1.This Act may be cited as
the Global Conservation Act of
2012
.
2.Congress makes the following
findings:
(1)Sound natural
resource management and healthy levels of biological diversity are vital to
alleviating poverty in developing countries that depend on these resources for
food, medicine, housing material, trade, recreation, and other activities that
benefit from the intrinsic value of wildlife and its habitat.
(2)The United States
is uniquely positioned to partner with the international community to confront
natural resources challenges in developing countries.
(3)The United States
needs a strategy for working jointly with other countries to address renewable
natural resource depletion trends around the world and the threats such trends
pose to the economy, health, and security of the United States.
3.In this Act:
(1)Appropriate
congressional committeesThe term appropriate congressional
committees means—
(A)the Committee on
Foreign Relations and the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate; and
(B)the Committee on
Foreign Affairs and the Committee on Appropriations of the House of
Representatives.
(2)The term developing country means a country
or area that is on the List of Official Development Assistance Recipients of
the Development Assistance Committee of the Organization for Economic
Cooperation and Development.
(3)The term hotspot regions means regions of
the developing world that contain an unusually high concentration of species
found nowhere else and that have lost at least 70 percent of their original
extent.
(4)Natural
resources or renewable natural resourcesThe terms natural
resources and renewable natural resources mean natural
resources, including soils, forests, animal and plant populations and products,
coral reefs, and water, but do not include nonrenewable natural resources such
as minerals, oil, and other fossil fuels.
4.The purpose of this Act is to strengthen the
capacity of the United States to further economic development and improve
stability and security both domestically and abroad by establishing a
comprehensive strategy for—
(1)enhancing and
expanding partnerships throughout the international community to address
natural resource challenges to ensure healthy and sustainable supplies of
water, wildlife habitat and populations, fish stocks and habitat, forests,
plants, and other critical resources;
(2)integrating
international conservation projects and activities to advance United States
foreign policy priorities in areas such as security, democratization,
sustainable food production, and clean water;
(3)expanding and
enhancing the economic and wildlife conservation benefits that derive from
properly managed international hunting and angling tourism;
(4)addressing
poaching, illegal logging, fishing and wildlife trafficking; and
(5)establishing more
efficient and effective policies and processes for departments and agencies
engaged in, or providing support to, international conservation by—
(A)identifying clear
goals, priorities, and benchmarks of success;
(B)improving
coordination among such agencies in order to clarify roles, reduce duplication,
and enhance effectiveness;
(C)improving agency
processes to ensure conservation programs are administered effectively,
efficiently, and with minimal expenditures for program administration;
(D)identifying
conservation programs and policies currently being utilized abroad and
evaluating the potential for similar approaches to be adopted by the United
States to further the purposes of this Act; and
(E)encouraging
participation by the United States in various multilateral efforts to leverage
financial commitments to conserve natural resources.
