1.This Act may be cited as the
Global Conservation Act of
2010
.
2.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 ¾ 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.
3.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.
4.In this Act:
(1)The term developing country means a country
that, in 2008, had an average gross national income per capita of $11,905 or
less.
(2)The term developing world refers to all
developing countries collectively.
(3)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 resourcesThe 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)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; coordinatorThe terms Special
Coordinator and Coordinator mean the Special Coordinator
for Global Conservation designated pursuant to section 102.
(7)Sustainable
forest management certification systemThe 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)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)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.
<enum>I</enum><header>Policy Planning
and Implementation</header>
<section id="H949971A72AC643CEB9691EF94DF44198"><enum>101.</enum><header>Comprehensive
international conservation strategy</header>
<subsection id="HBEEFC5FE618843039906004000CBCD38"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>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 <quote>International
Conservation Strategy</quote>)—</text>
<paragraph id="idFECA82B9DB8444DB93FC0648F3A7EB61"><enum>(1)</enum><text>to combat the
global degradation of natural resources and biodiversity in developing
countries;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="idA812CC426C554EEDB657D8985AB59F4C"><enum>(2)</enum><text>to build on
existing bilateral and multilateral programs relating to the global
conservation of natural resources and biodiversity; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id4307F4A3CB004C8E8D096F1EACE03A82"><enum>(3)</enum><text>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.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H6DA34FE0541D45B6A1E72CC04CBDF06"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Programmatic
approach</header><text>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—</text>
<paragraph id="HE8E761A10F674854AB714B83BE3EDEA5"><enum>(1)</enum><text>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;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H2BF1883CAC714EE4A9A7BB63C900EFD2"><enum>(2)</enum><text>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;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H7D3599DC0A0F4CBC8E2CA7519B286FEC"><enum>(3)</enum><text>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;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HB310DC769DDF4BB4BC898C35D3E0B8CC"><enum>(4)</enum><text>safeguarding
natural areas providing fresh water to 12 major urban centers in developing
countries or 50,000,000 people in developing countries;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H2F0CBFB4ECC946D292C8E9FE53BF7A9"><enum>(5)</enum><text>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;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H232F1D03667B410D80C387E0C1A5124E"><enum>(6)</enum><text>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</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HE2337578751E48DB8F9639CAB4B6A950"><enum>(7)</enum><text>substantially
expanding the amount of economically and ecologically significant forested land
under a credible sustainable forest management certification system.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HCBDFA2CBACBD4736A24CEBF1AA3F638D"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Coordination and
leverage</header><text>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—</text>
<paragraph id="HC9FB151AC5FA497D9EB0AF15ED8DF385"><enum>(1)</enum><text>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;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HDAB9391F70244DFB9FA1DE22EB467C63"><enum>(2)</enum><text>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;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HA2EAAC651DCC49A100C4C7CE5DBD2BD"><enum>(3)</enum><text>reflect a unified
policy of the United States that encompasses the programs of, and reduces
duplication among, the relevant agencies; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H451BB3FDC000430F903EFF2B44F9D813"><enum>(4)</enum><text>provide a plan to
identify and improve United States policies that could be undermining the
conservation of critical natural resources and biodiversity abroad.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" id="ID1275b534f3b54df48d5e018c5c41c1ed"><enum>(d)</enum><header>International
conservation comparison and analysis</header><text>The International
Conservation Strategy shall include a system for analyzing and comparing
efforts to conserve natural resources and biodiversity internationally
that—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" id="IDfbc486b32d104f2ebcc29a84d06c408d"><enum>(1)</enum><text>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);</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="IDa720e96a1d97464aa3d960c34ffdefe8"><enum>(2)</enum><text>reports on the
range of initiatives to conserve natural resources and biodiversity being
conducted internationally; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="IDcb6efa867dbe46b99038e93258da70a6"><enum>(3)</enum><text>measures the
progress made by countries receiving assistance through the International
Conservation Strategy with respect to conserving natural resources and
biodiversity.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H5618D33D071B47928323E0855615E87"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Revision</header><text>Not
later than 5 years after the International Conservation Strategy is established
under subsection (a), the Strategy shall be revised to reflect—</text>
<paragraph id="HA13F00E0252040329375E1B5B3A7BC26"><enum>(1)</enum><text>new information
collected in the process of implementing the Strategy;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H269149ACE2504BF5890035F6D788E182"><enum>(2)</enum><text>advances in the
understanding of biological diversity, the economic and security impacts of
