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16 U.S.C. § 7631 — Report

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16 U.S.C. § 7631 — Report

**(a) Report** Not later than one year after October 7, 2016, and biennially thereafter by June 1 of each year in which a report is required, 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 chapter. **(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 also list each country determined by the Secretary of State to be a country of concern within the meaning of this chapter 11 So in original. Probably should be followed by a period. **(c) Procedure for removing countries from list** Concurrently with the first report required under this section and submitted after December 23, 2022, 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 7601(4) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title16-section7601/4&num=0&edition=prelim). **(d) Sunset** This section shall cease to have force or effect on September 30, 2028.

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16 U.S.C. § 7601 — Community conservation

The Secretary of State, in collaboration with the United State Agency for International Development, heads of other relevant United States agencies, the private sector, nongovernmental organizations, and other development partners, may provide support in focus countries to carry out the recommendations made in the strategic plan required under [section 7631(a)(2) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title16-section7631/a/2&num=0&edition=prelim) as such recommendations relate to the development, scaling, and replication of community wildlife conservancies and community conservation programs in focus countries to assist with rural stability and greater security for people and wildlife, empower and support communities to manage or benefit from their wildlife resources in a long-term biologically viable manner, and reduce the threat of poaching and trafficking, including through— (1) promoting conservation-based enterprises and incentives, such as eco-tourism and stewardship-oriented agricultural production, that empower communities to manage wildlife, natural resources, and community ventures where appropriate, by ensuring they benefit from well-managed wildlife populations; (2) helping create alternative livelihoods to poaching by mitigating wildlife trafficking, helping support rural stability, greater security for people and wildlife, responsible economic development, and economic incentives to conserve wildlife populations; (3) engaging regional businesses and the private sector to develop goods and services to aid in anti-poaching and anti-trafficking measures; (4) working with communities to develop secure and safe methods of sharing information with enforcement officials; (5) providing technical assistance to support land

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16 U.S.C. § 7611 — Definitions

In this chapter: (1) **Appropriate congressional committees** — The term “appropriate congressional committees” means— (A) the Committee on Foreign Relations and the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate; and (B) the Committee on Foreign Affairs and the Committee 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 of the Interior, and the Attorney General, as established pursuant to Executive Order 13648. (3) **Community conservation** — The term “community conservation” means an approach to conservation involving local communities that recognizes the rights of local people to manage, or benefit directly and indirectly from wildlife and other natural resources in a long-term biologically viable manner and includes— (A) devolving management and governance to local communities to create positive conditions for resource use that takes into account current and future ecological requirements; and (B) building the capacity of communities for conservation and natural resource management. (4) **Country of concern** — The term “country of concern” means a foreign country specially designated by the Secretary of State pursuant to [section 7621(b) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title16-section7621/b&num=0&edition=prelim) as a major source of wildlife trafficking products or their derivatives, a major transit point of wildlife trafficking products or their derivatives, or a major consumer of wildlife trafficking products, in which— (A) the government has actively engaged in, or knowingly profited from, the trafficking of protected species; or (B) the government facilitates such trafficking thro

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16 U.S.C. § 7631 — Presidential Task Force on Wildlife Traf-

Page 2702 TITLE 16—CONSERVATION § 7621 1 So in original. Probably should be followed by a period. SUBCHAPTER II—REPORT ON MAJOR WILDLIFE TRAFFICKING COUNTRIES § 7621. Report (a) Report Not later than one year after October 7, 2016, and biennially thereafter by June 1 of each year in which a report is required, 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 chapter. (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 also list each country deter- mined by the Secretary of State to be a country of concern within the meaning of this chapter 1 (c) Procedure for removing countries from list Concurrently with the first report required under this section and submitted after Decem- ber 23, 2022, the Secretary of State, in consulta- tion 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 7601(4) of this title. (d) Sunset This section shall cease to have force or effect on September 30, 2028. (Pub. L. 114–231, title II, § 201, Oct. 7, 2016, 130 Stat. 952; Pub. L. 117–263, div. E, title LIX, § 5943(c)(1), Dec. 23, 2022, 136 Stat. 3470.) TERMINATION OF SECTION For termination of section on Sept. 30, 2028, see subsec. (d) of this section. Editorial Notes REFERENCES IN TEXT This chapter, referred to in subsecs. (a) and

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