<enum>I</enum><header>Assessing
existing policies and programs</header>
<section id="idd277baf5862a44ac8db556975f715564"><enum>101.</enum><header>National
academy of sciences study and government accountability office audit and
report</header>
<subsection id="id85c95e4922cd4f9c89ae36c246be9760"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Study
required</header><text>Not later than 90 days after the date of the enactment
of this Act, the Secretary of State and the heads of other relevant Federal
agencies shall enter into an arrangement with the National Academy of Sciences
to conduct a study of existing United States international conservation
programs to determine the extent to which such programs are achieving the
following objectives:</text>
<paragraph id="idf8e55a60fa074b83af89319432d84d1a"><enum>(1)</enum><text>Advancing
conservation in the world’s most ecologically and economically important
terrestrial and marine ecosystems and protecting distinct 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="idf696747cc3bb4b959345acc3489e23c6"><enum>(2)</enum><text>Enhancing and
expanding partnerships throughout the international community to address
natural resource challenges to ensure healthy and sustainable supplies of
water, wildlife habitat and populations, fish stocks and habitat, forests,
plants, and other critical resources.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id0479d5d8632b4cef879237282481c3a0"><enum>(3)</enum><text>Integrating
international conservation projects and activities to advance United States
foreign policy priorities in areas such as security, democratization,
sustainable food production, and clean water.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id938692a7103743e5a4b397a5739e5468"><enum>(4)</enum><text>Expanding and
enhancing the economic and wildlife conservation benefits that derive from
properly managed international hunting and angling tourism.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id044227387efe4e8dbdf52008a7028117"><enum>(5)</enum><text>Addressing
poaching, illegal logging, fishing, and wildlife trafficking.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="idacff3633c0a44a17a284e3c97380b2e2"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Report
required</header><text>Not later than 2 years after the date of the enactment
of this Act, the National Academy of Sciences shall submit to the appropriate
congressional committees a report containing the findings of the study
conducted pursuant to subsection (a).</text>
</subsection><subsection id="id57e24b100a364605ae04ccc763baa551"><enum>(c)</enum><header>GAO
report</header><text>Not later than 2 years after the date of the enactment of
this Act, the Comptroller General of the United States shall issue a report
that includes—</text>
<paragraph id="idaf47b0e4b9894a9dbf8a65066ca42f67"><enum>(1)</enum><text>a detailed
description of key federally sponsored multilateral international conservation
programs, including—</text>
<subparagraph id="id0ef600a173194b36a086d5bebed912fb"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the agencies
associated with each program;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ideeae2fd3c1844a0f8bd8a818b17eb888"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the primary goals
of each program;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id278ae13c2d5f49c6a8ba1fad9103bdb4"><enum>(C)</enum><text>the extent to
which executive branch agencies have established measures of performance and
effectiveness for each program; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id2764017f13b140cf9783868b4b448b4a"><enum>(D)</enum><text>the funds made
available to each program in the previous fiscal year;</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="idea3a19d75ebc459cae040f102ef22805"><enum>(2)</enum><text>an assessment on
how well executive branch agencies are collaborating and coordinating on
international conservation efforts;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id2d6321cdaf75421fb762afa7a4f3c779"><enum>(3)</enum><text>an assessment on
the extent to which executive branch agencies have established strategic goals
and performance measures;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id757d3141493a40cf983e4f68727a6485"><enum>(4)</enum><text>an assessment of
agency processes to ensure conservation programs are administered effectively,
efficiently, and with minimal expenditures for program administration;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id0e80696d7a87432bbfe65e4cf6af9d02"><enum>(5)</enum><text>identification of
conservation programs and policies currently being utilized abroad and
evaluation of the potential for similar approaches to be adopted by the United
States to further the purposes of this Act;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id63d650532dbf4bd88f0e8ff2f392a968"><enum>(6)</enum><text>any
recommendations that the Comptroller General considers appropriate and useful
to improve collaboration and coordination between executive branch agencies on
international conservation efforts; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id03bc6d4be16f4825bfe7417f84a530b2"><enum>(7)</enum><text>any other