renewable natural resource degradation, and climate change; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HE08F784F8FFF4A09A481E68CF3049A0"><enum>(3)</enum><text>the impacts of
climate change on conservation, biodiversity, and human needs.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><section id="HDC57D18BC15C43EA99412500409E7C8C"><enum>102.</enum><header>Special
Coordinator for Global Conservation</header>
<subsection id="H63609E027F3B499FBF9C43C8A8C86D58"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>The President shall designate an individual to serve in
the Executive Office of the President as the Special Coordinator for Global
Conservation.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="id042CE009916548128300C73553B25E8D"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Duties</header><text>The
Coordinator shall—</text>
<paragraph id="HBD5580852DA94460AFCCCDCE360603B6"><enum>(1)</enum><text>advise the
President on issues relating to international conservation of natural resources
and biodiversity;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H8D0C8929182A4076AF08812B88742091"><enum>(2)</enum><text>oversee the
development and implementation of the International Conservation Strategy
established under section 101;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HA305A084C855496FB97D7505B53442E0"><enum>(3)</enum><text>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;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HAD9C09D8E4C14204AA09E915E44BEB95"><enum>(4)</enum><text>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;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HC5324BA2C14647E1A4DE47D8EEB2D5C3"><enum>(5)</enum><text>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;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HC1F567E07D8048AC90921B09E247027F"><enum>(6)</enum><text>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;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H31FC8B699EC744CBA0A44D135F51022E"><enum>(7)</enum><text>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;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H93FA29B51D2A4956A23742683F68B4F5"><enum>(8)</enum><text>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;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id13225011258443B184AEAAF084E02C29"><enum>(9)</enum><text>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</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H6E523B226B2142C682DA36D36363E372"><enum>(10)</enum><text>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.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><section id="H26046F4D3D064B0B9C22E8F9A4F33DCB"><enum>103.</enum><header>Interagency
Working Group on Global Conservation</header>
<paragraph id="HA29B8582C3C94D7BB1A73BFF00D7554C"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>The Special Coordinator for Global Conservation shall
establish in the executive branch the Interagency Working Group on Global
Conservation.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HC7C434E3F9EC41AD8E2C86772FB71956"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Duties</header><text>The
Interagency Group shall—</text>
<subparagraph id="HB66CE0F7350A4D4083853E22C03C96F6"><enum>(A)</enum><text>advise the
Coordinator on the development and implementation of the International
Conservation Strategy;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H39245716B5FA49A38ACD7C7B5AFFCE19"><enum>(B)</enum><text>assist the
Coordinator in discharging the responsibilities of the Coordinator under
section 102;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H8190226A592240B29E9F780041C72C36"><enum>(C)</enum><text>review policies
that may be obstacles to achieving the goals of the International Conservation
Strategy;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H576B1B57E9194A8AA5130495595638CF"><enum>(D)</enum><text>oversee and report
on the implementation of the Strategy within the relevant agencies;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H23F0FA9205EC4BA2893275F9D54F1B93"><enum>(E)</enum><text>advise the
Coordinator of measures to increase participation by the relevant agencies in,
and interagency coordination with respect to, conservation projects; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HCCB90C743B9349B2A4068F6FA4B83AED"><enum>(F)</enum><text>meet regularly to
review progress on the objectives described in subparagraphs (A) through
(E).</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HAC1ECAD908E341D2BB162E57CAD75085"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Membership</header><text>The
Interagency Group shall consist of—</text>
<subparagraph id="id94D0B71C8E264B6B9D8932F5EEE4A253"><enum>(A)</enum><text>officials in the
relevant agencies;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id5692EC1F2CD14AC0AB38CCA04D0C282B"><enum>(B)</enum><text>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</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="idA7DD2FB504A348B5A96A4C83330BDE53"><enum>(C)</enum><text>any other
officials the Coordinator determines will provide information that will
facilitate the development and implementation of the Strategy.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></section><section id="H0DA19AF2CBD849A985C640D540CCBDDD"><enum>104.</enum><header>President’s
Advisory Committee on Global Conservation</header>
<subsection id="HB9FD44165AA5426B9BFF99286416913E"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Establishment</header><text>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.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HF4530D88354D4625BAAE9FD586D2D"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Duties</header><text>The
Advisory Committee shall—</text>
<paragraph id="HD1045B1D4AFD4C8A8E6A5E405FF28089"><enum>(1)</enum><text>advise the
President on the development and implementation of the International
Conservation Strategy under section 101;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H50ADFEC1D4EE4C7C90B025BC855F5B1C"><enum>(2)</enum><text>assist the
Coordinator in the implementation of the Coordinator’s responsibilities under
