Title 16, ConservationRelease 119-110

§7641 Anti-poaching Programs

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

Last updated Sep 22, 2026|Official source

Summary

The Secretary of State and the USAID Administrator, together with other U.S. agencies and nongovernmental partners when useful, can help selected countries carry out the strategic plan’s recommendations and other steps to make wildlife law enforcement more effective. That help is meant for countries that show they have the capacity, willingness, and need for assistance. Congress says the United States should continue to provide certain defense items (not major weapons), defense services, and related training to appropriate African security forces to help stop wildlife trafficking and poaching.

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Title 16, §7641

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(a)Wildlife law enforcement professional training and coordination activities

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)Sense of Congress regarding security assistance to counter wildlife trafficking and poaching in Africa

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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16 U.S.C. § 7641

Title 16, Conservation

Last Updated

Sep 22, 2026

Release point: 119-110