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H. R. 2494 
One Hundred Fourteenth Congress 
of the 
United States of America 
AT THE SECOND SESSION 
Begun and held at the City of Washington on Monday, 
the fourth day of January, two thousand and sixteen 
An Act 
To support global anti-poaching efforts, strengthen the capacity of partner countries 
to counter wildlife trafficking, designate major wildlife trafficking countries, and 
for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of 
the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS. 
(a) SHORT TITLE.—This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Eliminate, 
Neutralize, and Disrupt Wildlife Trafficking Act of 2016’’. 
(b) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—The table of contents for this Act 
is as follows: 
Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents. 
Sec. 2. Definitions. 
TITLE I—PURPOSES AND POLICY 
Sec. 101. Purposes. 
Sec. 102. Statement of United States policy. 
TITLE II—REPORT ON MAJOR WILDLIFE TRAFFICKING COUNTRIES 
Sec. 201. Report. 
TITLE III—FRAMEWORK FOR INTERAGENCY RESPONSE 
Sec. 301. Presidential Task Force on Wildlife Trafficking. 
TITLE IV—PROGRAMS TO ADDRESS THE ESCALATING WILDLIFE 
TRAFFICKING CRISIS 
Sec. 401. Anti-poaching programs. 
Sec. 402. Anti-trafficking programs. 
Sec. 403. Engagement of United States diplomatic missions. 
Sec. 404. Community conservation. 
TITLE V—OTHER ACTIONS RELATING TO WILDLIFE TRAFFICKING 
PROGRAMS 
Sec. 501. Amendments to Fisherman’s Protective Act of 1967. 
Sec. 502. Wildlife trafficking violations as predicate offenses under money laun-
dering statute. 
SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS. 
In this Act: 
(1) APPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEES.—The term 
‘‘appropriate congressional committees’’ means— 
(A) the Committee on Foreign Relations and the Com-
mittee on Appropriations of the Senate; and 
(B) the Committee on Foreign Affairs and the Com-
mittee on Appropriations of the House of Representatives. 
(2) CO-CHAIRS OF THE TASK FORCE.—The term ‘‘Co-Chairs 
of the Task Force’’ means the Secretary of State, the Secretary
committed to a declaration which recognized the sig-
nificant scale and detrimental economic, social and 
environmental consequences of the illegal trade in 
wildlife. 
SEC. 3. EXPANSION OF WILDLIFE ENFORCEMENT NET-
WORKS. 
(a) FINDINGS.—Congress finds the following: 
(1) Wildlife enforcement networks are govern-
ment-led, regionally-focused mechanisms that in-
crease capacity and coordination efforts between law 
enforcement, environmental agencies, and other enti-
ties focused on countering wildlife trafficking of 
member countries. 
(2) Currently there are active wildlife enforce-
ment networks in Southeast Asia, South Asia, and 
Central America. The more mature wildlife enforce-
ment networks, such as the Southeast Asia wildlife 
enforcement network, have proven effective in dis-
mantling transnational wildlife trafficking networks 
and bringing to justice those individuals involved in 
the illegal trade of endangered and threatened spe-
cies. 
(3) Efforts are underway to establish additional 
wildlife enforcement networks in Central Africa, the 
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Horn of Africa, South America, and Central and 
West Asia, among other regions. 
(b) STATEMENT
OF
POLICY.—The Secretary of 
State, the Administrator of the United States Agency for 
International Development, the Director of the United 
States Fish and Wildlife Service, and heads of other ap-
propriate agencies should, in an effort to address regional 
threats to biodiversity and conservation, support strength-
ening existing wildlife enforcement networks and the es-
tablishment of new networks in other appropriate regions. 
