[Congressional Bills 111th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 3508 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

111th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 3508

      To strengthen the capacity of the United States to lead the 
    international community in reversing renewable natural resource 
 degradation trends around the world that threaten to undermine global 
 prosperity and security and eliminate the diversity of life on Earth, 
                        and for other purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             June 17, 2010

Mr. Udall of New Mexico (for himself and Mr. Brownback) introduced the 
 following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on 
                           Foreign Relations

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                                 A BILL


 
      To strengthen the capacity of the United States to lead the 
    international community in reversing renewable natural resource 
 degradation trends around the world that threaten to undermine global 
 prosperity and security and eliminate the diversity of life on Earth, 
                        and for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Global Conservation Act of 2010''.

SEC. 2. FINDINGS.

    Congress finds the following:
            (1) Five hundred million people in developing countries 
        depend on fresh water from natural areas that are under threat 
        of degradation.
            (2) Two billion people depend on rapidly diminishing fish 
        stocks for a significant source of their daily protein.
            (3) Wild species provide more than $300,000,000,000 in 
        benefits to world agriculture from natural pest control and the 
        pollination of \2/3\ of the crop species that feed the world.
            (4) Plant breeding programs involving genetic enhancements 
        from the wild relatives of agricultural crops have helped feed 
        billions of people around the world and are valued at 
        $115,000,000,000 per year.
            (5) Human degradation of and encroachment into natural 
        ecosystems such as rainforests increases opportunities for the 
        outbreak and spread of animal-borne infectious diseases--such 
        as SARS, avian flu, malaria, schistosomiasis, tuberculosis, and 
        yellow fever--that could cause high levels of mortality and 
        affect major global industries including travel, trade, 
        tourism, food production, and finance.
            (6) Forests prevent catastrophic flooding and severe 
        drought, and coral reefs and mangroves reduce the impact of 
        large storms on coastal populations, saving $9,000,000,000 in 
        damages each year and reducing outlays for disaster assistance.
            (7) The destruction of forests, mostly in developing 
        countries, releases more greenhouse gases than the entire world 
        transportation sector. As one of the most cost effective ways 
        to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, a global forest 
        conservation program could help reduce the cost to the United 
        States of efforts to reduce emissions.
            (8) More than half of the most prescribed medicines in the 
        United States are derived directly from natural compounds or 
        patterned after them. Due to the loss of natural areas and 
        compounds from wild species, one marketable prescription drug 
        is estimated to be lost every 2 years.
            (9) The United States National Intelligence Council expects 
        demographic trends and natural resource scarcities relating to 
        water, food, arable land, and energy sources to lead to 
        instabilities and conflict in the years ahead.
            (10) Illegal logging, fishing, and mining in developing 
        countries flood the international market with low-cost products 
        that undercut the competitiveness of responsible companies in 
        the United States. In the absence of competition from illegal 
        producers, the United States would be able to increase wood 
        product exports by $460,000,000 a year.
            (11) Sound natural resource management, healthy levels of 
        species diversity, and functioning natural ecosystems are vital 
        to alleviating poverty for many communities in developing 
        countries that depend on those resources for food, medicine, 
        housing material, and other necessities.
            (12) Women are especially vulnerable to the threat of 
        natural resource degradation because they produce most of the 
        food and collect most of the firewood in many regions, comprise 
        a large portion of small landholders and small-scale producers, 
        face heightened food insecurity, have fewer rights to land and 
        other natural resources, and have less access to credit and 
        resource management assistance.
            (13) Species are becoming extinct at a rate 100 to 1,000 
        times faster than the natural rate of extinction and \3/4\ of 
        the world's terrestrial species are in developing countries 
        that are rapidly destroying their natural areas and habitats.
            (14) The United States does not have a strategy for 
        reversing any of the major renewable natural resource depletion 
        trends around the world or the threats they pose to the 
        Nation's health, security, or economy.
            (15) Several executive branch agencies are engaged in some 
        aspect of international conservation, yet their efforts are not 
        coordinated in a manner that maximizes the effectiveness of the 
        overall international conservation efforts of the United 
        States.
            (16) Participation by the United States in multilateral 
        efforts to conserve natural resources, such as through the 
        World Bank and the Global Environment Facility, leverages 
        financial commitments by other countries by as much as 14 to 1.

SEC. 3. PURPOSE.