analyses the Comptroller General considers necessary or appropriate.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><enum>II</enum><header>Policy planning
and implementation</header>
<section id="id756e53de5abe422f9c575270190c4583"><enum>201.</enum><header>Comprehensive
United States international conservation strategy</header>
<subsection id="id784c62f6150f4d81953ab7186d135cd0"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Not later than 2 years after the date of the enactment of
this Act, the President, acting through the Interagency Working Group on Global
Conservation designated pursuant to section 202(a), shall establish and submit
to the appropriate congressional committees a comprehensive strategy (hereafter
referred to as the <quote>International Conservation Strategy</quote>) to
strengthen the capacity of the United States to collaborate with other
countries, international organizations, the private sector, and private
voluntary organizations on a sustained international effort to conserve natural
resources and enhance biodiversity in a manner beneficial to the economic
well-being and security of the United States and other participating
countries.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="idf7b796f7b2ad4541995ff50b03c59508"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Goals and
benchmarks</header><text>The International Conservation Strategy established
pursuant to subsection (a) shall provide a comprehensive plan of action that
identifies specific and measurable goals, benchmarks, and time frames
for—</text>
<paragraph id="idfc53d90f9028477dac9f71e5f146b838"><enum>(1)</enum><text>advancing
conservation in the world’s most ecologically and economically important
terrestrial and marine ecosystems;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id0b34a5f13a854f67a44fadf846a2d213"><enum>(2)</enum><text>protecting
distinct 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="id1303e9fe16fa40cea3338ec5028c5ca1"><enum>(3)</enum><text>helping
developing countries address illegal, unreported, and unregulated industrial
fishing where economies are negatively impacted by depleted fish stocks;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="idbb0ae8cc774840b89e3193951fcf4cb9"><enum>(4)</enum><text>safeguarding
natural areas that provide fresh water to developing countries;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id17a2aa4df9354b46b86d82dbc48ebd28"><enum>(5)</enum><text>protecting
forests and advancing enforcement efforts against illegal logging in centers of
the illegal logging trade;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id71e673be34104306a50ff70bb0388355"><enum>(6)</enum><text>advancing
enforcement efforts against poaching and unlawful wildlife trafficking
operations;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="idc956e640bf1844be8e0a236a5c0fbc9a"><enum>(7)</enum><text>facilitating and
leveraging the economic and conservation benefits that derive from properly
managed international hunting, angling, and wildlife observation
tourism;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="idf6499a9fcb7e4e1493624b5cab1e86cf"><enum>(8)</enum><text>stabilizing or
reversing renewable natural resource scarcity and degradation trends in regions
that are vulnerable to conflict, instability, or mass migration from natural
resource depletion;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id7f1bbfe9c8fd437f84a92cc4f1af7a5d"><enum>(9)</enum><text>expanding
substantially the amount of economically and ecologically significant forest in
developing countries; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id4813782d0a2d42c1b5ec1cf613b52196"><enum>(10)</enum><text>reducing the
rate of erosion and desertification in developing countries where soil loss is
resulting in severe impacts to the economy, food security, or stability.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id8441aad259d74980bd8a0c13dcd3028a"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Coordination
and leverage</header><text>The International Conservation Strategy shall
coordinate and leverage the participation of relevant executive branch
agencies, other countries, the private sector, and private voluntary
organizations in ways that—</text>
<paragraph id="id5883e651322645d4a163354b90d18251"><enum>(1)</enum><text>reflect
Government-wide policy that encompasses the programs of, and reduces
duplication among, executive branch agencies that influence, engage in, or
support international conservation;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id959324f5e4244c42a633923171d666d9"><enum>(2)</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; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="idf39009f200a645278289c84b18110b07"><enum>(3)</enum><text>seek to encourage
and leverage participation from governments of developing countries and other
governments, the private sector, private voluntary organizations, and
international organizations to implement the Strategy.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id527377be414e4b5985b437ea4f7633bf"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Assessing and
improving effectiveness</header><text>The International Conservation Strategy
shall include a description of the performance and efficiency measures
developed pursuant to section 202(a)(2)(C) and a process for their
