[Congressional Bills 117th Congress]
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[H.R. 3424 Introduced in House (IH)]

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117th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 3424

   To establish a global zoonotic disease task force, and for other 
                               purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              May 20, 2021

  Ms. Meng (for herself and Mr. Fortenberry) introduced the following 
      bill; which was referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs

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                                 A BILL


 
   To establish a global zoonotic disease task force, 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 Pandemic Prevention and 
Biosecurity Act''.

SEC. 2. STATEMENT OF POLICY.

    It shall be the policy of the United States Government to--
            (1) support improved community health, forest management, 
        sustainable agriculture, and safety of livestock production in 
        developing countries;
            (2) support the availability of scalable and sustainable 
        alternative animal and plant-sourced protein for local 
        communities, where appropriate, in order to minimize human 
        reliance on the trade in live wildlife and raw or unprocessed 
        wildlife parts and derivatives;
            (3) support foreign governments to--
                    (A) transition from the sale of such wildlife for 
                human consumption in markets and restaurants to 
                alternate protein and nutritional sources;
                    (B) prevent commercial trade in live wildlife and 
                raw or unprocessed wildlife parts and derivatives that 
                risks contributing to zoonotic spillover events between 
                animals and humans, not to include commercial trade 
                in--
                            (i) fish;
                            (ii) invertebrates;
                            (iii) amphibians;
                            (iv) reptiles; or
                            (v) the meat of game species--
                                    (I) traded in markets in countries 
                                with effective implementation and 
                                enforcement of scientifically based, 
                                nationally implemented policies and 
                                legislation for processing, transport, 
                                trade, marketing; and
                                    (II) sold after being slaughtered 
                                and processed under sanitary 
                                conditions; and
                    (C) establish and effectively manage protected and 
                conserved areas, including in tropical landscapes, and 
                including indigenous and community-conserved areas;
            (4) encourage development projects that do not contribute 
        to the destruction, fragmentation or degradation of forests or 
        loss of biodiversity; and
            (5) respect the rights and needs of indigenous people and 
        local communities dependent on such wildlife for nutritional 
        needs and food security.

SEC. 3. DEFINITIONS.

    In this Act:
            (1) Administrator.--The term ``Administrator'' means the 
        Administrator of the United States Agency for International 
        Development.
            (2) Appropriate congressional committees.--The term 
        ``appropriate congressional committees'' means--
                    (A) the Committee on Foreign Affairs and the 
                Committee on Appropriations in the House of 
                Representatives; and
                    (B) the Committee on Foreign Relations and the 
                Committee on Appropriations in the Senate.
            (3) Commercial wildlife trade.--The term ``commercial 
        wildlife trade'' means trade in wildlife for the purpose of 
        obtaining economic benefit, whether in cash or otherwise, that 
        is directed toward sale, resale, exchange, or any other form of 
        economic use or benefit.
            (4) Human consumption.--The term ``human consumption'' 
        means specific use for human food or medicine.
            (5) Live wildlife market.--The term ``live wildlife 
        market'' means a commercial market that sells, processes, or 
        slaughters live or fresh wildlife for human consumption in 
        markets or restaurants, irrespective of whether such wildlife 
        originated in the wild or in a captive situation.
            (6) One health.--The term ``One Health'' means a 
        collaborative, multisectoral, and trans-disciplinary approach 
        achieving optimal health outcomes that recognizes the 
        interconnection between--
                    (A) people, wildlife, and plants; and
                    (B) the environment shared by such people, 
                wildlife, and plants.
            (7) Outbreak.--The term ``outbreak'' means the occurrence 
        of disease cases in excess of normal expectancy.
            (8) Public health emergency.--The term ``public health 
        emergency'' means the public health emergency declared by the 
        Secretary of Health and Human Services pursuant to section 319 
        of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 247d) on January 
        31, 2020, with respect to COVID-19.
            (9) Spillover event.--The term ``spillover event'' means 
        the transmission of a pathogen from one species to another.
            (10) Task force.--The term ``Task Force'' means the Global 
        Zoonotic Disease Task Force established under section 6(a).
            (11) USAID.--The term ``USAID'' means the United States 
        Agency for International Development.
            (12) Zoonotic disease.--The term ``zoonotic disease'' means 
        any disease that is naturally transmissible between animals and 
        humans.

SEC. 4. FINDINGS.

