16 U.S.C. § 7621 — Report

submitted 10 years ago by Pub. L. 114-231 to r/title-16-CONSERVATION · 214 words · no verdicts yet

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The Secretary of State must report to Congress every two years listing "focus countries" and "countries of concern" for wildlife trafficking. A process for removing countries from the concern list must also be published. This section stops applying after September 30, 2028.

(a) Report. Within one year of October 7, 2016, and every two years after that by June 1, the Secretary of State, consulting with the Secretaries of the Interior and Commerce, must send Congress a report listing every country determined to be a "focus country" under this chapter. (b) Special listing. In each report, the Secretary of State must also list every country determined to be a "country of concern" under this chapter. (c) Removing countries from the list. Along with the first report submitted under this section after December 23, 2022, the Secretary of State, again consulting the Secretaries of the Interior and Commerce, must publish in the Federal Register a procedure for taking a country off the "country of concern" list once it no longer fits the definition in section 7601(4). (d) Sunset. This section stops having any legal effect 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 1

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.

Source credit: (Pub. L. 114–231, title II, § 201, Oct. 7, 2016, 130 Stat. 952; Pub. L. 117–263, div. E, title LIX, § 5943(c)(1), Dec. 23, 2022, 136 Stat. 3470.)

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2016Enacted · Pub. L. 114-231 · 130 Stat. 952
2022Amended · Pub. L. 117-263 · 136 Stat. 3470

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