utilization.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="id2ad8fcf4aee54d689ff6b231c1d24615"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Country
ownership</header><text>In preparing the International Conservation Strategy,
the Interagency Working Group on Global Conservation shall ensure that the
Strategy is appropriate to local needs and conditions and incorporates the
views of partner countries, and describes a means for local citizens to
participate in the implementation and the setting of priorities of such
programs in the field. The International Conservation Strategy should build
upon partner country development plans and regional strategies.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="id00af055d23054b3c8c232c982b3b381f"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Revision</header><text>Not
later than 4 years after the International Conservation Strategy is
established, and every 4 years thereafter, the Strategy shall be revised to
reflect—</text>
<paragraph id="id7298b49c503a4092ba7638ad05425b24"><enum>(1)</enum><text>new information
collected pursuant to the implementation of the Strategy; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="iddd194326d5a84b66a3012334b9ffcb31"><enum>(2)</enum><text>advances in the
understanding of biological diversity and the economic and security impacts of
renewable natural resource degradation.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><section id="id548324116597494b84761d19ac4534ce"><enum>202.</enum><header>Policy
implementation</header>
<subsection id="idE8525BF48E1643A6AC7F76A40953E856"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Interagency
working group on global conservation</header>
<paragraph id="id2032086EE2364DC5AF7957D8AF495B59"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Establishment</header><text>Not
later than 1 year after the date of the enactment of this Act, the President
shall establish the Interagency Working Group on Global Conservation (hereafter
referred to as the <quote>working group</quote>), which shall include the
participation of the executive branch agencies that affect, oversee, or
implement programs that conduct or support international conservation
activities or affect the ability of the United States to achieve the goals of
the International Conservation Strategy.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="idf0f6a0fb733540b5b5ddf31e2ca0cc12"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Duties</header><text>The
working group shall—</text>
<subparagraph id="ida41e811f01944444a2fb0d33efd3b10d"><enum>(A)</enum><text>develop, through
utilization of the report completed pursuant to section 101(b) and appropriate
public and agency input, the International Conservation Strategy established
pursuant to section 201(a);</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id724909f1c2374ecd826ff1fb6fcf64a8"><enum>(B)</enum><text>identify measures
to enhance program and policy coordination among the relevant executive branch
agencies in implementing the Strategy by ensuring that each relevant executive
branch agency undertakes programs primarily in those areas where each such
agency has the greatest expertise, technical capabilities, and potential for
success, and ensuring that agencies avoid duplication of effort;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id948204d3b36e4dd18bc0bdba5d23383f"><enum>(C)</enum><text>work with the
Office of Management and Budget to evaluate the effectiveness of the
international conservation programs of the relevant executive branch agencies
in meeting the goals of the Strategy by developing and applying specific
performance measurements, including assessments of—</text>
<clause id="ida2823b1ea2cd4ab49d7e40f667cc098e"><enum>(i)</enum><text>program
effectiveness;</text>
</clause><clause id="id66beea7dab27482097105f5dabe8eb84"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>program
efficiency and cost-effectiveness;</text>
</clause><clause id="id924d33bbda0a47fba97d1706dd301f8c"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>program
accessibility and transparency; and</text>
</clause><clause id="id608146164dad4a7983d2785c3cd6f0d9"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>agency overhead
or project administration costs for programs operating in the field;</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id2ffb896fed994e7f86fb59b7d6cba71f"><enum>(D)</enum><text>submit to the
heads of the United States Government departments and agencies represented on
the working group programmatic recommendations that are consistent with the
priorities of the Strategy and policy recommendations to ensure that the
polices of such departments and agencies advance the interests of the United
States in conserving critical global natural resources and biodiversity;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="idbbd64f6e2fff48819fd2da65722acb2a"><enum>(E)</enum><text>submit to such
heads recommendations for facilitating coordination and continuity across the
departments and agencies in the implementation of global conservation policies
subject to interagency or multi-agency jurisdiction;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id31629a54a90f49d9a1663cb4996c0791"><enum>(F)</enum><text>identify