    The purpose of this Act is to strengthen the leadership and 
effectiveness of the United States in responding to the worldwide 
crisis relating to the depletion of natural resources and biodiversity 
under existing statutory authority governing United States 
international assistance for conservation by--
            (1) establishing a comprehensive global strategy for 
        providing assistance with respect to the conservation of 
        natural resources and biodiversity in developing countries that 
        includes a plan for--
                    (A) addressing major trends in natural resource 
                degradation that relate to human well-being and 
                environmental sustainability, such as loss of soils, 
                watersheds, wilderness, fish stocks, forests, species, 
                and other critical resources;
                    (B) identifying clear goals and benchmarks of 
                success for the strategy;
                    (C) the phased expansion of existing critical 
                programs relating to the conservation of natural 
                resources and biodiversity in developing countries;
                    (D) improved coordination among executive branch 
                agencies engaged in international conservation efforts 
                in order to clarify roles, reduce duplication, and 
                enhance effectiveness; and
                    (E) improved integration of conservation goals 
                within the development, security, and other foreign 
                policy priorities of the United States;
            (2) providing authorization for funding for United States 
        efforts to address the major threats to natural resources, 
        species, and ecosystems in developing countries;
            (3) improving coordination among the United States, foreign 
        governments, and international organizations in effectively 
        delivering conservation assistance through governments, 
        multilateral organizations, private organizations, and local 
        communities and community partnerships; and
            (4) expanding the capacity of the intelligence community 
        (as defined in section 3(4) of the National Security Act of 
        1947 (50 U.S.C. 401a(4))) to assess the linkages among 
        renewable natural resource degradation, resource scarcity, 
        poverty, civil instability, migration, and conflict and the 
        effects of the foregoing on the security and economic interests 
        of the United States.

SEC. 4. DEFINITIONS.

    In this Act:
            (1) Developing country.--The term ``developing country'' 
        means a country that, in 2008, had an average gross national 
        income per capita of $11,905 or less.
            (2) Developing world.--The term ``developing world'' refers 
        to all developing countries collectively.
            (3) Hotspot region.--The term ``hotspot region'' means a 
        region in the developing world that--
                    (A) contains an unusually high concentration of 
                species that are not found outside of the region; and
                    (B) has lost at least 70 percent of its original 
                natural coverage.
            (4) Natural resources; renewable natural resources.--The 
        terms ``natural resources'' and ``renewable natural 
        resources''--
                    (A) mean natural resources, including soils, 
                forests, animal and plant populations and products, 
                coral reefs, and water; and
                    (B) do not include nonrenewable natural resources 
                such as minerals, oil, and other fossil fuels.
            (5) Relevant agencies.--The term ``relevant agencies'' 
        means agencies of the Federal Government that engage in efforts 
        relating to the international conservation of natural resources 
        and biodiversity.
            (6) Special coordinator; coordinator.--The terms ``Special 
        Coordinator'' and ``Coordinator'' mean the Special Coordinator 
        for Global Conservation designated pursuant to section 102.
            (7) Sustainable forest management certification system.--
        The term ``sustainable forest management certification system'' 
        means a system for monitoring forests and tracking forest 
        products that is designed to ensure that forest products are 
        produced using methods that take into account a variety of 
        widely accepted environmental, social, and economic criteria.
            (8) Threatened species.--The term ``threatened species'' 
        means, at a minimum, species identified as having a high 
        probability of global extinction by the International Union for 
        the Conservation of Nature or by its constituent networks of 
        governments, specialist groups, and other stakeholders.
            (9) Wilderness.--The term ``wilderness'' means an area in 
        the developing world larger than 2,500,000 acres with more than 
        70 percent of its original coverage intact.

              TITLE I--POLICY PLANNING AND IMPLEMENTATION

SEC. 101. COMPREHENSIVE INTERNATIONAL CONSERVATION STRATEGY.