    Congress makes the following findings:
            (1) The majority of recent emerging infectious diseases 
        have originated in wildlife.
            (2) There is a rise in the frequency of zoonotic spillover 
        events and outbreaks of such diseases.
            (3) This rise in such spillover events and outbreaks 
        relates to the increased interaction between humans and 
        wildlife.
            (4) There is a progressive and increasing rise in 
        interaction between human populations and wildlife related to 
        deforestation, habitat degradation, and expansion of human 
        activity into the habitat of such wildlife.
            (5) The increase in such interactions due to these factors, 
        particularly in forested regions of tropical countries where 
        there is high mammalian diversity, is a serious risk factor for 
        spillover events.
            (6) A serious risk factor for spillover events also relates 
        to the collection, production, commercial trade, and sale for 
        human consumption of wildlife that may transmit to zoonotic 
        pathogens to humans that may then replicate and be transmitted 
        within the human population.
            (7) Such a risk factor is increased if it involves wildlife 
        that--
                    (A) does not ordinarily interact with humans; or
                    (B) lives under a stressful condition, as such 
                condition exacerbates the shedding of zoonotic 
                pathogens.
            (8) Markets for such wildlife to be sold for human 
        consumption are found in many countries.
            (9) In some communities, such wildlife may be the only 
        accessible source of high quality nutrition.
            (10) The public health emergency has resulted in--
                    (A) trillions of dollars in economic damage to the 
                United States; and
                    (B) the deaths of hundreds of thousands of American 
                citizens.

SEC. 5. UNITED STATES POLICY TOWARD ASSISTING COUNTRIES IN PREVENTING 
              ZOONOTIC SPILLOVER EVENTS.

    The Secretary of State and Administrator of the United States 
Agency for International Development, in consultation with the Director 
of the United States Fish and Wildlife Service, the Secretary of 
Agriculture, and the leadership of other relevant agencies, shall 
coordinate, engage, and work with governments, multilateral entities, 
intergovernmental organizations, international partners, and non-
governmental organizations to--
            (1) prevent commercial trade in live wildlife and raw or 
        unprocessed wildlife parts and derivatives for human 
        consumption that risks contributing to zoonotic spillover, 
        placing a priority focus on tropical countries or countries 
        with significant markets for live wildlife for human 
        consumption, which includes such wildlife trade activities as--
                    (A) high volume commercial trade and associated 
                markets;
                    (B) trade in and across well connected urban 
                centers;
                    (C) trade for luxury consumption or where there is 
                no dietary necessity by--
                            (i) working through existing treaties, 
                        conventions, and agreements to develop a new 
                        protocol, or to amend existing protocols or 
                        agreements; and
                            (ii) expanding combating wildlife 
                        trafficking programs to support enforcement of 
                        the closure of such markets and new illegal 
                        markets in response to closures, and the 
                        prevention of such trade, including--
                                    (I) providing assistance to improve 
                                law enforcement;
                                    (II) detecting and deterring the 
                                illegal import, transit, sale and 
                                export of wildlife;
                                    (III) strengthening such programs 
                                to assist countries through legal 
                                reform;
                                    (IV) improving information sharing 
                                and enhancing capabilities of 
                                participating foreign governments;
                                    (V) supporting efforts to change 
                                behavior and reduce demand for such 
                                wildlife products; and
                                    (VI) leveraging United States 
                                private sector technologies and 
                                expertise to scale and enhance 
                                enforcement responses to detect and 
                                prevent such trade;
                    (D) leveraging strong United States bilateral 
                relationships to support new and existing inter-
                ministerial collaborations or task forces that can 
                serve as regional One Health models; or
                    (E) building local agricultural capacity by 
                leveraging expertise from the Department of 
                Agriculture, U.S. Fish and Wildlife, and institutions 
                of higher education with agricultural expertise;
            (2) prevent the degradation and fragmentation of forests 
        and other intact ecosystems, particularly in tropical 
        countries, to minimize interactions between wildlife and human 
        and livestock populations that could contribute to spillover 
        events and zoonotic disease transmission, including by 
        providing assistance or supporting policies to--
                    (A) conserve, protect, and restore the integrity of 
                such ecosystems;
                    (B) support the rights of indigenous peoples and 
                local communities and their abilities to continue their 
                effective stewardships of their traditional lands and 
                territories;
                    (C) support the establishment and effective 
                management of protected areas, prioritizing highly 
                intact areas; and
                    (D) prevent activities that result in the 
                destruction, degradation, fragmentation, or conversion 
                of intact forests and other intact ecosystems and 
                biodiversity strongholds, including by governments, 
                private sector entities, and multilateral development 
                financial institutions;
            (3) offer alternative livelihood and worker training 
        programs and enterprise development to wildlife traders, 
        wildlife breeders, and local communities whose members are 
        engaged in the commercial wildlife trade for human consumption;
            (4) work with indigenous peoples and local communities to--
                    (A) ensure that their rights are respected and 
                their authority to exercise such rights is protected;
                    (B) provide education and awareness on animal 
                handling, sanitation, and disease transmission, as well 
                as sustainable wildlife management and support to 
                develop village-level alternative sources of protein 
                and nutrition;
                    (C) reduce the risk of zoonotic spillover while 
                ensuring food security and access to healthy diets; and
                    (D) improve farming practices to reduce the risk of 
                zoonotic spillover to livestock;
            (5) strengthen global capacity for detection of zoonotic 
        diseases with pandemic potential; and
            (6) support the development of One Health systems at the 
        community level.