innovative conservation projects, policies, and initiatives that contribute to
achieving multiple foreign policy goals simultaneously, including—</text>
<clause id="id7fbca79048d2437a804bd43c41efc076"><enum>(i)</enum><text>reducing
poverty;</text>
</clause><clause id="id477ddb97e27e4139aac29c1a7a6d589c"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>expanding access
to food and water;</text>
</clause><clause id="ideaac4883ac4946879036d336928ff17c"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>addressing
health threats through natural resources conservation;</text>
</clause><clause id="id9496796e8ff048c290267ccc6df3830b"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>expanding the
access of women to sustainably managed natural resources and to techniques for
improved natural resource management;</text>
</clause><clause id="idd609f474255c4f629a2c4f3ebe97c981"><enum>(v)</enum><text>addressing
poaching, unlawful fishing, and illegal logging;</text>
</clause><clause id="idb87633f1e029472395d13b50ef990d93"><enum>(vi)</enum><text>reducing natural
resource scarcities or degradation that could increase inter- and intra-state
tensions; and</text>
</clause><clause id="id846b2fccd7314484a635373ae2c0436a"><enum>(vii)</enum><text>conserving
biological diversity;</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idb0f35bc485624604a5f6191debbca366"><enum>(G)</enum><text>identify measures
to address obstacles to achieving the goals of the Strategy, including policies
that might limit the conservation benefits from properly managed international
hunting and angling tourism;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ida93c0a78e08a4077881f461c6535fae4"><enum>(H)</enum><text>develop
recommendations for expanding the role of the private sector in United States
international conservation programs by expanding and leveraging private sector
contributions;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id9a4e9ecf49f049878215345ce46108be"><enum>(I)</enum><text>identify measures
that further the goals of the Strategy, including regulatory actions that
facilitate the importation process for wildlife species with a legitimate
scientific purpose or to directly or indirectly benefit the recovery of the
species or its habitat through the support of conservation programs in foreign
countries;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id7a396f16e12449b0b091ab79454de6d9"><enum>(J)</enum><text>recommend
diplomatic mechanisms, relevant international institutions and agreements, and
other appropriate mechanisms to engage other countries to work jointly with the
United States to achieve the goals and actions of the International
Conservation Strategy;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="idb348d3b0864b40168721fc7d02998f5a"><enum>(K)</enum><text>identify
successful conservation programs and policies currently being utilized abroad
and evaluate the potential for similar approaches to be adopted or expanded by
the United States to further the goals of the Strategy;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id388dba08fd3f47c791b50fe5bba74b66"><enum>(L)</enum><text>identify
underperforming and unsuccessful projects and programs and make recommendations
to improve performance and terminate programs and projects in a manner
consistent with furthering the goals of the Strategy;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id409faca675524ddda2a56fb8dd7bab1a"><enum>(M)</enum><text>identify natural
resource conservation needs not currently being met by existing policies and
programs and make recommendations for addressing such needs;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="idc57c99bc1a5640dfadc4ce0be2f9e1e6"><enum>(N)</enum><text>recommend
mechanisms to facilitate mutually beneficial international conservation
partnerships between such departments and agencies, nongovernmental
organizations, and the private sector; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="idadd0dca2e1004cde93a67f50afa05226"><enum>(O)</enum><text>meet regularly to
review progress on the objectives described in subparagraphs (A) through
(N).</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="idf0232f2279904b39985f5ad63f874376"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Working group
leadership</header><text>The President shall designate an individual in the
executive branch to serve as the chair of the working group (hereafter referred
to as the <quote>chair</quote>), the duties of whom shall include—</text>
<subparagraph id="ide243994e2f3a49e3a8abd32de5e93805"><enum>(A)</enum><text>convening and
leading meetings of the working group;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="idb9e742a11e7247ab89617a921e4d067d"><enum>(B)</enum><text>taking steps to
ensure the development and implementation of the International Conservation
Strategy;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id54d0a4b2d3fc43d5a3b3375b39507b19"><enum>(C)</enum><text>ensuring the
goals and purposes of the working group are met in accordance with paragraph
(2); and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id5691296f28f24f3c9f7dd0fd6114c62b"><enum>(D)</enum><text>ensuring public
input into the development and implementation of the International Conservation
