§ 7621. Report

Footnotes

1. 1 So in original. Probably should be followed by a period.

Legislative history

Reconstructed from this section’s Code source credit and amendment notes, resolved against the local Statutes at Large. Editorial notes are evidence, not the law that made the change.

1. 2016

   Eliminate, Neutralize, and Disrupt Wildlife Trafficking Act of 2016

   Pub. L. 114–231 title II § 201 · 130 Stat. 949

   Enacted · 16 U.S.C. § 7621

   Pub. L. 114–231, title II, § 201, Oct. 7, 2016, 130 Stat. 952

   Source evidence

   Code source credit
   Pub. L. 114–231, title II, § 201, Oct. 7, 2016, 130 Stat. 952

   Enacted provision · exact public law section
   SEC. 201. REPORT. (a) Report.— Not later than one year after the date of the enactment of this Act, and annually thereafter, the Secretary of State, in consultation with the Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of Commerce, shall submit to Congress a report that lists each country determined by the Secretary of State to be a focus country within the meaning of this Act. (b) Special Designation.— In each report required under subsection (a), the Secretary of State, in consultation with the Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of Commerce, shall identify each country of concern listed in the report the government of which has actively engaged in or knowingly profited from the trafficking of endangered or threatened species. (c) Sunset.— This section shall terminate on the date that is 5 years after the date of the enactment of this Act.

2. 2022

   James M. Inhofe National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2023

   Pub. L. 117–263 § 5943(c)(1)(A) · 136 Stat. 2395

   Substituted · 16 U.S.C. § 7621(a)

   Pub. L. 117–263, § 5943(c)(1)(A), substituted “biennially thereafter by June 1 of each year in which a report is required” for “annually thereafter”

   Source evidence

   Code amendment note
   Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 117–263, § 5943(c)(1)(A), substituted “biennially thereafter by June 1 of each year in which a report is required” for “annually thereafter”.

   Enacted provision · exact public law section
   (A) in subsection (a), by striking “annually thereafter” and inserting “biennially thereafter by June 1 of each year in which a report is required”;

3. 2022

   James M. Inhofe National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2023

   Pub. L. 117–263 § 5943(c)(1)(B) · 136 Stat. 2395

   Substituted · 16 U.S.C. § 7621(b)

   Pub. L. 117–263, § 5943(c)(1)(B), substituted “shall also list each country determined by the Secretary of State to be a country of concern within the meaning of this chapter” for “shall identify each country of concern listed in the report the government of which has actively engaged in or knowingly profited from the trafficking of endangered or threatened species.”

   Source evidence

   Code amendment note
   Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 117–263, § 5943(c)(1)(B), substituted “shall also list each country determined by the Secretary of State to be a country of concern within the meaning of this chapter” for “shall identify each country of concern listed in the report the government of which has actively engaged in or knowingly profited from the trafficking of endangered or threatened species.”

   Enacted provision · exact public law section
   (B) in subsection (b), by striking “shall identify” and all that follows through the end of the subsection and inserting “shall also list each country determined by the Secretary of State to be a country of concern within the meaning of this Act”; and

4. 2022

   James M. Inhofe National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2023

   Pub. L. 117–263 § 5943(c)(1)(C) · 136 Stat. 2395

   1. Added · 16 U.S.C. § 7621(c); 16 U.S.C. § 7621(d)

      Pub. L. 117–263, § 5943(c)(1)(C), added subsecs. (c) and (d)

   2. Struck · 16 U.S.C. § 7621(c); 16 U.S.C. § 7621(d)

      Pub. L. 117–263, § 5943(c)(1)(C), struck out former subsec. (c). Prior to amendment, text of subsec. (c) read as follows: “This section shall terminate on the date that is 5 years after October 7, 2016.”

   Source evidence

   Code amendment note
   Subsecs. (c), (d). Pub. L. 117–263, § 5943(c)(1)(C), added subsecs. (c) and (d) and struck out former subsec. (c). Prior to amendment, text of subsec. (c) read as follows: “This section shall terminate on the date that is 5 years after October 7, 2016.”

   Enacted provision · exact public law section
   (C) by striking subsection (c) and inserting the following: “(c) Procedure for Removing Countries From List.— Concurrently with the first report required under this section and submitted after the date of the enactment of this subsection, the Secretary of State, in consultation with the Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of Commerce, shall publish in the Federal Register a procedure for removing from the list described in subsection (b) any country that no longer meets the definition of country of concern under section 2(4). “(d) Sunset.— This section shall cease to have force or effect on September 30, 2028.” .

5 of 5 references resolved to an enrolled provision