SEC. 6. GLOBAL ZOONOTIC DISEASE TASK FORCE.

    (a) Establishment.--There is established a task force to be known 
as the ``Global Zoonotic Disease Task Force''.
    (b) Duties of Task Force.--The duties of the Task Force shall be 
to--
            (1) ensure an integrated approach across the Federal 
        Government and globally to the prevention of, early detection 
        of, preparedness for, and response to zoonotic spillover and 
        the outbreak and transmission of zoonotic diseases that may 
        pose a threat to global health security;
            (2) not later than one year after the date of the enactment 
        of this Act, develop and publish, on a publicly accessible 
        website, a plan for global biosecurity and zoonotic disease 
        prevention and response that leverages expertise in public 
        health, wildlife health, livestock veterinary health, 
        sustainable forest management, community-based conservation, 
        rural food security, and indigenous rights to coordinate 
        zoonotic disease surveillance internationally, including 
        support for One Health institutions around the world that can 
        prevent and provide early detection of zoonotic outbreaks; and
            (3) expanding the scope of the implementation of the White 
        House's Global Health Security Strategy to more robustly 
        support the prevention of zoonotic spillover and respond to 
        zoonotic disease investigations and outbreaks by establishing a 
        10-year strategy with specific Federal Government international 
        goals, priorities, and timelines for action, including to--
                    (A) recommend policy actions and mechanisms in 
                developing countries to reduce the risk of zoonotic 
                spillover and zoonotic disease emergence and 
                transmission, including in support of the activities 
                described in section 5;
                    (B) identify new mandates, authorities, and 
                incentives needed to strengthen the global zoonotic 
                disease plan under paragraph (2); and
                    (C) prioritize engagement in programs that target 
                tropical countries and regions experiencing high rates 
                of deforestation, forest degradation, and land 
                conversion, and countries with significant markets for 
                live wildlife for human consumption.
    (c) Membership.--
            (1) In general.--The members of the Task Force established 
        pursuant to subsection (a) shall be composed of representatives 
        from each of the following agencies:
                    (A) One permanent Chairperson at the level of 
                Deputy Assistant Secretary or above from the following 
                agencies, to rotate every two years in an order to be 
                determined by the Administrator:
                            (i) The Animal and Plant Health Inspection 
                        Service of the Department of Agriculture.
                            (ii) The Department of Health and Human 
                        Services or the Centers for Disease Control and 
                        Prevention.
                            (iii) The Department of the Interior or the 
                        United States Fish and Wildlife Service.
                            (iv) The Department of State or USAID.
                            (v) The National Security Council.
                    (B) At least 13 additional members, with at least 
                one from each of the following agencies:
                            (i) The Centers for Disease Control and 
                        Prevention.
                            (ii) The Department of Agriculture.
                            (iii) The Department of Defense.
                            (iv) The Department of State.
                            (v) The Environmental Protection Agency.
                            (vi) The National Science Foundation.
                            (vii) The National Institutes of Health.
                            (viii) The National Institute of Standards 
                        and Technology.
                            (ix) The Office of Science and Technology 
                        Policy.
                            (x) The United States Agency for 
                        International Development.
                            (xi) The United States Fish and Wildlife 
                        Service.
                            (xii) U.S. Customs and Border Protection.
                            (xiii) U.S. Immigration and Customs 
                        Enforcement.
            (2) Timing of appointments.--Appointments to the Task Force 
        shall be made not later than 30 days after the date of the 
        enactment of this Act.
            (3) Terms.--
                    (A) In general.--Each member of the Task Force 
                shall be appointed for a term of two years.
                    (B) Vacancies.--Any member appointed to fill a 
                vacancy occurring before the expiration of the term for 
                which the member's predecessor was appointed shall be 
                appointed only for the remainder of that term. A member 
                may serve after the expiration of that term until a 
                successor has been appointed.
    (d) Meeting.--
            (1) Initial meeting.--The Task Force shall hold its initial 
        meeting not later than 45 days after the final appointment of 
        all members under subsection (b)(2).
            (2) Meetings.--
                    (A) In general.--The Task Force shall meet at the 
                call of the Chairperson.
                    (B) Quorum.--Eight members of the Task Force shall 
                constitute a quorum, but a lesser number may hold 
                hearings.
    (e) Compensation.--
            (1) Prohibition of compensation.--Except as provided in 
        paragraph (2), members of the Task Force may not receive 
        additional pay, allowances, benefits by reason of their service 
        on the Task Force.
            (2) Travel expenses.--Each member shall receive travel 
        expenses, including per diem in lieu of subsistence, in 
        accordance with applicable provisions under subchapter I of 
        chapter 57 of title 5, United States Code.
    (f) Reports.--
            (1) Report to task force.--Not later than 6 months after 
        the enactment of this act and annually thereafter, the Federal 
        agencies listed in subsection (b), shall submit a report to the 
        Task Force containing a detailed statement with respect to the 
        results of any programming within their agencies that addresses 
        the goals of zoonotic spillover and disease prevention.
            (2) Report to congress.--Not later than 12 months after the 
        date of the enactment of this Act and annually thereafter, the 
        Task Force shall submit to the appropriate congressional 
        committees and the National Security Advisor a report 
        containing a detailed statement of the recommendations of the 
        Council pursuant to subsection (b).
    (g) FACA.--Section 14(a)(2)(B) of the Federal Advisory Committee 
Act shall not apply to the Task Force. The Task Force is authorized for 
seven years beginning on the date of the enactment of this Act, and up 
to an additional two years at the discretion of the Task Force 
Chairperson.