Strategy by convening the Global Conservation Public Advisory Board established
under subsection (b).</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id47777c7430524eeb9952de2de2ab2325"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Global
Conservation Public Advisory Board</header>
<paragraph id="id374a81ca3337439f9ee9256b6e1c9e1d"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Establishment</header><text>There
is hereby established a Global Conservation Public Advisory Board (hereafter
referred to as the <quote>Advisory Board</quote>), whose purpose shall be to
advise the working group on matters related to the international conservation
policies and programs of the United States and the development and
implementation of the International Conservation Strategy, and to ensure that
the best scientific, policy, economic security, and business expertise are
reflected in the international conservation strategies and policies of the
United States.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id06f4568deff9444d90e18bf9ce3ba923"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Duties</header><text>It
shall be the duty of the Advisory Board to advise the working group on matters
related to carrying out the duties described in subsection (a)(2), including on
matters submitted to it for consideration by the working group, as well as
matters identified by the Advisory Board.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="ide6a8281b7e014d55af5c1a4bd7750324"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Membership</header><text>The
Advisory Board shall be comprised of not more than 15 persons appointed from
among citizens of the United States who support sustainable-use conservation,
and shall have outstanding expertise in one or more of the following
fields:</text>
<paragraph id="id00ded1bcd3a24f7e8089437289dc1f2d"><enum>(1)</enum><text>International
conservation.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="idcb9c891511ef4285bb3b37f5f48aeb34"><enum>(2)</enum><text>International
diplomacy.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="idbe4aac1296714769a969380f965ce23f"><enum>(3)</enum><text>International
business.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id1c10feaed2ab4c639be9dd980e080d4f"><enum>(4)</enum><text>Economic
development and poverty alleviation.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id204fd4d5d28841b49a76a5d2030a45a7"><enum>(5)</enum><text>Food security and
water access.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ide095c462d7c74aacb752f4ca37dddc16"><enum>(6)</enum><text>Natural resource
scarcity and degradation and related conflict and security issues.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="idfeca51bedb6840f8a2cc0b7e4d21e10c"><enum>(7)</enum><text>The economic and
conservation benefits of international hunting and angling tourism.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id41175548ad814760a1e24d50c6fd39c2"><enum>(8)</enum><text>International
laws concerning illegal wildlife trafficking and illegal fishing.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="iddfdcb3da11c74c5f972d83146cdf4d60"><enum>(9)</enum><text>Wildlife biology
and zoology.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id9b7cd1bf3fc24b74807cad3d47cc5c99"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Appointment</header><text>Members
of the Advisory Board shall be appointed by the President with the advice of
the Chairman and Ranking Member of the Committee on Foreign Relations of the
Senate and the Chairman and Ranking Member of the Committee on Foreign Affairs
of the House of Representatives, on a staggered basis for a term not to exceed
4 years, except that with respect to the initial members of the Advisory Board,
<fraction>1/3</fraction> shall be appointed for a term of 2 years,
<fraction>1/3</fraction> shall be appointed for a term of 3 years, and
<fraction>1/3</fraction> shall be appointed for a term of 4 years.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="id46b09351cb5f4feb8aa1ec9541563f0c"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Chairman</header><text>A
member of the Advisory Board shall be elected by a vote of the majority of the
Board to serve as Chairman for a 2-year term.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="id734a47aeaa12437085d2d9a5e91a7b66"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Meetings</header><text>The
Advisory Board shall convene at the call of the Chairman to consider a specific
agenda of issues, as determined by the Chairman in consultation with the
working group and other members of the Advisory Board.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="id5ae74b81525747a6bb8f2d76f43781b8"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Reporting</header><text>The
Advisory Board shall report to the working group chair designated in accordance
with subsection (a)(3) on its deliberations, conclusions, and
recommendations.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="id85339ad61b6646bd9e9a8aac22e77a1e"><enum>(h)</enum><header>Applicability
of Federal Advisory Committee Act</header><text>The Advisory Board shall be
exempt from the provisions of the Federal Advisory Committee Act (5 U.S.C.
