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Union Calendar No. 408 
117TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 2026 
[Report No. 117–567] 
To assist in the conservation of highly endangered amphibian species in 
foreign countries, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MARCH 18, 2021 
Mr. JEFFRIES (for himself, Mr. BUCHANAN, Mr. FITZPATRICK, and Mr. 
HUFFMAN) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Com-
mittee on Natural Resources 
NOVEMBER 16, 2022 
Additional sponsors: Mr. GARAMENDI, Mr. BLUMENAUER, Mr. DEFAZIO, Mrs. 
NAPOLITANO, Ms. BARRAGA´N, and Ms. NORTON 
NOVEMBER 16, 2022 
Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole 
House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed 
[Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic] 
[For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on March 18, 2021] 
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A BILL 
To assist in the conservation of highly endangered amphibian 
species in foreign countries, and for other purposes. 
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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 ‘‘Global Amphibian Pro-
tection Act of 2021’’. 
SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS. 
In this Act: 
(1) 
CONVENTION.—The 
term 
‘‘Convention’’ 
means the Convention on International Trade in En-
dangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (27 UST 
1087; TIAS 8249). 
(2) CONSERVATION.—The term ‘‘conservation’’ 
means the protection and restoration of species and 
the habitat of such species. 
(3) FUND.—The term ‘‘Fund’’ means the Highly 
Endangered Amphibians Conservation Fund estab-
lished by section 4. 
(4) HIGHLY
ENDANGERED
AMPHIBIAN
SPE-
CIES.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—The term ‘‘highly endan-
gered amphibian species’’ means— 
(i) any amphibian species categorized 
on the International Union for Conserva-
tion of Nature Red List of Threatened Spe-
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cies as Endangered, Critically Endangered, 
or Extinct in the Wild; and 
(ii) any other amphibian species cat-
egorized on the International Union for 
Conservation of Nature Red List of Threat-
ened Species as Data Deficient or under a 
threat category lower than Endangered if 
the Secretary determines that— 
(I) the most recent International 
Union for Conservation of Nature Red 
List assessment indicates that the pop-
ulation is decreasing; or 
(II) such species is facing new or 
emerging threats. 
(B) INCLUSIONS.—The term ‘‘highly endan-
gered amphibian species’’ includes— 
(i) live specimens, at all lifecycle 
stages, of species described in subparagraph 
(A); 
(ii) dead specimens, or parts or prod-
ucts thereof, of such species. 
(5) MULTINATIONAL
SPECIES
CONSERVATION 
FUND.—The term ‘‘Multinational Species Conserva-
tion Fund’’ means the fund established under the 
heading ‘‘multinational species conservation fund’’ in 
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