(c) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Con-
gress that in the process of strengthening and expanding 
wildlife enforcement networks, the appropriate agencies 
should— 
(1) assess the existing capacity of wildlife en-
forcement network member countries to gather base-
line data that may be used for developing program 
activities for the wildlife enforcement network; 
(2) establish a central secretariat within each 
wildlife enforcement network that will coordinate the 
operational mechanisms of each such network; 
(3) establish a focal mechanism in each member 
country of a wildlife enforcement network, that in-
cludes representatives from environmental and wild-
life protection agencies, law enforcement agencies, fi-
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105TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. J. RES. 35
Proposing an amendment to the Constitution to require that congressional
resolutions setting forth levels of total budget outlays and Federal reve-
nues must be agreed to by two-thirds vote of both Houses of the Congress
if the level of outlays exceeds the level of revenues.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
JANUARY 21, 1997
Mr. SOLOMON introduced the following joint resolution; which was referred to
the Committee on the Judiciary
JOINT RESOLUTION
Proposing an amendment to the Constitution to require that
congressional resolutions setting forth levels of total
budget outlays and Federal revenues must be agreed
to by two-thirds vote of both Houses of the Congress
if the level of outlays exceeds the level of revenues.
Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives
of the United States of America in Congress assembled (two-
thirds of each House concurring therein), That the follow-
ing article is proposed as an amendment to the Constitu-
tion of the United States, which shall be valid to all intents
and purposes as part of the Constitution when ratified by
the legislatures of three-fourths of the several States with-
HR 2494 RFS 
SEC. 7. UPDATES TO THE FISHERMEN’S PROTECTIVE ACT 
OF 1967. 
Section 8 of the Fishermen’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,’’ be-
fore ‘‘finds’’; 
(C) in paragraph (3), by inserting ‘‘in con-
sultation with the Secretary of State,’’ after ‘‘, 
as appropriate,’’; 
(D) by redesignating paragraph (4) as 
paragraph (5), and by inserting after paragraph 
(3) the following: 
‘‘(4) The Secretary of Commerce and the Secretary 
of the Interior shall each report to the Congress each cer-
tification to the President made by such Secretary under 
this subsection, within 15 days after making such certifi-
cation.’’; and 
(2) in subsection (d), by inserting ‘‘in consulta-
tion with the Secretary of State,’’ after ‘‘as the case 
may be,’’. 
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in seven years after the date of its submission for ratifica-
tion:
‘‘ARTICLE —
‘‘On the question of agreeing, in either the House of
Representatives or the Senate, to a concurrent resolution
of the two Houses of the Congress which sets forth an
appropriate level of total budget outlays of the Federal
Government for a fiscal year and a recommended level of
Federal revenues for that fiscal year or of agreeing, in
either the House of Representatives or the Senate, to a
report of a conference committee on such a concurrent res-
olution, the affirmative vote of two-thirds of Members
present and voting (a quorum being present), shall be re-
quired for agreeing to the question, if the appropriate level
of total budget outlays set forth in such concurrent resolu-
tion or recommended in such conference report exceeds the
recommended level of Federal revenues set forth in such
concurrent resolution or recommended in such conference
report.’’.
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Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives
of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
That the House of Representatives and Senate approve
the Presidential finding, submitted to the Congress on
January 31, 1997, that the limitation on obligations im-
posed by section 518A(a) of the Foreign Operations, Ex-
port Financing, and Related Programs Appropriations
Act, 1997, is having a negative impact on the proper func-
tioning of the population planning program.
Passed the House of Representatives February 13,
1997.
Attest:
Clerk.
114TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 2496 
AN ACT 
To extend the authorization for the replacement of 
the existing Department of Veterans Affairs 
Medical Center in Denver, Colorado, to make cer-
tain improvements in the Veterans Access, 
Choice, and Accountability Act of 2014, and for 
other purposes.
H. J. Res. 36
One Hundred Fifth Congress
of the
United States of America
AT THE FIRST SESSION
Begun and held at the City of Washington on Tuesday,
the seventh day of January, one thousand nine hundred and ninety-seven
Joint Resolution
Approving the Presidential finding that the limitation on obligations imposed by
section 518A(a) of the Foreign Operations, Export Financing, and Related
Programs Appropriations Act, 1997, is having a negative impact on the proper
functioning of the population planning program.
Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled, That the House
of Representatives and Senate approve the Presidential finding,
submitted to the Congress on January 31, 1997, that the limitation
on obligations imposed by section 518A(a) of the Foreign Operations,
Export Financing, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 1997,
is having a negative impact on the proper functioning of the popu-
lation planning program.
Speaker of the House of Representatives.
Vice President of the United States and
President of the Senate.
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105TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. J. RES. 36
Approving the Presidential finding that the limitation on obligations imposed
by section 518A(a) of the Foreign Operations, Export Financing, and
Related Programs Appropriations Act, 1997, is having a negative impact
on the proper functioning of the population planning program.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
FEBRUARY 4, 1997
Mr. ARMEY (for himself and Mr. GEPHARDT) (both by request), introduced
the following joint resolution; which was referred to the Committee on
Appropriations
JOINT RESOLUTION
Approving the Presidential finding that the limitation on
obligations imposed by section 518A(a) of the Foreign
Operations, Export Financing, and Related Programs
Appropriations Act, 1997, is having a negative impact
on the proper functioning of the population planning
program.
Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives
of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
That the House of Representatives and Senate approve
the Presidential finding, submitted to the Congress on
•HJ 36 IH
January 31, 1997, that the limitation on obligations im-
posed by section 518A(a) of the Foreign Operations, Ex-
port Financing, and Related Programs Appropriations
Act, 1997, is having a negative impact on the proper func-
tioning of the population planning program.
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Union Calendar No. 3
105TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. J. RES. 36
JOINT RESOLUTION
Approving the Presidential finding that the limita-
tion on obligations imposed by section 518A(a) of
the Foreign Operations, Export Financing, and
Related Programs Appropriations Act, 1997, is
having a negative impact on the proper function-
ing of the population planning program.
FEBRUARY 10, 1997
Committee discharged; committed to the Committee of
the Whole House on the State of the Union and or-
dered to be printed
II
Calendar No. 17
105TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. J. RES. 36
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
FEBRUARY 13, 1997
Received; read twice and placed on the calendar
JOINT RESOLUTION
Approving the Presidential finding that the limitation on
obligations imposed by section 518A(a) of the Foreign
Operations, Export Financing, and Related Programs
Appropriations Act, 1997, is having a negative impact
on the proper functioning of the population planning
program.
Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives
of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
That the House of Representatives and Senate approve
the Presidential finding, submitted to the Congress on
January 31, 1997, that the limitation on obligations im-
posed by section 518A(a) of the Foreign Operations, Ex-
port Financing, and Related Programs Appropriations
HJ 36 PCS
Act, 1997, is having a negative impact on the proper func-
tioning of the population planning program.
Passed the House of Representatives February 13,
1997.
Attest:
ROBIN H. CARLE,
Clerk.
Calendar No. 17
105TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. J. RES. 36
JOINT RESOLUTION
Approving the Presidential finding that the limita-
tion on obligations imposed by section 518A(a) of
the Foreign Operations, Export Financing, and
Related Programs Appropriations Act, 1997, is
having a negative impact on the proper function-
ing of the population planning program.
FEBRUARY 13, 1997
Received; read twice and placed on the calendar
IB
Union Calendar No. 3
105TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. J. RES. 36
Approving the Presidential finding that the limitation on obligations imposed
by section 518A(a) of the Foreign Operations, Export Financing, and
Related Programs Appropriations Act, 1997, is having a negative impact
on the proper functioning of the population planning program.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
FEBRUARY 4, 1997
Mr. ARMEY (for himself and Mr. GEPHARDT) (both by request), introduced
the following joint resolution; which was referred to the Committee on
Appropriations
FEBRUARY 10, 1997
Committee discharged; committed to the Committee of the Whole House on
the State of the Union and ordered to be printed
JOINT RESOLUTION
Approving the Presidential finding that the limitation on
obligations imposed by section 518A(a) of the Foreign
Operations, Export Financing, and Related Programs
Appropriations Act, 1997, is having a negative impact
on the proper functioning of the population planning
program.
Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives
of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
HJ 36 RH
That the House of Representatives and Senate approve
the Presidential finding, submitted to the Congress on
January 31, 1997, that the limitation on obligations im-
posed by section 518A(a) of the Foreign Operations, Ex-
port Financing, and Related Programs Appropriations
Act, 1997, is having a negative impact on the proper func-
tioning of the population planning program.
IA
105TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. J. RES. 37
Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States establishing
English as the official language of the United States.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
FEBRUARY 4, 1997
Mr. DOOLITTLE introduced the following joint resolution; which was referred
to the Committee on the Judiciary
JOINT RESOLUTION
Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United
States establishing English as the official language of
the United States.
Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives
of the United States of America in Congress assembled
(two-thirds of each House concurring therein), That the fol-
lowing article is proposed as an amendment to the Con-
stitution of the United States, which shall be valid to all
intents and purposes as part of the Constitution when
ratified by the legislatures of three-fourths of the several
States within seven years after the date of its submission
for ratification:
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‘‘ARTICLE —
‘‘SECTION 1. The English language shall be the offi-
cial language of the United States. As the official lan-
guage, the English language shall be used for all public
acts including every order, resolution, vote or election, and
for all records and judicial proceedings of the Government
of the United States and the governments of the several
States.
‘‘SECTION 2. The Congress and the States shall en-
force this article by appropriate legislation.’’.
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105TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. J. RES. 40
Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States with
respect to the right to life.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
FEBRUARY 4, 1997
Mr. OBERSTAR (for himself, Mr. LIPINSKI, Mr. DIAZ-BALART, Mr. HUNTER,
Mr. HULSHOF, Mr. SMITH of New Jersey, Mr. STEARNS, and Mr. WATTS
of Oklahoma) introduced the following joint resolution; which was re-
ferred to the Committee on the Judiciary
JOINT RESOLUTION
Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United
States with respect to the right to life.
Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives
of the United States of America in Congress assembled
(two-thirds of each House concurring therein), That the fol-
lowing article is proposed as an amendment to the Con-
stitution of the United States, to be valid only if ratified
by the legislatures of three-fourths of the several States
within seven years after the date of final passage of this
joint resolution:
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SEC. 102. ADVANCE PAYMENT OF CREDIT FOR PUR-
CHASERS OF QUALIFIED HEALTH INSUR-
ANCE. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 77 of the Internal Rev-
enue Code of 1986 (relating to miscellaneous provisions) 
is amended by adding at the end the following new section: 
‘‘SEC 7527. ADVANCE PAYMENT OF HEALTH INSURANCE 
CREDIT FOR PURCHASERS OF QUALIFIED 
HEALTH INSURANCE. 
‘‘(a) GENERAL RULE.—In the case of an eligible indi-
vidual, the Secretary shall make payments to the provider 
of such individual’s qualified health insurance equal to 
such individual’s qualified health insurance credit advance 
amount with respect to such provider. 
‘‘(b) ELIGIBLE INDIVIDUAL.—For purposes of this 
section, the term ‘eligible individual’ means any indi-
vidual—
‘‘(1) who purchases qualified health insurance 
(as defined in section 35(c)), and 
‘‘(2) for whom a qualified health insurance 
credit eligibility certificate is in effect. 