SEC. 7. PREVENTING OUTBREAKS OF ZOONOTIC DISEASES.

    (a) Integrated Zoonotic Diseases Program.--There is authorized an 
integrated zoonotic diseases program within the United States Agency 
for International Development's global health security programs, led by 
the Administrator, in consultation with the Director for the Centers 
for Disease Control and Prevention and other relevant Federal agencies, 
to prevent spillover events, epidemics, and pandemics through the 
following activities:
            (1) Partnering with a consortium that possesses the 
        following technical capabilities:
                    (A) Institution with expertise in global wildlife 
                health and zoonotic pathogen, animal care and 
                management, combating wildlife trafficking, including 
                community-based conservation, wildlife trade and 
                trafficking, wildlife habitat protection, protected 
                area management, and preventing deforestation and 
                forest degradation.
                    (B) Institutions of higher education with 
                veterinary and public health expertise.
                    (C) Institutions with public health expertise.
            (2) Implementing programs that aim to prevent zoonotic 
        spillover and expand on the results of the USAID Emerging 
        Pandemic Threat Outcomes program, including PREDICT and 
        PREDICT-2, to prioritize the following activities:
                    (A) Utilizing coordinated information and data 
                sharing platforms, including information related to 
                biosecurity threats, in ongoing and future research.
                    (B) Conducting One Health zoonotic research at 
                human-wildlife interfaces.
                    (C) Conducting One Health research into known and 
                novel zoonotic pathogen detection.
                    (D) Conducting surveillance, including biosecurity 
                surveillance, of priority and unknown zoonotic diseases 
                and the transmission of such diseases.
                    (E) Preventing spillover events of zoonotic 
                diseases.
                    (F) Investing in frontline diagnostic capability at 
                points of contact.
                    (G) Understanding global and national-level legal 
                and illegal wildlife trade routes and value chains, and 
                their impacts on biodiversity loss on human-wildlife 
                interfaces.
                    (H) Understanding the impacts of land-use change 
                and conversion and biodiversity loss on human-wildlife 
                interfaces and zoonotic spillover risk.
                    (I) Supporting development of One Health capacity 
                and systems at the community level including 
                integrating activities to improve community health, 
                promote sustainable management and conservation of 
                forests, and ensure safety in livestock production and 
                handling.
                    (J) Utilizing existing One Health trained workforce 
                in developing countries to identify high risk or 
                reoccurring spillover event locations and concentrate 
                capacity and functionality at such locations.
                    (K) Continuing to train a One Health workforce in 
                developing countries to prevent and respond to disease 
                outbreaks in animals and humans, including training 
                protected area managers in disease collection 
                technology linked to existing data sharing platforms.
    (b) Termination.--The integrated zoonotic diseases program 
authorized under this section shall terminate on the date that is ten 
years after the date of the enactment of this Act.

