I 
116TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 8433 
To address the public health risks posed by wildlife markets, and for other 
purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
SEPTEMBER 29, 2020 
Mr. QUIGLEY (for himself and Mr. UPTON) introduced the following bill; 
which was referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition 
to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, Financial Services, the Ju-
diciary, Natural Resources, and Ways and Means, for a period to be sub-
sequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of 
such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned 
A BILL 
To address the public health risks posed by wildlife markets, 
and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Preventing Future 
Pandemics Act of 2020’’. 
SEC. 2. WILDLIFE MARKET DEFINED. 
In this Act, the term ‘‘wildlife market’’— 
(1) means a commercial market that— 
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(A) sells or slaughters terrestrial, including 
avian, wildlife for human consumption as food 
or medicine, whether the animals originated in 
the wild or in a captive environment; and 
(B) delivers a product in communities 
where alternative nutritional or protein sources 
are available; and 
(2) does not include markets in areas where no 
other practical alternative sources of protein or meat 
exists, such as wildlife markets in rural areas on 
which indigenous people rely to feed themselves and 
their families. 
SEC. 3. STUDY ON RISK OF WILDLIFE MARKETS ON THE 
EMERGENCE OF NOVEL VIRAL PATHOGENS. 
Not later than 30 days after the date of the enact-
ment of this Act, the Secretary of Health and Human 
Services shall seek to enter into an agreement with the 
National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medi-
cine under which the National Academies of Sciences, En-
gineering, and Medicine agrees to— 
(1) conduct a study to evaluate— 
(A) the impact of physical proximity and 
consumption of terrestrial wildlife as food or 
medicine on the emergence of viral and other 
microbial pathogens; 
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(B) the impact of consumption of terres-
trial wildlife as food or medicine on the trans-
mission of novel viral and other microbial 
pathogens; 
(C) the role consumption of terrestrial 
wildlife as food or medicine has on the trans-
mission of microbes from animals to humans; 
and 
(D) the conditions at live wildlife markets 
that lead to transmission of zoonotic diseases; 
and 
(2) not later than one year after the date of 
such agreement, submit a report to the Committee 
on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions of the 
Senate and the Committee on Energy and Com-
merce of the House of Representatives on the find-
ings of the study described in paragraph (1). 
SEC. 4. INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION. 
(a) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Con-
gress that global institutions, including the Food and Ag-
riculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), the 
World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE), and the 
World Health Organization (WHO), together with leading 
nongovernmental organizations, veterinary colleges, and 
the United States Agency for International Development 
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(USAID), should promote the paradigm of One Health— 
the integration of human health, animal health, agri-
culture, ecosystems, and the environment as an effective 
and integrated way to address the complexity of emerging 
disease threats. 
(b) STATEMENT OF POLICY.—It is the policy of the 
United States to facilitate international cooperation by 
working with international partners and through intergov-
ernmental, international, and nongovernmental organiza-
tions such as the United Nations to— 
(1) lead a resolution at the United Nations Se-
curity Council or General Assembly and World 
Health Assembly outlining the danger to human and 
animal health from emerging zoonotic infectious dis-
eases, with recommendations for implementing the 
worldwide closure of wildlife markets and the ending 
of the associated commercial trade of terrestrial 
wildlife that feed and supply those markets, except 
for in such countries or regions where the consump-
tion of wildlife is necessary for local food security or 
where such actions would significantly disrupt a 
readily available and irreplaceable food supply; 
(2) work with governments through existing 
treaties and the United Nations to develop a new 
protocol or agreement, and amend existing protocols 
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or agreements, regarding stopping deforestation and 
other ecosystem destruction, closing commercial 
wildlife markets for human consumption, and end 
the associated commercial trade of terrestrial wildlife 
that feed and supply those markets while ensuring 
full consideration to the needs and rights of indige-
nous peoples and local communities that are depend-
ent on wildlife for their food security, national sov-
ereignty, and local laws and customs; 
(3) disrupt and ultimately end the commercial 
international trade in terrestrial wildlife associated 
with wildlife markets and eliminate commercial wild-
life markets; 
(4) disrupt and ultimately eliminate wildlife 
trafficking associated with the operation of wildlife 
markets; 
(5) raise awareness on the dangerous potential 
of wildlife markets as a source of zoonotic diseases 
such as the novel coronavirus that causes the disease 
COVID–19 and reduce demand for the consumption 
of wildlife through evidence-based behavior change 
programs while ensuring that existing wildlife habi-
tat is not encroached upon or destroyed as part of 
this process; 
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(6) encourage and support alternate forms of 
food production, farming, and shifts to domestic 
animal- or plant-source foods instead of terrestrial 
wildlife where able and appropriate, and reduce con-
sumer demand for terrestrial wildlife through en-
hanced local and national food systems, especially in 
areas where wildlife markets play a significant role 
in meeting subsistence needs while ensuring that ex-
isting wildlife habitat is not encroached upon or de-
stroyed as part of this process; and 
(7) strive to increase hygienic standards imple-
mented in markets around the globe, especially those 
specializing in the sale of products intended for 
human consumption. 
(c) ACTIVITIES.— 
(1) GLOBAL
PROHIBITIONS
AND
ENFORCE-
MENT.—The United States Government, working 
through the United Nations and its components, as 
well as international organization such as Interpol 
and the World Organisation for Animal Health, and 
in furtherance of the policies described in subsection 
(b), shall— 
(A) collaboratively with other member 
states, issue declarations, statements, and com-
muniques urging a global ban on commercial 
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wildlife markets and trade for human consump-
tion; and 
(B) urge increased enforcement of existing 
laws to end wildlife trafficking. 
(2) INTERNATIONAL
COALITIONS.—The Sec-
retary of State shall seek to build international coali-
tions focused on ending commercial wildlife markets 
for human consumption and associated wildlife trade 
which feeds and supplies said markets, with a focus 
on the following efforts: 
(A) Providing assistance and advice to 
other governments in the adoption of legislation 
and regulations to close wildlife markets and 
trade for human consumption. 
(B) Creating economic pressure on wildlife 
markets and their supply chains to prevent 
their operation. 
(C) Providing assistance and guidance to 
other governments to prohibit the import, ex-
port, and domestic trade of live terrestrial wild-
life for the purpose of human consumption. 
(D) Engaging and receiving guidance from 
key stakeholders at the ministerial, local gov-
ernment, and civil society level in countries that 
will be impacted by this Act and where wildlife 
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markets and associated wildlife trafficking is 
the predominant source of meat or protein, in 
order to mitigate the impact of any inter-
national efforts on local customs, conservation 
methods, or cultural norms. 
(3) AUTHORIZATION OF IMPOSITION OF SANC-
TIONS.— 
(A) FINDING AND REPORT REQUIRED.— 
(i) IN
GENERAL.—The Secretary of 
State shall submit a report to the Presi-
dent if the Secretary, in consultation with 
the Secretary of Health and Human Serv-
ices, the Secretary of the Interior, and the 
Administrator of the United States Agency 
for 
International 
Development, 
finds 
that— 
(I) a foreign country— 
(aa) continues to license or 
enable commercial wildlife mar-
kets; or 
(bb) does not enact regula-
tions consistent with subsection 
(b) to ultimately eliminate those 
markets; or 
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