section 102;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H0C95F773071840A89723A91ABFC1A981"><enum>(3)</enum><text>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;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H01F322DCCA6647C4A089BDA52AA38134"><enum>(4)</enum><text>take steps to
educate the public about the global conservation programs of the United States;
and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="ID483c7e04a2aa4d8c98db5f78f4ea2c80"><enum>(5)</enum><text>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).</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HE949474A95E94077A453003B3B1F40A6"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Membership</header><text>The
Advisory Committee shall consist of at least 25 members, of whom—</text>
<paragraph id="H11B51309A4CC4606ADBACE48E54A2A7"><enum>(1)</enum><text>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;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H08C234C547744A0F80D91FA5363219D5"><enum>(2)</enum><text>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;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H88926DA6D3F84A6E99BEC93BB6CCDAA"><enum>(3)</enum><text>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;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H6F5E1009F99844A291BAD4DD1247904F"><enum>(4)</enum><text>not fewer than 2
shall be former Members of Congress or former high level officials in the
executive branch;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="HCC7B334858534875A8D25D2FB113C2C9"><enum>(5)</enum><text>not fewer than 2
shall represent religious institutions or communities of faith;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HD33DF879C9914571A2D90596DCAFA998"><enum>(6)</enum><text>not fewer than 1
shall be an expert on the effects of natural resource degradation on women’s
lives and livelihoods;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H13D86977C81E4B6CA3637CC4BE1D9B10"><enum>(7)</enum><text>not fewer than 1
shall be selected from a zoological institution with expertise in in situ and
ex situ conservation;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HC4E1BC2AAC824A43B18E5C55B53036FA"><enum>(8)</enum><text>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;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H3A2D3CBA01464D8F9502B3288E8B5F18"><enum>(9)</enum><text>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;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H7A705A79877D4C768C575473A70032A2"><enum>(10)</enum><text>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;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H0F9A49D131A74C3BB38D93D9E67850BF"><enum>(11)</enum><text>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;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H607823C41A9647278CD83071AE64DA29"><enum>(12)</enum><text>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</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HA10387BFDBD140689EEC543F91007FCE"><enum>(13)</enum><text>not fewer than 1
shall be selected from the arts or the media.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H8190DEB23CB04096AC95BF23EA74A93D"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Chairperson</header><text>The
chairperson of the Advisory Committee shall—</text>
<paragraph id="idC49DA74E3E4F4BAEB7637AE4B6169588"><enum>(1)</enum><text>be appointed by
the Coordinator; or</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id61F1CF0E6BB14B08960A1B3FA3A704B8"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in the discretion
of the Coordinator, be selected by a majority vote of the members of the
Advisory Committee.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="idE1FE1B82513643618FEB56B8DD35B028"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Period of
appointment</header>
<paragraph id="idE300714CDE524D0FBE11FB928FE5BDD8"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Except as provided in paragraph (2), each member of the
Advisory Committee shall be appointed for a term of 3 years.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id6D952DE7D0BE450CBEC3BE8FA78D11D5"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Initial
appointments</header><text>Of the members of the Advisory Committee first
appointed after the establishment of the Committee—</text>
<subparagraph id="id4D17288BC8494929BEF00ACC1E5091F5"><enum>(A)</enum><text><fraction>1/3</fraction>
shall be appointed for a term of 2 years;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id007ABDB484174954BCD912D178373496"><enum>(B)</enum><text><fraction>1/3</fraction>
shall be appointed for a term of 3 years; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="idBD17EBF5CE574AA5BED400621DBA51F2"><enum>(C)</enum><text><fraction>1/3</fraction>
shall be appointed for a term of 4 years.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H0DED443570734CC98C7307ACF5D2B68"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Meetings</header><text>The
Advisory Committee shall convene at the request of the chairperson.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HE27EDE7CD73E4722979B5C8147AFC165"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Reporting</header><text>The
Advisory Committee shall periodically report to the Coordinator on its
deliberations, conclusions, and recommendations.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H22E3F5AD810B4251AC4730F0A64F7BEF"><enum>(h)</enum><header>Expenses</header><text>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.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HFE939C30768D49C0B9B169A6C461259D"><enum>(i)</enum><header>Exemption</header><text>The
Federal Advisory Committee Act (5 U.S.C. App.) shall not apply to the work
process and recommendations of the Advisory Committee.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="H16CC78D4506D41799B7DBC04368E50AE"><enum>105.</enum><header>Reporting</header>
<subsection id="HEDEBBFA860004E5886D7C9007080E43D"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Annual
reports</header><text>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.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="id706F7B3A10674A9E96B0940DDB756044"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Contents</header><text>The
report required by subsection (a) shall contain—</text>
<paragraph id="id4151119A56DF4C4AA216E2CDFA7288E8"><enum>(1)</enum><text>an assessment of
