(1) DUTIES.—The chairperson of the Council 
shall administer performance of the functions of the 
Council and facilitate coordination and communica-
tion among Council members. 
(2) WORKING GROUPS.—The chairperson may 
establish working groups as necessary to meet the 
purposes of this Act. The Council may request the 
chairperson to establish such a working group. 
(3) PARTICIPATION BY NONGOVERNMENTAL OR-
GANIZATIONS.—The chairperson shall invite non-
governmental organizations or academic institutions 
to participate in such working groups. 
(g) GLOBAL WILDLIFE ACTION STRATEGY.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—Not later than one year 
after date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary, 
on behalf of the Council, shall submit to the Com-
mittee on Natural Resources of the House of Rep-
resentatives and the Committee on Environment and 
Public Works of the Senate and publish in the Fed-
eral Register a global wildlife action strategy devel-
oped by the Council and consistent with the pur-
poses of this Act. The Secretary, in consultation 
with the Council, shall periodically review and revise 
the action strategy as necessary. 
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(2) GOALS AND OBJECTIVES.—The action strat-
egy shall include a statement of goals and objectives 
and an implementation plan, including a description 
of the funds required to be obligated each year by 
the Secretary, from amounts made available by the 
International Wildlife Conservation Fund, to ad-
vance international wildlife conservation in accord-
ance with the action strategy. The action strategy 
and implementation plan shall include discussion 
of— 
(A) existing and projected threats facing 
global wildlife and their habitats; 
(B) an assessment of existing international 
wildlife conservation programs within the Fed-
eral Government and recommendations to im-
prove their effectiveness, efficiency, and collabo-
ration with other governmental and nongovern-
mental wildlife conservation activities; 
(C) identification of priorities for a long- 
term, sustained commitment by the United 
States to international wildlife conservation; 
(D) components necessary to initiate and 
sustain capacity building for effective wildlife 
conservation in foreign nations, including sur-
veys and monitoring, ecological and biological 
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research, wildlife management, and other com-
ponents; 
(E) 
an 
assessment 
of 
illegal 
and 
unsustainable trade in wildlife and wildlife 
products and associated wildlife and wildlife-re-
lated human health risks, and steps necessary 
to improve coordination and administration, 
technical assistance, information sharing, and 
screening and interdiction activities among law 
enforcement agencies to prevent that trade; 
(F) utilization and incorporation of prin-
ciples of conservation biology and landscape and 
ecosystem-level conservation to guide long-term 
planning to maintain biodiversity; 
(G) identification of target audiences and 
selection of appropriate types of media to con-
duct public and consumer education programs 
regarding trade in wildlife and wildlife products; 
and 
(H) other factors considered essential by 
the Secretary and the Council. 
(3) CONSULTATION.—The Secretary and the 
Council may consult with foreign governments, aca-
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demic institutions, and nongovernmental organiza-
tions in the development of the action strategy. 
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