Amendment requires the Director of National Intelligence to report to Congress on the nexus between terrorist groups and wildlife trafficking, how wildlife trafficking impacts U.S. national security, and key actors and facilitators of wildlife trafficking.

1. Adds SEC. 336. REPORT ON WILDLIFE TRAFFICKING on page 42, line 12

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   Inserted: SEC. 336. REPORT ON WILDLIFE TRAFFICKING.

   Inserted: (a) Reports Required.--Not later than 365 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Director of National Intelligence shall submit to the congressional committees specified in subsection (b) a report on wildlife trafficking.

   Inserted: (b) Specified Members and Committees of Congress.--The congressional committees specified in this subsection are the following:

   Inserted: (1) Select Committee on Intelligence of the Senate.

   Inserted: (2) Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate.

   Inserted: (3) Committee on Environment and Public Works of the Senate.

   Inserted: (4) Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence of the House of Representatives.

   Inserted: (5) Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives.

   Inserted: (6) Committee on Natural Resources of the House of Representatives.

   Inserted: (c) Matters to Be Included.--The report submitted under subsection (a) shall include each of the following:

   Inserted: (1) An assessment of the major source, transit, and destination countries for wildlife trafficking products or their derivatives and how such products or derivatives are trafficked.

   Inserted: (2) An assessment of the efforts of those countries identified as major source, transit, and destination countries to counter wildlife trafficking and to adhere to their international treaty obligations relating to endangered or threatened species.

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   Inserted: (3) An assessment of critical vulnerabilities that can be used to counter wildlife trafficking.

   Inserted: (4) An assessment of the extent of involvement of designated foreign terrorist organizations and transnational criminal organizations in wildlife trafficking.

   Inserted: (5) An assessment of key actors and facilitators, including government officials, that are supporting wildlife trafficking.

   Inserted: (6) An assessment of the annual net worth of wildlife trafficking globally and the financial flows that enables wildlife trafficking.

   Inserted: (7) An assessment of the impact of wildlife trafficking on key wildlife populations.

   Inserted: (8) An assessment of the effectiveness of efforts taken to date to counter wildlife trafficking.

   Inserted: (9) An assessment of the effectiveness of capacity-building efforts by the United States Government.

   Inserted: (10) An assessment of the impact of wildlife trafficking on the national security of the United States.

   Inserted: (11) An assessment of the level of coordination between United States intelligence and law enforcement agencies on intelligence related to wildlife trafficking, the capacity of those agencies to process and act on that intelligence effectively, existing barriers to effective coordination, and the degree to which relevant intelligence is shared with and acted upon by bilateral and multilateral law enforcement partners.

   Inserted: (12) An assessment of the gaps in intelligence capabilities to assess transnational wildlife trafficking networks and steps currently being taken, in line with the Implementation Plan to the National Strategy for Combating Wildlife Trafficking, to remedy such information gaps.

   Inserted: (d) Form.--The report required by subsection (a) shall be submitted in unclassified form, but may include a classified annex.

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