16 U.S.C. § 7621: Report

Summary

The Secretary of State, working with the Secretaries of the Interior and Commerce, must send Congress a report listing every country the Secretary calls a "focus country." The first report had to be sent within one year after October 7, 2016, and then a report must be sent every two years by June 1 in the years a report is due. Each report must also list countries the Secretary calls "countries of concern." Along with the first report filed after December 23, 2022, the Secretary must publish in the Federal Register a procedure to remove any country that no longer fits the "country of concern" definition in section 7601(4). These reporting duties end on September 30, 2028.

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(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

(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.

(d)Sunset

This section shall cease to have force or effect on September 30, 2028.

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Termination of SectionFor 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 (b), was in the original “this Act”, meaning Pub. L. 114–231, Oct. 7, 2016, 130 Stat. 949, known as the Eliminate, Neutralize, and Disrupt Wildlife Trafficking Act of 2016, which is classified principally to this chapter. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see

Short Title

note under section 7601 of this title and Tables.

Amendments

2022—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”. 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.” 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.”

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