    (a) In General.--Not later than 1 year after the date of the 
enactment of this Act, the President, acting through the Special 
Coordinator for Global Conservation designated pursuant section 102, 
shall establish a comprehensive and integrated strategy (in this Act 
referred to as the ``International Conservation Strategy'')--
            (1) to combat the global degradation of natural resources 
        and biodiversity in developing countries;
            (2) to build on existing bilateral and multilateral 
        programs relating to the global conservation of natural 
        resources and biodiversity; and
            (3) to strengthen the capacity of the United States to 
        collaborate with developing countries and other donor countries 
        and the private sector and be an effective leader of in 
        international efforts to conserve natural resources and 
        biodiversity.
    (b) Programmatic Approach.--The International Conservation Strategy 
shall provide a comprehensive plan of action to address global natural 
resource and biodiversity degradation that identifies specific and 
measurable goals, benchmarks, and time frames, which may include--
            (1) advancing conservation in the world's most ecologically 
        and economically important terrestrial wilderness areas and 
        marine ecosystems so that conservation or sustainable 
        development consistent with long-term conservation will be 
        achieved on an area of land exceeding 2,000,000 square miles 
        and an area of sea exceeding 6,000,000 square miles;
            (2) protecting 34 discrete hotspot regions that provide a 
        high level of economic benefit to human communities as well as 
        a high concentration of genetic and other natural resources;
            (3) addressing unlawful, unreported, and unregulated 
        fishing in 10 developing countries where fish stocks are 
        severely depleted and regional fishing economies are threatened 
        through increased surveillance and enforcement;
            (4) safeguarding natural areas providing fresh water to 12 
        major urban centers in developing countries or 50,000,000 
        people in developing countries;
            (5) advancing local, national, and international 
        enforcement efforts against unlawful wildlife trafficking 
        operations in 10 centers of the unlawful global wildlife trade 
        and strengthening trade-based solutions in those centers;
            (6) stabilizing or reversing renewable natural resource 
        scarcity trends in 3 regions that are vulnerable to conflict, 
        instability, or mass migration from natural resource depletion; 
        and
            (7) substantially expanding the amount of economically and 
        ecologically significant forested land under a credible 
        sustainable forest management certification system.
    (c) Coordination and Leverage.--The International Conservation 
Strategy shall require the coordination and leverage of the 
participation of the relevant agencies, foreign governments, 
international financial institutions, other international 
organizations, and the private sector in efforts to conserve natural 
resources and biodiversity in ways that--
            (1) clarify the efforts of the United States to address the 
        conservation crisis within the broader development, foreign 
        policy, and security agendas of the United States;
            (2) establish policy guidance to link investments in 
        specific conservation programs to the broader goals of 
        advancing economic development, addressing climate change, 
        alleviating poverty, improving the economic competitiveness of 
        the United States, protecting global public health, expanding 
        the rights of women, and reducing resource scarcities that have 
        the potential to lead to civil instabilities, mass migrations, 
        and conflict;
            (3) reflect a unified policy of the United States that 
        encompasses the programs of, and reduces duplication among, the 
        relevant agencies; and
            (4) provide a plan to identify and improve United States 
        policies that could be undermining the conservation of critical 
        natural resources and biodiversity abroad.
    (d) International Conservation Comparison and Analysis.--The 
International Conservation Strategy shall include a system for 
analyzing and comparing efforts to conserve natural resources and 
biodiversity internationally that--
            (1) ranks the efforts of countries around the world to 
        conserve natural resources and biodiversity, based on standards 
        established by the President's Advisory Committee for Global 
        Conservation under section 104(b);
            (2) reports on the range of initiatives to conserve natural 
        resources and biodiversity being conducted internationally; and
            (3) measures the progress made by countries receiving 
        assistance through the International Conservation Strategy with 
        respect to conserving natural resources and biodiversity.
    (e) Revision.--Not later than 5 years after the International 
Conservation Strategy is established under subsection (a), the Strategy 
shall be revised to reflect--
            (1) new information collected in the process of 
        implementing the Strategy;
            (2) advances in the understanding of biological diversity, 
        the economic and security impacts of renewable natural resource 
        degradation, and climate change; and
            (3) the impacts of climate change on conservation, 
        biodiversity, and human needs.

SEC. 102. SPECIAL COORDINATOR FOR GLOBAL CONSERVATION.

