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(3) an account of total United States funding each year 
since fiscal year 2014 for all government agencies and programs 
involved in countering poaching and wildlife trafficking; 
(4) an account of total United States funding since fiscal 
year 2014 to support the activities of the Task Force, including 
administrative overhead costs and congressional reporting; and 
(5) recommendations for how to improve United States 
and international efforts to suppress and prevent illegal wildlife 
trafficking in the future, based upon the Task Force’s experience 
as of the time of the review. 
(e) TERMINATION OF TASK FORCE.—The statutory authorization 
for the Task Force provided by this Act shall terminate 5 years 
after the date of the enactment of this Act or such earlier date 
that the President terminates the Task Force by rescinding, super-
seding, or otherwise modifying relevant portions of Executive Order 
13648. 
TITLE IV—PROGRAMS TO ADDRESS THE 
ESCALATING WILDLIFE TRAFFICKING 
CRISIS 
SEC. 401. ANTI-POACHING PROGRAMS. 
(a) WILDLIFE LAW ENFORCEMENT PROFESSIONAL TRAINING AND 
COORDINATION
ACTIVITIES.—The Secretary of State and the 
Administrator of the United States Agency for International 
Development, in collaboration with the heads of other relevant 
United States agencies and nongovernmental partners where appro-
priate, may provide assistance to focus countries to carry out the 
recommendations made in the strategic plan required by section 
301(a)(2), among other goals, to improve the effectiveness of wildlife 
law enforcement in regions and countries that have demonstrated 
capacity, willingness, and need for assistance. 
(b) SENSE OF CONGRESS REGARDING SECURITY ASSISTANCE TO 
COUNTER WILDLIFE TRAFFICKING AND POACHING IN AFRICA.—It is 
the sense of Congress that the United States should continue to 
provide defense articles (not including significant military equip-
ment), defense services, and related training to appropriate security 
forces of countries of Africa for the purposes of countering wildlife 
trafficking and poaching. 
SEC. 402. ANTI-TRAFFICKING PROGRAMS. 
(a) INVESTIGATIVE CAPACITY BUILDING.—The Secretary of State 
and the Administrator of the United States Agency for International 
Development, in collaboration with the heads of other relevant 
United States agencies and communities, regions, and governments 
in focus countries, may design and implement programs in focus 
countries to carry out the recommendations made in the strategic 
plan required under section 301(a)(2) among other goals, with clear 
and measurable targets and indicators of success, to increase the 
capacity of wildlife law enforcement and customs and border secu-
rity officers in focus countries. 
(b) TRANSNATIONAL PROGRAMS.—The Secretary of State and 
the Administrator of the United States Agency for International 
Development, in collaboration with other relevant United States 
agencies, nongovernmental partners, and international bodies, and
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in collaboration with communities, regions, and governments in 
focus countries, may design and implement programs, including 
support for Wildlife Enforcement Networks, in focus countries to 
carry out the recommendations made in the strategic plan required 
under section 301(a)(2), among other goals, to better understand 
and combat the transnational trade in illegal wildlife. 
SEC. 403. ENGAGEMENT OF UNITED STATES DIPLOMATIC MISSIONS. 
As soon as practicable but not later than 2 years after the 
date of the enactment of this Act, each chief of mission to a focus 
country should begin to implement the recommendations contained 
in the strategic plan required under section 301(a)(2), among other 
goals, for the country. 
SEC. 404. COMMUNITY CONSERVATION. 
The Secretary of State, in collaboration with the United State 
Agency for International Development, heads of other relevant 
United States agencies, the private sector, nongovernmental 
organizations, and other development partners, may provide support 
in focus countries to carry out the recommendations made in the 
strategic plan required under section 301(a)(2) as such recommenda-
tions relate to the development, scaling, and replication of commu-
nity wildlife conservancies and community conservation programs 
in focus countries to assist with rural stability and greater security 
for people and wildlife, empower and support communities to man-
age or benefit from their wildlife resources in a long-term bio-
logically viable manner, and reduce the threat of poaching and 
trafficking, including through— 
(1) promoting conservation-based enterprises and incen-
tives, such as eco-tourism and stewardship-oriented agricultural 
production, that empower communities to manage wildlife, nat-
ural resources, and community ventures where appropriate, 
by ensuring they benefit from well-managed wildlife popu-
lations; 
(2) helping create alternative livelihoods to poaching by 
mitigating wildlife trafficking, helping support rural stability, 
greater security for people and wildlife, responsible economic 
development, and economic incentives to conserve wildlife popu-
lations; 
(3) engaging regional businesses and the private sector 
to develop goods and services to aid in anti-poaching and anti- 
trafficking measures; 
(4) working with communities to develop secure and safe 
methods of sharing information with enforcement officials; 
(5) providing technical assistance to support land use 
stewardship plans to improve the economic, environmental, 
and social outcomes in community-owned or -managed lands; 
(6) supporting community anti-poaching efforts, including 
policing and informant networks; 
(7) working with community and national governments 
to develop relevant policy and regulatory frameworks to enable 
and promote community conservation programs, including sup-
porting law enforcement engagement with wildlife protection 
authorities to promote information-sharing; and 
(8) working with national governments to ensure that 
communities have timely and effective support from national 
authorities to mitigate risks that communities may face when 
engaging in anti-poaching and anti-trafficking activities.
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TITLE V—OTHER ACTIONS RELATING 
TO WILDLIFE TRAFFICKING PROGRAMS 
SEC. 501. AMENDMENTS TO FISHERMAN’S PROTECTIVE ACT OF 1967. 
Section 8 of the Fisherman’s Protective Act of 1967 (22 U.S.C. 
1978) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (a)— 
(A) in paragraph (1), by inserting ‘‘, in consultation 
with the Secretary of State,’’ after ‘‘Secretary of Commerce’’; 
(B) in paragraph (2), by inserting ‘‘, in consultation 
with the Secretary of State,’’ after ‘‘Secretary of the 
Interior’’; 
(C) in paragraph (3), by inserting ‘‘in consultation with 
the Secretary of State,’’ after ‘‘, as appropriate,’’; 
(D) by redesigning paragraph (4) as paragraph (5); 
and 
(E) by inserting after paragraph (3) the following new 
paragraph: 
‘‘(4) The Secretary of Commerce and the Secretary of the 
Interior shall each report to Congress each certification to the 
President made by such Secretary under this subsection, within 
15 days after making such certification.’’; and 
(2) in subsection (d), by inserting ‘‘in consultation with 
the Secretary of State,’’ after ‘‘as the case may be,’’. 
SEC. 
502. 
WILDLIFE 
TRAFFICKING 
VIOLATIONS 
AS 
PREDICATE 
OFFENSES UNDER MONEY LAUNDERING STATUTE. 
Section 1956(c)(7) of title 18, United States Code, is amended— 
(1) in subparagraph (E), by striking ‘‘; or’’ and inserting 
a semicolon; 
(2) in subparagraph (F), by striking the semicolon and 
inserting ‘‘; or’’; and 
(3) by adding at the end the following new subparagraph: 
‘‘(G) any act that is a criminal violation of subpara-
graph (A), (B), (C), (D), (E), or (F) of paragraph (1) of 
section 9(a) of the Endangered Species Act of 1973 (16 
U.S.C. 1538(a)(1)), section 2203 of the African 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 species of fish 
or wildlife, products, items, or substances involved in the
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violation and relevant conduct, as applicable, have a total 
value of more than $10,000;’’. 
Speaker of the House of Representatives. 
Vice President of the United States and
President of the Senate.