item, the property or item shall be disposed of 
by the Secretary in a manner consistent with 
the purpose of this Act. 
(e) APPLICATION OF CUSTOMS LAWS.—All powers, 
rights, and duties conferred or imposed by the customs 
laws upon any officer or employee of the Customs Service 
may, for the purpose of this Act, be exercised or performed 
by the Secretary, or by such officers or employees of the 
United States as the Secretary may designate. 
SEC. 16. INJURIOUS WILDLIFE PREVENTION FUND. 
(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—There is established in the 
Treasury of the United States a Fund, to be known as 
the ‘‘Injurious Wildlife Prevention Fund’’, to be adminis-
tered by the Secretary, and to be available without fiscal 
year limitation and subject to appropriation, for use in ac-
cordance with subsection (c). 
(b) TRANSFERS TO FUND.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Fund shall consist of 
such amounts as are appropriated to the Fund 
under paragraph (2). 
(2) FEES AND PENALTIES.—There are appro-
priated to the Fund, out of funds of the Treasury 
not otherwise appropriated, amounts equivalent to 
amounts collected— 
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(A) as user fees and received in the Treas-
ury under section 13(a); 
(B) as civil administrative or judicial pen-
alties under section 15; and 
(C) as a civil penalty for any violation of 
section 42 of title 18, United States Code (in-
cluding a regulation promulgated under that 
section). 
(c) USE OF FUNDS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Of the amounts deposited in 
the Fund for a fiscal year— 
(A) 75 percent shall be available to the 
Secretary for use in carrying out this Act (other 
than paragraph (2)); and 
(B) 25 percent shall be used by the Sec-
retary to carry out paragraph (2). 
(2) AID FOR STATE WILDLIFE RISK ASSESS-
MENTS.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall es-
tablish a program to provide natural resource 
assistance grants to States for use in sup-
porting best practices and capacity-building by 
States, consistent with the purpose of this Act, 
for— 
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(i) inspecting and monitoring wildlife 
imports and interstate commerce; and 
(ii) conducting assessments of risk as-
sociated with the intentional importation of 
nonnative wildlife taxa. 
(B) 
ADMINISTRATION.—The 
program 
under this paragraph shall be administered by 
the Director under the Federal Aid to States 
program of the Director. 
(d) PROHIBITION.—Amounts in the Fund may not 
be made available for any purpose other than a purpose 
described in subsection (c). 
(e) ANNUAL REPORTS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 60 days after 
the end of each fiscal year beginning with fiscal year 
2014, the Secretary shall submit to the Committee 
on Appropriations of the House of Representatives, 
the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate, the 
Committee on Environment and Public Works of the 
Senate, and the Committee on Natural Resources of 
the House of Representatives a report on the oper-
ation of the Fund during the fiscal year. 
(2) CONTENTS.—Each report shall include, for 
the fiscal year covered by the report, the following: 
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(A) A statement of the amounts deposited 
in the Fund. 
(B) A description of the expenditures made 
from the Fund for the fiscal year, including the 
purpose of the expenditures. 
(C) Recommendations for additional au-
thorities to fulfill the purpose of the Fund. 
(D) A statement of the balance remaining 
in the Fund at the end of the fiscal year. 
(f) SEPARATE APPROPRIATIONS ACCOUNT.—Section 
1105(a) of title 31, United States Code, is amended— 
(1) by redesignating paragraphs (35) and (36) 
as paragraphs (36) and (37), respectively; 
(2) by redesignating the second paragraph (33) 
(relating to obligational authority and outlays re-
quested for homeland security) as paragraph (35); 
and 
(3) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(38) a separate statement for the Injurious 
Wildlife Prevention Fund established by section 
16(a) of the Invasive Wildlife Prevention Act of 
2012, which shall include the estimated amount of 
deposits in the Fund, obligations, and outlays from 
the Fund.’’. 
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SEC. 17. RELATIONSHIP TO OTHER FEDERAL LAWS. 
Nothing in this Act— 
(1) repeals, supersedes, or modifies any provi-
sion of— 
(A) the Public Health Service Act (42 
U.S.C. 201 et seq.); 
(B) the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic 
Act (21 U.S.C. 301 et seq.); 
(C) the Plant Protection Act (7 U.S.C. 
7701 et seq.); or 
(D) the Animal Health Protection Act (7 
U.S.C. 8301 et seq.); or 
(2) authorizes any action with respect to the 
importation of any plant pest, including a biological 
control agent, under the Federal Plant Pest Act (7 
U.S.C. 150aa et seq.), to the extent that the impor-
tation is subject to regulation under that Act. 
SEC. 18. REQUIREMENT TO PROMULGATE REGULATIONS. 
In addition to regulations required under section 5 
and other provisions of this Act, the Secretary shall pro-
mulgate such regulations as are necessary to carry out this 
Act. 
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