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Title 16 — Conservation

Chapter 95 — Eliminate, Neutralize, and Disrupt Wildlife Trafficking

§ 7642. Anti-trafficking programs

Statutory text

(a)

Investigative capacity building

The Secretary of State and the Administrator of the United States Agency for International Development, in collaboration with the heads of other relevant United States agencies and communities, regions, and governments in focus countries, may design and implement programs in focus countries to carry out the recommendations made in the strategic plan required under section 7631(a)(2) of this title among other goals, with clear and measurable targets and indicators of success, to increase the capacity of wildlife law enforcement and customs and border security officers in focus countries.

(b)

Transnational programs

The Secretary of State and the Administrator of the United States Agency for International Development, in collaboration with other relevant United States agencies, nongovernmental partners, and international bodies, and in collaboration with communities, regions, and governments in focus countries, may design and implement programs, including support for Wildlife Enforcement Networks, in focus countries to carry out the recommendations made in the strategic plan required under section 7631(a)(2) of this title, among other goals, to better understand and combat the transnational trade in illegal wildlife.

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. Eliminate, Neutralize, and Disrupt Wildlife Trafficking Act of 2016

    Pub. L. 114–231 title IV § 402 · 130 Stat. 949

    Enacted · 16 U.S.C. § 7642

    (Pub. L. 114–231, title IV, § 402, Oct. 7, 2016, 130 Stat. 954.)

    Source evidence

    Code source credit
    (Pub. L. 114–231, title IV, § 402, Oct. 7, 2016, 130 Stat. 954.)

    Enacted provision · exact public law section
    SEC. 402. ANTI-TRAFFICKING PROGRAMS. (a) Investigative Capacity Building.— The Secretary of State and the Administrator of the United States Agency for International Development, in collaboration with the heads of other relevant United States agencies and communities, regions, and governments in focus countries, may design and implement programs in focus countries to carry out the recommendations made in the strategic plan required under section 301(a)(2) among other goals, with clear and measurable targets and indicators of success, to increase the capacity of wildlife law enforcement and customs and border security officers in focus countries. (b) Transnational Programs.— The Secretary of State and the Administrator of the United States Agency for International Development, in collaboration with other relevant United States agencies, nongovernmental partners, and international bodies, and in collaboration with communities, regions, and governments in focus countries, may design and implement programs, including support for Wildlife Enforcement Networks, in focus countries to carry out the recommendations made in the strategic plan required under section 301(a)(2), among other goals, to better understand and combat the transnational trade in illegal wildlife.

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Credits

(Pub. L. 114–231, title IV, § 402, , 130 Stat. 954.)

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