SEC. 8. USAID MULTISECTORAL STRATEGY FOR FOOD SECURITY, GLOBAL HEALTH, 
              BIODIVERSITY CONSERVATION, AND REDUCING DEMAND FOR 
              WILDLIFE FOR HUMAN CONSUMPTION.

    (a) In General.--The Administrator shall develop, and publish on a 
publicly accessible website, a multisectoral strategy for food 
security, global health, and biodiversity protection and shall include 
information about zoonotic disease surveillance in the reports required 
by section 406(b) of the Coronavirus Preparedness and Response 
Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2020.
    (b) Multisectoral Strategy.--The Administrator of the United States 
Agency for International Development (USAID), through sectoral and 
regional bureaus, shall develop a multisectoral strategy to integrate 
and mitigate risks of zoonotic disease emergence and spread, food 
insecurity, biodiversity conservation, and wildlife and habitat 
destruction. The strategy shall include participation of the following:
            (1) The Bureau for Africa.
            (2) The Bureau for Asia.
            (3) The Bureau for Economic Growth, Education, and 
        Environment.
            (4) The Bureau for Global Health.
            (5) The Bureau for Latin America and the Caribbean.
            (6) The Bureau for Resiliency, and Food Security.
            (7) The Democracy, Conflict, and Humanitarian Assistance 
        Bureau.
    (c) Contents.--The USAID multisectoral strategy developed pursuant 
to subsection (a) shall include--
            (1) a statement of the United States intention to 
        facilitate international cooperation to prevent commercial 
        trade in live wildlife and raw or unprocessed wildlife parts 
        and derivatives for human consumption, that risk contributing 
        to zoonotic spillover and to prevent the degradation and 
        fragmentation of forests and other intact ecosystems in 
        tropical countries while ensuring full consideration to the 
        needs and rights of Indigenous Peoples and local communities 
        that depend on wildlife for their food security;
            (2) programs supporting integrated One Health activities to 
        improve community health, promote the sustainable management, 
        conservation, and restoration of forests, and ensure safety in 
        livestock production and handling;
            (3) programs and objectives to change wildlife consumers' 
        behavior, attitudes and consumption of wildlife that risks 
        contributing to zoonotic spillover;
            (4) programs to increase supplies of sustainably and 
        locally produced alternative animal and plant-based sources of 
        protein and nutrition;
            (5) programs to protect, maintain and restore ecosystem 
        integrity;
            (6) programs to ensure that countries are sufficiently 
        prepared to detect, report, and respond to zoonotic disease 
        spillover events;
            (7) programs to prevent, prepare for, detect, report, and 
        respond to zoonotic disease spillover events; and
            (8) the identification of Landscape Leaders residing in-
        country who will coordinate strategic implementation, the 
        overseeing of Conservation Corps volunteers, and coordination 
        with donors and award recipients throughout the term of the 
        project.

SEC. 9. IMPLEMENTATION OF MULTISECTORAL STRATEGY.