    (a) In General.--The President shall designate an individual to 
serve in the Executive Office of the President as the Special 
Coordinator for Global Conservation.
    (b) Duties.--The Coordinator shall--
            (1) advise the President on issues relating to 
        international conservation of natural resources and 
        biodiversity;
            (2) oversee the development and implementation of the 
        International Conservation Strategy established under section 
        101;
            (3) enhance program and policy coordination among the 
        relevant agencies in implementing the International 
        Conservation Strategy by ensuring that each relevant agency 
        carries out programs primarily in those areas in which each 
        such agency has the greatest expertise, technical capabilities, 
        and potential for success and ensuring that agencies avoid 
        duplication of effort;
            (4) evaluate the effectiveness of the international 
        conservation programs of the relevant agencies in meeting the 
        goals of the International Conservation Strategy by developing 
        and applying specific performance measurements;
            (5) assess and certify the adequacy of the budgets for the 
        international conservation programs of the relevant agencies in 
        meeting the goals of the International Conservation Strategy, 
        and submit to the heads of the relevant agencies not later than 
        July 1 of each year budget recommendations, including requests 
        for specific initiatives that are consistent with the 
        President's priorities under the Strategy;
            (6) take such actions as are necessary to ensure that the 
        climate change, export and business development, trade, and 
        development and humanitarian assistance policies of the United 
        States advance the interests of the United States in conserving 
        critical global natural resources and biodiversity;
            (7) identify innovative pilot projects or underfunded 
        programs for early or immediate funding that are important for 
        demonstrating or further developing conservation methodologies 
        or approaches likely to be important to the success of the 
        International Conservation Strategy;
            (8) identify innovative pilot projects or underfunded 
        programs that result in expanding the access of women to 
        sustainably managed natural resources and to techniques for 
        improved natural resource management;
            (9) expand significantly the role of the private sector in 
        leveraging assistance provided by the United States with 
        respect to the global conservation of natural resources and 
        biodiversity by expanding programs that utilize contributions 
        from the private sector in conservation efforts, such as the 
        Global Development Alliance of the United States Agency for 
        International Development; and
            (10) take such actions as are necessary to use diplomatic 
        mechanisms, relevant international institutions and agreements, 
        and other appropriate mechanisms to lead other countries toward 
        the goals and actions of the International Conservation 
        Strategy, together with commitments of increased funding for 
        meeting such goals.

SEC. 103. INTERAGENCY WORKING GROUP ON GLOBAL CONSERVATION.

            (1) In general.--The Special Coordinator for Global 
        Conservation shall establish in the executive branch the 
        Interagency Working Group on Global Conservation.
            (2) Duties.--The Interagency Group shall--
                    (A) advise the Coordinator on the development and 
                implementation of the International Conservation 
                Strategy;
                    (B) assist the Coordinator in discharging the 
                responsibilities of the Coordinator under section 102;
                    (C) review policies that may be obstacles to 
                achieving the goals of the International Conservation 
                Strategy;
                    (D) oversee and report on the implementation of the 
                Strategy within the relevant agencies;
                    (E) advise the Coordinator of measures to increase 
                participation by the relevant agencies in, and 
                interagency coordination with respect to, conservation 
                projects; and
                    (F) meet regularly to review progress on the 
                objectives described in subparagraphs (A) through (E).
            (3) Membership.--The Interagency Group shall consist of--
                    (A) officials in the relevant agencies;
                    (B) officials in other agencies that have 
                responsibilities that may affect the ability of the 
                United States to achieve the goals of the International 
                Conservation Strategy; and
                    (C) any other officials the Coordinator determines 
                will provide information that will facilitate the 
                development and implementation of the Strategy.

SEC. 104. PRESIDENT'S ADVISORY COMMITTEE ON GLOBAL CONSERVATION.

