Title 16, ConservationRelease 119-110

§7642 Anti-trafficking Programs

Title 16 › CHAPTER 95 — ELIMINATE, NEUTRALIZE, AND DISRUPT WILDLIFE TRAFFICKING › SUBCHAPTER IV — PROGRAMS TO ADDRESS THE ESCALATING WILDLIFE TRAFFICKING CRISIS › § 7642

Last updated Sep 22, 2026|Official source

Summary

Allows the Secretary of State and the USAID Administrator, working with other U.S. agencies in focus countries, to create programs with clear targets to carry out the recommendations in the strategic plan under section 7631(a)(2) and to train wildlife law enforcement, customs, and border officers. They can also run cross-border programs with NGOs and international bodies, including support for Wildlife Enforcement Networks, to study and fight illegal cross-border wildlife trade.

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Title 16, §7642

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(a)Investigative capacity building

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 communities, regions, and governments in focus countries, may design and implement programs in focus countries to carry out the recommendations made in the strategic plan required under section 7631(a)(2) of this title among other goals, with clear and measurable targets and indicators of success, to increase the capacity of wildlife law enforcement and customs and border security officers in focus countries.

(b)Transnational programs

The Secretary of State and the Administrator of the United States Agency for International Development, in collaboration with other relevant United States agencies, nongovernmental partners, and international bodies, and in collaboration with communities, regions, and governments in focus countries, may design and implement programs, including support for Wildlife Enforcement Networks, in focus countries to carry out the recommendations made in the strategic plan required under section 7631(a)(2) of this title, among other goals, to better understand and combat the transnational trade in illegal wildlife.

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Citation

16 U.S.C. § 7642

Title 16, Conservation

Last Updated

Sep 22, 2026

Release point: 119-110