the progress made during the preceding year in developing and implementing the
International Conservation Strategy established under section 101;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="idE7D45CDE730F4FA9860A020F45D8DA2E"><enum>(2)</enum><text>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</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="IDd06dc580fbe64f419ad32b3fdd907dc6"><enum>(3)</enum><text>results from the
system for analyzing and comparing efforts to conserve natural resources and
biodiversity internationally under section 101(d), including—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="idF7BC03A1C1B04A74823B342DE3874856"><enum>(A)</enum><text>a ranking of the
efforts of countries to conserve natural resources and biodiversity; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="id4D7F46D478C242F4BB99FAE0D24FAD01"><enum>(B)</enum><text>an assessment of
the progress made by each country receiving assistance through the
International Conservation Strategy with respect to conserving natural
resources and biodiversity.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H9F46BAD490F84865A8E8A87B83C9C309"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Program
review</header><text>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.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H348DCD715CDB48B29EB7DE2DFEF046B0"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Publication of
reports</header><text>The Coordinator shall ensure that all reports required by
this section are published on the White House Web site or another appropriate
Web site.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="HF8B51A0C54894B80B8C081F5FA907EEB"><enum>106.</enum><header>Authorization
of appropriations</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">There are
authorized to be appropriated such sums as may be necessary to carry out this
title.</text>
</section><enum>II</enum><header>Multilateral
Programs</header>
<section id="HA65B50F8167E4E86951CB5C66B97B7FE"><enum>201.</enum><header>Purpose</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">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.</text>
</section><section id="H086F4A736BA842EA858829A142E9DFE4"><enum>202.</enum><header>Diplomatic
goals and venues</header>
<subsection id="HCF1604F1DE404B24918C6885A3B565B"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Goals</header><text>Congress
urges the President to work with the world’s major foreign assistance donor
countries to—</text>
<paragraph id="H96B7FF0AF0EA4AA6A0605D3FFCD948F5"><enum>(1)</enum><text>develop a
comprehensive and coordinated international conservation assistance strategy
consistent with the priorities identified in the International Conservation
Strategy established under section 101;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HB8EEA86DFAB14CC4A9F263B14B735F70"><enum>(2)</enum><text>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;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HF6455F896213415AA4F82EC5456824A8"><enum>(3)</enum><text>agree on funding
requirements and funding goals from all participating donor countries;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HBB9441340DE7401EB2398B16F2AB1479"><enum>(4)</enum><text>negotiate a
timetable for achieving the goals of the Strategy; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H4269A693324A4F7DAA902FC4306B2C6"><enum>(5)</enum><text>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.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H145F39441DE5439AACD49E4B89036102"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Venues</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">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.</text>
</subsection></section><enum>III</enum><header>National
Intelligence Estimate on Global Natural Resource Degradation</header>
<section id="HF4FF4E888CA8413CADEBE06320A321DB"><enum>301.</enum><header>National
intelligence estimate with respect to effects of global natural resource
degradation</header>
<subsection id="H345F2C65A37A4FF0A7AB944743D97AC8"><enum>(a)</enum><header>National
intelligence estimate</header><text>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.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H167C2D96B7FC40D1B5C0645B02814F1E"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Content</header><text>In
preparing the national intelligence estimate required by this section, the
Director of National Intelligence shall—</text>
<paragraph id="H43A2DE27781E494E8A4BCDDA4B5E7842"><enum>(1)</enum><text>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—</text>
<subparagraph id="H88622BD9F7B842F2ADB21E8F1508E82F"><enum>(A)</enum><text>of strategic
national security importance to the United States and at risk of significant
impact due to renewable natural resource degradation; or</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HE5BEE9AD7B79419DB39A6503B76FD36C"><enum>(B)</enum><text>at significant
risk of large-scale humanitarian suffering with cross-border implications as
predicted on the basis of such assessments;</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H85862736865D453DBC6D433A04338C1D"><enum>(2)</enum><text>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;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H182E66B27660462499B69BD5EAB53462"><enum>(3)</enum><text>assess the
strategic challenges and opportunities posed to the United States by the risks
described in subsection (a); and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HB2573706FEA04AD1A61E080DD9989C4E"><enum>(4)</enum><text>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.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HCECB917C895645108DFD7ECB91F1315C"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Coordination</header><text>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.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HF771E41A803D4D1ABBCCBEEBAF9C9121"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Form</header><text>The
national intelligence estimate required under subsection (a), including key
judgments, shall be submitted in unclassified form, but may include a
classified annex.</text>
</subsection></section>