Wildlife Conservation and Anti-Trafficking Act of 2021
Summary
Wildlife Conservation and Anti-Trafficking Act of 2021 This bill sets forth provisions relating to wildlife conservation, anti-trafficking and poaching, and illegal fishing. Specifically, the bill directs the Departments of Justice, the Interior, Commerce, State, and the Treasury to develop a plan of action for awards to whistleblowers of violations of laws applicable to wildlife trafficking; directs Interior to carry out the International Wildlife Conservation Program to, among other things, address global conservation threats and combat wildlife trafficking and poaching; provides funding for the conservation of certain endangered species; authorizes Interior, in consultation with the State Department, to station not less than one U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service officer in the primary diplomatic or consular post of the United States in a focus country or country of concern (i.e., countries engaging in wildlife trafficking); and directs Commerce to make amounts available for illegal, unreported, and unregulated fishing enforcement. The bill also modifies the federal criminal code to make wildlife trafficking and illegal fishing predicates with respect to the enforcement of certain criminal offenses, including racketeering and money laundering.
Bill status
in committee
1 of 4 stages cleared
Introduction
Nov 2021
Committee Review
Floor Vote
President
Introduced Nov 19, 2021
Last action Dec 22, 2021
Floor votes
How they voted
No floor votes recorded yet.
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
4
Key actions
0
Committee
2
Dec 22, 2021
Committee
Referred to the Subcommittee on Water, Oceans, and Wildlife.
lower
Nov 19, 2021
Committee
Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committees on the Judiciary, and Foreign Affairs, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
lower
Nov 19, 2021
Introduced
Introduced in House
lower
1 primary · 56 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
John Garamendi
DDemocratic
Co
Albio Sires
DDemocratic
Co
André Carson
DDemocratic
Co
Andy Kim
DDemocratic
Co
Ann M. Kuster
DDemocratic
Co
Aumua Amata Coleman Radewagen
RRepublican
Co
Brad Sherman
DDemocratic
Co
Brendan F. Boyle
DDemocratic
Co
Brian K. Fitzpatrick
RRepublican
Co
C. A. Dutch Ruppersberger
DDemocratic
Co
Chris Pappas
DDemocratic
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