    (a) Establishment.--The President shall establish the President's 
Advisory Committee for Global Conservation to ensure that the best 
scientific expertise, and the concerns of relevant public 
constituencies, are reflected in the international conservation 
policies of the United States.
    (b) Duties.--The Advisory Committee shall--
            (1) advise the President on the development and 
        implementation of the International Conservation Strategy under 
        section 101;
            (2) assist the Coordinator in the implementation of the 
        Coordinator's responsibilities under section 102;
            (3) review periodically the progress of the International 
        Conservation Strategy and, not less frequently than annually, 
        bring to the attention of the Coordinator innovative pilot 
        projects that further develop conservation methodologies likely 
        to be important to the success of the Strategy;
            (4) take steps to educate the public about the global 
        conservation programs of the United States; and
            (5) establish standards for ranking the efforts of 
        countries to conserve natural resources and biodiversity to be 
        used in the system for analyzing and comparing efforts to 
        conserve natural resources and biodiversity internationally 
        under section 101(d).
    (c) Membership.--The Advisory Committee shall consist of at least 
25 members, of whom--
            (1) not fewer than 4 shall be selected from representatives 
        of 4-year institutions of higher education (as defined in 
        section 101(a) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 
        1001(a)) or nongovernmental organizations in the United States 
        and have an expertise in international conservation;
            (2) not fewer than 2 shall be selected from representatives 
        of 4-year institutions of higher education or nongovernmental 
        organizations in the United States and have an expertise in the 
        relationship among natural resources, biodiversity, economic 
        development, and poverty alleviation;
            (3) not fewer than 2 shall be selected from representatives 
        of private businesses or trade associations in the United 
        States and have expertise in the relationship between global 
        natural resource conservation and the competitiveness of the 
        economy or key industries of the United States;
            (4) not fewer than 2 shall be former Members of Congress or 
        former high level officials in the executive branch;
            (5) not fewer than 2 shall represent religious institutions 
        or communities of faith;
            (6) not fewer than 1 shall be an expert on the effects of 
        natural resource degradation on women's lives and livelihoods;
            (7) not fewer than 1 shall be selected from a zoological 
        institution with expertise in in situ and ex situ conservation;
            (8) not fewer than 1 shall be selected from representatives 
        of 4-year institutions of higher education or nongovernmental 
        organizations in the United States and have an expertise in 
        global freshwater water supply;
            (9) not fewer than 1 shall be selected from representatives 
        of 4-year institutions of higher education or nongovernmental 
        organizations in the United States and have an expertise in the 
        relationship between natural resource conservation and food 
        security;
            (10) not fewer than 1 shall be selected from 
        representatives of 4-year institutions of higher education or 
        nongovernmental organizations in the United States and have an 
        expertise in the effects of climate change on natural resources 
        and biological diversity;
            (11) not fewer than 1 shall be a former member of the Armed 
        Forces and have an expertise in natural resource scarcity and 
        conflict and security issues;
            (12) not fewer than 1 shall be selected from 
        representatives of 4-year institutions of higher education or 
        nongovernmental organizations in the United States and have an 
        expertise in infectious diseases that can be shared between 
        animal and human populations; and
            (13) not fewer than 1 shall be selected from the arts or 
        the media.
    (d) Chairperson.--The chairperson of the Advisory Committee shall--
            (1) be appointed by the Coordinator; or
            (2) in the discretion of the Coordinator, be selected by a 
        majority vote of the members of the Advisory Committee.
    (e) Period of Appointment.--
            (1) In general.--Except as provided in paragraph (2), each 
        member of the Advisory Committee shall be appointed for a term 
        of 3 years.
            (2) Initial appointments.--Of the members of the Advisory 
        Committee first appointed after the establishment of the 
        Committee--
                    (A) \1/3\ shall be appointed for a term of 2 years;
                    (B) \1/3\ shall be appointed for a term of 3 years; 
                and
                    (C) \1/3\ shall be appointed for a term of 4 years.
    (f) Meetings.--The Advisory Committee shall convene at the request 
of the chairperson.
    (g) Reporting.--The Advisory Committee shall periodically report to 
the Coordinator on its deliberations, conclusions, and recommendations.
    (h) Expenses.--The members of the Advisory Committee shall be 
allowed travel expenses, including per diem in lieu of subsistence, at 
rates authorized for employees of agencies under subchapter I of 
chapter 57 of title 5, United States Code, while away from their homes 
or regular places of business in performance of services for the 
committee.
    (i) Exemption.--The Federal Advisory Committee Act (5 U.S.C. App.) 
shall not apply to the work process and recommendations of the Advisory 
Committee.

SEC. 105. REPORTING.

    (a) Annual Reports.--Not later than 1 year after the date of the 
enactment of this Act, and annually thereafter, the President shall 
submit to the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate and the 
Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives a report 
on the development and implementation of the International Conservation 
Strategy established under section 101.
    (b) Contents.--The report required by subsection (a) shall 
contain--
            (1) an assessment of the progress made during the preceding 
        year in developing and implementing the International 
        Conservation Strategy established under section 101;
            (2) an identification of the programs receiving financial 
        assistance from the United States that have the potential for 
        replication or adaptation, particularly at low cost, across 
        international conservation programs; and
            (3) results from the system for analyzing and comparing 
        efforts to conserve natural resources and biodiversity 
        internationally under section 101(d), including--
                    (A) a ranking of the efforts of countries to 
                conserve natural resources and biodiversity; and
                    (B) an assessment of the progress made by each 
                country receiving assistance through the International 
                Conservation Strategy with respect to conserving 
                natural resources and biodiversity.
    (c) Program Review.--Not later than 4 years after the date of the 
enactment of this Act, the President shall submit to the committees 
specified in subsection (a) a report assessing progress made during the 
preceding 4 years and evaluating the effectiveness of United States 
global conservation programs in achieving the goals of the 
International Conservation Strategy.
    (d) Publication of Reports.--The Coordinator shall ensure that all 
reports required by this section are published on the White House Web 
site or another appropriate Web site.

