Title 16 — ConservationRelease 119-73

§7641 Anti-poaching programs

Title 16 › Chapter CHAPTER 95— - ELIMINATE, NEUTRALIZE, AND DISRUPT WILDLIFE TRAFFICKING › Subchapter SUBCHAPTER IV— - PROGRAMS TO ADDRESS THE ESCALATING WILDLIFE TRAFFICKING CRISIS › § 7641

Last updated Apr 6, 2026|Official source

Summary

The Secretary of State and the USAID Administrator may, with other agencies as needed, help focus countries carry out the strategic plan in section 7631(a)(2) and strengthen wildlife law enforcement in places that show capacity, willingness, and need. Congress says the U.S. should continue providing defense items (not major military equipment), defense services, and training to appropriate African security forces to fight wildlife trafficking and poaching.

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Title 16, §7641

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(a)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 nongovernmental partners where appropriate, may provide assistance to focus countries to carry out the recommendations made in the strategic plan required by section 7631(a)(2) of this title, among other goals, to improve the effectiveness of wildlife law enforcement in regions and countries that have demonstrated capacity, willingness, and need for assistance.

(b)It is the sense of Congress that the United States should continue to provide defense articles (not including significant military equipment), defense services, and related training to appropriate security forces of countries of Africa for the purposes of countering wildlife trafficking and poaching.

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Citation

16 U.S.C. § 7641

Title 16 — Conservation

Last Updated

Apr 6, 2026

Release point: 119-73