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 through conduct that may include a persistent failure to make serious and sustained efforts to prevent and prosecute such trafficking. (5) **Focus country** — The term “focus country” refers to a foreign country determined by the Secretary of State to be 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. (6) **Defense article; defense service; significant military equipment; training** — The terms “defense article”, “defense service”, “significant military equipment”, and “training” have the meanings given such terms in [section 2794 of title 22](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title22-section2794&num=0&edition=prelim). (7) **Implementation Plan** — The term “Implementation Plan” means the Implementation Plan for the National Strategy for Combating Wildlife Trafficking released on February 11, 2015, a modification of that plan, or a successor plan. (8) **National Strategy** — The term “National Strategy” means the National Strategy for Combating Wildlife Trafficking published on February 11, 2014, a modification of that strategy, or a successor strategy. (9) **National wildlife services** — The term “national wildlife services” refers to the ministries and government bodies designated to manage matters pertaining to wildlife management, including poaching or trafficking, in a focus country. (10) **Security force** — The term “security force” means a military, law enforcement, gendarmerie, park ranger, or any other security force with a responsibility for protecting wildlife and natural habitats. (11) **Task Force** — The term “Task Force” means the Presidential Task Force on Wildlife Trafficking, as established by Executive Order 13648 (78 Fed. Reg. 40621) and modified by [section 7631 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title16-section7631&num=0&edition=prelim). (12) **Wildlife trafficking** — The term “wildlife trafficking” refers to the poaching or other illegal taking of protected or managed species and the illegal trade in wildlife and their related parts and products.