3.0.0 27 2023-01-11T13:28:48Z 2023-01-11T13:28:48Z Senate S 2015-01-06 114 ssju00 Judiciary Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2015-01-06T19:44:06Z Eliminate, Neutralize, and Disrupt Wildlife Trafficking Act of 2016 114 2494 HR 2016-10-07 Became Public Law No: 114-231. Related bill CRS 2015-01-06 ssju00 Judiciary Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S14-15) IntroReferral 2015-01-06 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress F000062 Sen. Feinstein, Dianne [D-CA] Dianne Feinstein D CA N G000359 Sen. Graham, Lindsey [R-SC] Lindsey Graham R SC 2015-01-06 True K000367 Sen. Klobuchar, Amy [D-MN] Amy Klobuchar D MN 2015-04-27 False C001035 Sen. Collins, Susan M. [R-ME] Susan Collins R ME M. 2015-04-27 False K000360 Sen. Kirk, Mark Steven [R-IL] MARK KIRK R IL STEVEN 2015-05-11 False W000802 Sen. Whitehouse, Sheldon [D-RI] Sheldon Whitehouse D RI 2015-05-11 False B000711 Sen. Boxer, Barbara [D-CA] BARBARA BOXER D CA 2016-04-27 False Crime and Law Enforcement Civil actions and liability Currency Organized crime Smuggling and trafficking Wildlife conservation and habitat protection Crime and Law Enforcement 00 2015-01-06 Introduced in Senate 2015-03-26T23:15:41Z Wildlife Trafficking Enforcement Act of 2015

This bill applies provisions of the federal criminal code concerning money laundering and racketeering to wildlife trafficking violations of the Endangered Species Act of 1973, the African Elephant Conservation Act, and the Rhinoceros and Tiger Conservation Act of 1994, if the endangered or threatened species of fish or wildlife, products, items, or substances involved in the violation and relevant conduct have a total value of more than $10,000. Violators would be subject to increased fines and years of imprisonment.

The amounts generated from penalties for those wildlife violations must be used for the benefit and conservation of impacted species.

]]> Wildlife Trafficking Enforcement Act of 2015 Display Title Wildlife Trafficking Enforcement Act of 2015 Official Title as Introduced A bill to make wildlife trafficking a predicate offense under racketeering and money laundering statutes and the Travel Act, to provide for the use for conservation purposes of amounts from civil penalties, fines, forfeitures, and restitution under such statutes based on such violations, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced Wildlife Trafficking Enforcement Act of 2015 Introduced in Senate 2015-01-06T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-114s27is/xml/BILLS-114s27is.xml 2015-01-06 Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S14-15) text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.