SEC. 106. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.

    There are authorized to be appropriated such sums as may be 
necessary to carry out this title.

                    TITLE II--MULTILATERAL PROGRAMS

SEC. 201. PURPOSE.

    The purpose of this title is to leverage the financial commitments 
of the United States with respect to the international conservation of 
natural resources and biodiversity by encouraging other countries to 
make substantial commitments of funding and other forms of assistance 
to a comprehensive and coordinated international natural resource and 
biodiversity conservation assistance strategy in order to promote 
economic development, human health, food and water security, 
environmental sustainability, the protection of biodiversity, and local 
and regional security.

SEC. 202. DIPLOMATIC GOALS AND VENUES.

    (a) Goals.--Congress urges the President to work with the world's 
major foreign assistance donor countries to--
            (1) develop a comprehensive and coordinated international 
        conservation assistance strategy consistent with the priorities 
        identified in the International Conservation Strategy 
        established under section 101;
            (2) identify innovative and efficient multilateral 
        mechanisms that can be used to coordinate international action 
        by all participating donor countries, reduce duplication of 
        efforts among such donors, achieve the most cost effective 
        investments, and leverage international foreign assistance with 
        meaningful financial and other commitments in recipient 
        countries;
            (3) agree on funding requirements and funding goals from 
        all participating donor countries;
            (4) negotiate a timetable for achieving the goals of the 
        Strategy; and
            (5) promote existing multilateral initiatives designed to 
        identify meaningful levels of interim funding for forest 
        conservation in developing countries in advance of the 
        implementation of any international program to reduce 
        greenhouse gas emissions from forest destruction and 
        degradation.
    (b) Venues.--Congress urges the President to explore opportunities 
for achieving the goals identified in this section within the context 
of United States bilateral diplomacy with other important international 
donor countries, bilateral diplomacy with newly emerging donor 
countries, and all appropriate multilateral venues.

 TITLE III--NATIONAL INTELLIGENCE ESTIMATE ON GLOBAL NATURAL RESOURCE 
                              DEGRADATION

SEC. 301. NATIONAL INTELLIGENCE ESTIMATE WITH RESPECT TO EFFECTS OF 
              GLOBAL NATURAL RESOURCE DEGRADATION.

    (a) National Intelligence Estimate.--Not later than 1 year after 
the date of the enactment of this Act, the Director of National 
Intelligence shall submit to Congress a national intelligence estimate 
on the anticipated geopolitical and regional security effects of the 
global degradation of renewable natural resources and the implications 
of such effects on the national and economic security of the United 
States.
    (b) Content.--In preparing the national intelligence estimate 
required by this section, the Director of National Intelligence shall--
            (1) assess the future political, social, agricultural, 
        economic, food security, and health risks during the 30-year 
        period beginning on the date of the enactment of this Act posed 
        by global natural resource degradation for countries or regions 
        that are--
                    (A) of strategic national security importance to 
                the United States and at risk of significant impact due 
                to renewable natural resource degradation; or
                    (B) at significant risk of large-scale humanitarian 
                suffering with cross-border implications as predicted 
                on the basis of such assessments;
            (2) assess the capabilities of the countries or regions 
        described in subparagraph (A) and (B) of paragraph (1) to 
        respond to adverse security impacts caused by renewable natural 
        resource degradation;
            (3) assess the strategic challenges and opportunities posed 
        to the United States by the risks described in subsection (a); 
        and
            (4) assess the impact of renewable natural resource 
        degradation on the activities of the intelligence community (as 
        defined in section 3(4) of the National Security Act of 1947 
        (50 U.S.C. 401a(4))) throughout the world.
    (c) Coordination.--In preparing the national intelligence estimate 
required under subsection (a), the Director of National Intelligence 
shall consult with other agencies of the Federal Government, 
representatives of the scientific community, and, as appropriate, 
multilateral institutions and allies of the United States that have 
conducted valid research on renewable natural resource degradation.
    (d) Form.--The national intelligence estimate required under 
subsection (a), including key judgments, shall be submitted in 
unclassified form, but may include a classified annex.
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