    (a) Implementation.--The USAID multisectoral strategy under section 
8 shall be implemented--
            (1) through USAID bilateral programs through missions and 
        embassies and will account for half of the portfolio; and
            (2) through demonstration projects that meet the 
        requirements of subsection (b) and account for half of the 
        portfolio.
    (b) Demonstration Projects.--
            (1) Purpose.--The purpose of demonstration projects under 
        subsection (a) shall be to--
                    (A) pilot the implementation of the USAID 
                multisectoral strategy by leveraging the international 
                commitments of the donor community;
                    (B) prevent pandemics and reduce demand for fresh 
                and live wildlife source foods as a way to stop 
                spillover;
                    (C) establish and increase availability of and 
                access to sustainably and locally produced animal and 
                plant-based sources of protein and nutrition to provide 
                an alternative to the growing wild meat demand in 
                urban, suburban, and exurban communities; and
                    (D) realize the greatest impact in low capacity 
                forested countries with susceptibility to zoonotic 
                spillover and spread that can lead to a pandemic.
            (2) Demonstration project country plans.--
                    (A) In general.--USAID shall lead a collaborative 
                effort in coordination with the Department of State, 
                embassies of the United States, and the International 
                Development Finance Corporation to consult with in-
                country stakeholder and participants in key forested 
                countries to develop a plan that reflects the local 
                needs and identifies measures of nutrition, yield gap 
                analysis, global health safeguards, forest and 
                biodiversity protection, bushmeat demand reduction and 
                consumer behavior change, and market development 
                progress, within 90 days of completion of the 
                multisectoral strategy.
                    (B) Eligible projects.--Eligible demonstration 
                projects shall include small holder backyard production 
                of animal source foods including poultry, fish, guinea 
                pigs, and insects.
                    (C) Stakeholders and participants.--Stakeholder and 
                participants in the development of the multisectoral 
                country plans shall include but are not limited to--
                            (i) recipient countries;
                            (ii) donors governments;
                            (iii) multilaterals institutions;
                            (iv) conservation organizations;
                            (v) One Health institutions;
                            (vi) agricultural extension services;
                            (vii) domestic and international 
                        institutions of higher education;
                            (viii) food security experts;
                            (ix) United States grain and animal protein 
                        production experts;
                            (x) social marketing and behavioral change 
                        experts; and
                            (xi) financial institutions and micro-
                        enterprise experts.
            (3) Change in livelihoods.--Multisectoral country plans 
        shall include programs to re-train individuals no longer 
        engaged in supplying wildlife markets in fundamental components 
        of commercial animal source food production, including 
        agriculture extension, veterinary care, sales and marketing, 
        supply chains, transportation, livestock feed production, 
        micro-enterprise, and market analysis.
            (4) Location of demonstration projects.--Collaboration 
        between United States Government assistance and other donor 
        investments shall occur in five demonstration projects, which 
        shall be in Africa, Asia, and Latin America.
            (5) Timing.--Five demonstration projects shall be selected 
        and each shall be tested over four years after the date of the 
        enactment of this Act.
    (c) Reporting.--
            (1) Agency report.--The Administrator shall annually submit 
        to the global zoonotic disease task force established pursuant 
        to section 6, the President, and the appropriate congressional 
        committees a report regarding the progress achieved and 
        challenges concerning the development of a multisectoral 
        strategy for food security, global health, biodiversity, and 
        reducing demand for wildlife for human consumption required 
        under this section. Data included in each such report shall be 
        disaggregated by country, and shall include recommendations to 
        resolve, mitigate, or otherwise address such challenges. Each 
        such report shall, to the extent possible, be made publicly 
        available.
            (2) Report to congress.--The Administrator shall submit a 
        strategy within one year of the enactment of this Act outlining 
        the implementation of the country plans and identifying 
        demonstration sites and criteria for pilot programs. Four years 
        after the enactment, the Administrator shall submit a 
        reassessment of the strategy to Congress, as well as a 
        recommendation as to whether and how to expand these programs 
        globally.

SEC. 10. ESTABLISHMENT OF CONSERVATION CORPS.

    (a) In General.--The Administrator shall establish a Conservation 
Corps to provide Americans eligible for service abroad, under 
conditions of hardship if necessary, to deliver technical and strategic 
assistance to in-country leaders of demonstration projects, 
stakeholders, and donors implementing and financing the multisectoral 
strategy under section 8 to reduce demand for wildlife for human 
consumption through food security, global health, and biodiversity and 
related demonstration projects.
    (b) Persons Eligible To Serve as Volunteers.--The Administrator may 
enroll in the Conservation Corps for service abroad qualified citizens 
and nationals for short terms of service at the discretion of the 
Administrator.
    (c) Responsibilities.--The Conservation Corps volunteers shall be 
responsible for--
            (1) providing training to agricultural producers to 
        encourage participants to share and pass on to other 
        agricultural producers in the home communities of the 
        participants the information and skills obtained from the 
        training under this section;
            (2) identifying areas for the extension of additional 
        technical resources through farmer-to-farmer exchanges; and
            (3) conducting assessments of individual projects and 
        bilateral strategies and recommend knowledge management 
        strategies toward building programs to scale and strengthening 
        projects.
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