App.).</text>
</subsection></section><section id="idb5127e969225458ca3bc96a5b70ec0db"><enum>203.</enum><header>Reporting</header>
<subsection id="id3f75cbaa0dcc4d3f986f250042b02448"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Government
accountability office report</header><text>Not later than 4 years after the
International Conservation Strategy is established under section 201, the
Comptroller General of the United States shall conduct an audit to consider the
progress made to achieve the objectives, goals, and benchmarks described in
section 201(b), and submit to the appropriate congressional committees a report
on the development and implementation of the International Conservation
Strategy. The report shall—</text>
<paragraph id="id7f88c73188b34bd18e7eb56ec29d6c1b"><enum>(1)</enum><text>assess progress
made in accomplishing the goals and benchmarks described in section
201(b);</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="idc51bfd63533d49fda7186778c7621309"><enum>(2)</enum><text>assess the extent
to which the executive branch agencies have identified conservation programs
and projects that have the potential for replication or adaptation,
particularly at low cost, in other United States international conservation
efforts;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="idafc5318ad01d460c92f2f568c5f81768"><enum>(3)</enum><text>assess the extent
to which agencies have increased the efficiency and effectiveness of United
States international conservation programs and reducing executive branch agency
overhead or project administration costs for conservation programs implemented
abroad;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id0cb6f05d22ce4ae680b94a8095a0d178"><enum>(4)</enum><text>assess the extent
to which agencies have identified unsuccessful projects and programs and the
actions taken to improve performance or terminate such projects and
programs;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="idc32c0b8215194059b58269c005bbfb8d"><enum>(5)</enum><text>assess the extent
to which agencies have quantified the economic benefits that resulted from
investments in international conservation programs and activities called for in
the Strategy, and an accounting of the measures utilized to calculate such
benefits;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="idc6ecfb6e5acb4fffb5e5c1a0a38350c0"><enum>(6)</enum><text>include policy
analyses and outline options for congressional consideration; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="idd9bf34034ed648b9a4df481b01f75908"><enum>(7)</enum><text>include any other
analyses the Comptroller General considers necessary or appropriate.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><section id="idd3af0e75d4df4c6a8aefc5832f9acfbb"><enum>204.</enum><header>Wildlife
dependant recreation and uses of wildlife</header>
<subsection id="id7e52ab6b6a2a46098983756cd17169b5"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Wildlife
dependent recreation</header><text>No provision in this Act shall be construed
as restricting, limiting, or otherwise impairing properly managed recreational
hunting and angling.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="idbc9232e4b427477d8496bb35147777fe"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Regulated uses
of wildlife</header><text>No provision in this Act shall be construed as
restricting, limiting, or otherwise impairing the ability of any foreign
jurisdiction or authority to authorize regulated programs supporting wildlife
for local consumption and commercialization.</text>
</subsection></section><enum>III</enum><header>Support and
resources from other countries</header>
<section id="id324a7161c7b7463aaf6509a1be53fadf"><enum>301.</enum><header>Purpose</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">The purpose of this title is to leverage
significantly United States commitments to global natural resources
conservation 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, food and water security,
environmental sustainability, the protection of biodiversity, and local and
regional security.</text>
</section><section id="id467a2587229f4483b1147819d468410e"><enum>302.</enum><header>Diplomatic
goals and venues</header>
<subsection id="id0d69c8455e6644e4ada123cbdcb2dd80"><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="idc92ede847f084e748e3abdf49b7bc925"><enum>(1)</enum><text>develop a
comprehensive and coordinated international conservation assistance strategy
consistent with the priorities identified in the United States International
Conservation Strategy established pursuant to section 201(a);</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="idd5fb76389feb4768aa2f7534d5c5dff9"><enum>(2)</enum><text>identify
innovative and efficient multilateral mechanisms that can be used to coordinate
international action by all participating donor countries, identify and 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; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="idde44428d6da44e609d45833a88933274"><enum>(3)</enum><text>agree on a
timetable for achieving the goals of the United States International
Conservation Strategy.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="idc3a619fff3e740ccbda27eb4397fd99d"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Venues</header><text>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>