitures of 
property (or proceeds from the sale of that forfeited prop-
erty) imposed for violations under section 307(1)(Q) of the 
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Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Manage-
ment Act (16 U.S.C. 1857(1)(Q)) shall be used by the 
Secretary of Commerce for fisheries enforcement, includ-
ing for payment of awards to whistleblowers under section 
103 or other applicable laws and to carry out amendments 
made by the Illegal, Unreported, and Unregulated Fishing 
Enforcement Act of 2015 (Public Law 114–81; 129 Stat. 
649). 
SEC. 402. ILLEGAL, UNREPORTED, AND UNREGULATED 
FISHING AS PREDICATE OFFENSES UNDER 
MONEY LAUNDERING STATUTE. 
Section 1956(c)(7) of title 18, United States Code, 
is amended— 
(1) in subparagraph (F), by striking ‘‘; or’’ and 
inserting a semicolon; 
(2) in subparagraph (G), by striking the semi-
colon and inserting ‘‘; or’’; and 
(3) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(H) any act that is a violation of section 
307(1)(Q) of the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery 
Conservation and Management Act (16 U.S.C. 
1857(1)(Q)), if the fish involved in the violation 
and relevant conduct, as applicable, have a total 
value of more than $10,000;’’. 
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SEC. 403. FUNDS FROM ILLEGAL, UNREPORTED, AND UN-
REGULATED FISHING VIOLATIONS OF MONEY 
LAUNDERING STATUTE. 
Section 1956 of title 18, United States Code, is 
amended by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(j) The Secretary of the Treasury shall transfer to 
the Secretary of Commerce any amounts received by the 
United States as civil penalties, fines, forfeitures of prop-
erty or assets, or restitution to the Federal Government 
for any violation under this section that involves an unlaw-
ful activity described in subsection (c)(7)(H).’’. 
SEC. 404. USES OF TRANSFERRED FUNDS FOR ILLEGAL, UN-
REPORTED, AND UNREGULATED FISHING EN-
FORCEMENT. 
All amounts made available to the Secretary of Com-
merce under the amendments made by sections 402 and 
403 shall be used for fisheries enforcement purposes, in-
cluding to carry out amendments made by the Illegal, Un-
reported, and Unregulated Fishing Enforcement Act of 
2015 (Public Law 114–81; 129 Stat. 649). 
SEC. 405. DEPARTMENT OF STATE REWARDS FOR JUSTICE 
PROGRAM. 
Subparagraph (B) of section 36(k)(5) of the State 
Department Basic Authorities Act of 1956 (22 U.S.C. 
2708(k)(5)) is amended by inserting ‘‘, illegal fishing, un-
reported fishing, or unregulated fishing (as such terms are 
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defined in paragraph 3 of the International Plan of Action 
to Prevent, Deter, and Eliminate Illegal, Unreported, and 
Unregulated Fishing, adopted at the 24th Session of the 
Committee on Fisheries in Rome on March 2, 2001),’’ 
after ‘‘wildlife trafficking (as defined by section 7601(12) 
of title 16)’’. 
Æ 
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