‘‘(c) QUALIFIED HEALTH INSURANCE CREDIT ELIGI-
BILITY CERTIFICATE.—For purposes of this section, a 
qualified health insurance credit eligibility certificate is a 
statement furnished by an individual to the Secretary 
which—
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SEC. 3. CLARIFICATION OF DISTANCE REQUIREMENT FOR 
EXPANDED 
AVAILABILITY 
OF 
HOSPITAL 
CARE AND MEDICAL SERVICES FOR VET-
ERANS THROUGH THE USE OF AGREEMENTS 
WITH NON-DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AF-
FAIRS ENTITIES. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 101(b)(2) of the Veterans 
Access, Choice, and Accountability Act of 2014 (Public 
Law 113–146; 38 U.S.C. 1701 note) is amended— 
(1) in subparagraph (B), by inserting ‘‘(as cal-
culated based on distance traveled)’’ after ‘‘40 
miles’’; and 
(2) in subparagraph (D)(ii), by striking sub-
clause (II), and inserting the following new sub-
clause (II): 
‘‘(II) faces an unusual or exces-
sive burden in traveling to such a 
medical facility of the Department 
based on— 
‘‘(aa) 
geographical 
chal-
lenges; 
‘‘(bb) environmental factors, 
such as roads that are not acces-
sible to the general public, traf-
fic, or hazardous weather; 
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(B) Substitution of one or more State reg-
ulations for Federal regulations implementing 
one or more Federal environmental laws, if the 
Secretary determines in accordance with this 
section that the State regulations provide envi-
ronmental protection and opportunities for pub-
lic involvement that are substantially equivalent 
to the Federal regulations. 
(b) APPLICATION.—To participate in the program, a 
State shall submit to the Secretary an application con-
taining such information as the Secretary may require, in-
cluding— 
(1) a full and complete description of the pro-
posed alternative environmental review and approval 
procedures of the State; 
(2) for each State law or regulation included in 
the proposed alternative environmental review and 
approval procedures of the State, an explanation of 
the basis for concluding that the law or regulation 
meets the requirements under subsection (a)(3); and 
(3) evidence of having sought, received, and ad-
dressed comments on the proposed application from 
the public and appropriate Federal environmental 
resource agencies. 
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‘‘ARTICLE —
‘‘SECTION 1. To promote the fair and effective func-
tioning of the democratic process, Congress, with respect
to elections of Federal office, and States, for all other elec-
tions, including initiatives and referenda, may adopt rea-
sonable regulations of funds expended, including contribu-
tions, to influence the outcome of elections, provided that
such regulations do not impair the right of the public to
a full and free discussion of all issues and do not prevent
any candidate for elected office from amassing the re-
sources necessary for effective advocacy;
‘‘SECTION 2. Such governments may reasonably de-
fine which expenditures are deemed to be for the purpose
of influencing elections, so long as such definition does not
interfere with the right of the people fully to debate issues;
‘‘SECTION 3. No regulation adopted under this au-
thority may regulate the content of any expression of opin-
ion or communication.’’.
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(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 con-
sultation with the Secretary of State,’’ after ‘‘, as 
appropriate,’’; 
(D) by redesigning paragraph (4) as para-
graph (5); and 
(E) by inserting after paragraph (3) the fol-
lowing new paragraph: 
‘‘(4) The Secretary of Commerce and the Sec-
retary of the Interior shall each report to Congress 
each certification to the President made by such Sec-
retary under this subsection, within 15 days after 
making such certification.’’; and 
(2) in subsection (d), by inserting ‘‘in consulta-
tion with the Secretary of State,’’ after ‘‘as the case 
may be,’’. 
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Calendar No. 459 
114TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 2494 
AN ACT 
To support global anti-poaching efforts, strengthen 
the capacity of partner countries to counter wild-
life trafficking, designate major wildlife traf-
ficking countries, and for other purposes. 
MAY 9, 2016 
Reported with an amendment 
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105TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. J. RES. 38
Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to repeal
the twenty-second amendment relating to Presidential term limitations.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
FEBRUARY 4, 1997
Mr. FRANK of Massachusetts introduced the following joint resolution; which
was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary
JOINT RESOLUTION
Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United
States to repeal the twenty-second amendment relating
to Presidential term limitations.
Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives
of the United States of America in Congress assembled
(two-thirds of each House concurring therein), That the fol-
lowing article is proposed as an amendment to the Con-
stitution of the United States, which shall be valid to all
intents and purposes as part of the Constitution when
ratified by the legislatures of three-fourths of the several
States within seven years from the date of its submission
by the Congress:
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‘‘ARTICLE—
‘‘The twenty-second article of amendment to the Con-
stitution of the United States is hereby repealed.’’.
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