Sec. 204. Certification under Fishermen’s Protective Act of 1967
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The Rhinoceros and Tiger Conservation Act is amended by redesignating sections 8, 9, and 10 ( 16 U.S.C. 5305b , 5305c, and 5306) as sections 9, 10, and 11, respectively, and inserting after section 7 ( 16 U.S.C. 5305a ) the following: If the CITES Standing Committee identifies any country as a country of primary concern because it is a significant source or transit or destination point for illegal trade of rhinoceros horn, the Secretary shall issue a certification with respect to that country under section 8(a) of the Fishermen’s Protective Act of 1967 ( 22 U.S.C. 1978(a) ).
Not later than 30 days after issuance of a certification with respect to the country under subsection (a), the President, acting through the Secretary of the Interior, shall seek to enter into consultations with the government of the country for the purpose of obtaining an agreement under which the country will immediately and significantly reduce, and will commit to terminating, all illegal trade of rhinoceros horn into, out of, or within that country. If consultations with a government under subsection
(b)are not satisfactorily concluded within 90 days or if a government refuses to enter into such consultations, the President shall direct the Secretary to prohibit the importation into the United States of products of wildlife, fish, and plants from that country until the earlier of— the date an agreement with the country under subsection
(b)is finalized; or the date the Secretary finds that the country is no longer a significant source or transit or destination point for illegal trade of rhinoceros horn. The Secretary shall publish public notice of any prohibition under this subsection not later than 30 days before the effective date of the prohibition. Not later than 180 days after the effective date of a prohibition under subsection (c), the Secretary shall determine and report to Congress whether— the prohibition is sufficient to cause the country to immediately and significantly reduce, and commit to terminating, illegal trade of rhinoceros horn into, out of, or within that country; and that country has retaliated against the United States as a result of that prohibition. . Section 8(c) of the Rhinoceros and Tiger Conservation Act, as amended by this section, shall apply to a country that before the date of the enactment of this Act was identified by the CITES Standing Committee as a country of primary concern because it is a significant source or transit or destination point for illegal trade of rhinoceros horn, if the CITES Standing Committee has not rescinded such identification by that date of enactment. The President, acting through the Secretary of the Interior, shall seek to enter into consultations under 8(c) of the Rhinoceros and Tiger Conservation Act, as amended by this section, with a country described in paragraph
(1)of this subsection by not later than 30 days after the date of the enactment of this Act.
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- Educational outreach program§ 5305b
- Prohibition on sale, importation, or exportation of products labeled or advertised as rhinoceros or tiger products§ 5305a
- Restriction on importation of fishery or wildlife products from countries which violate international fishery or endangered or threatened species programs§ 1978
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Certification under Fishermen’s Protective Act of 1967
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