16 USC § 7642 - Anti-trafficking programs

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identifier: "/us/usc/t16/s7642"
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title: "16 USC § 7642 - Anti-trafficking programs"
title_number: 16
title_name: "CONSERVATION"
section_number: "7642"
section_name: "Anti-trafficking programs"
chapter_number: 95
chapter_name: "ELIMINATE, NEUTRALIZE, AND DISRUPT WILDLIFE TRAFFICKING"
subchapter_number: "IV"
subchapter_name: "PROGRAMS TO ADDRESS THE ESCALATING WILDLIFE TRAFFICKING CRISIS"
positive_law: false
currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(Pub. L. 114–231, title IV, § 402, Oct. 7, 2016, 130 Stat. 954.)"
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# § 7642. Anti-trafficking programs

**(a)** **Investigative capacity building** section 7631(a)(2) of this title

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  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** section 7631(a)(2) of this title

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 , among other goals, to better understand and combat the transnational trade in illegal wildlife.

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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 114–231, title IV, § 402, Oct. 7, 2016, 130 Stat. 954.)