Sec. 9. Fees for live wildlife shipment
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In this section, the term live wildlife shipment does not include a shipment made by a qualified institution for scientific, zoological, medical research, or educational purposes. Not later than 2 years after the date of enactment of this Act, the Director shall propose and adopt by regulation a reasonable fee to be charged on any imported live wildlife shipment for use in recovering a portion of the costs of— improving the information available on the importation into the United States and transport between States of wildlife; monitoring the import information described section 5; conducting scientific risk assessments and risk management determinations for wildlife taxa under section 4(b); making emergency temporary designations under section 4(f); and developing and implementing an electronic system for streamlining the submission of permit applications in accordance with section 8(g).
The purpose of the user fee described in subsection
(b)is to recover approximately 75 percent of the costs to the Director for the services listed in that subsection after— the date on which the user fee regulation described in that subsection is fully implemented; and the amounts of the user fees received have been appropriated to the Fund established in section 13(a) for not less than 1 full fiscal year. The amount of the user fee under this section shall be— set by the Director only after considering public comments on the proposed user fee regulation; and charged— broadly and fairly across the live wildlife import industry; and at the lowest level practicable to achieve the cost recovery purpose described in subsection (c). In setting the user fee under this section, the Director shall seek to set a user fee amount that ensures that the annual total user fee revenue is not more than the amount of the annual total fee revenue of the fees charged by the Director under the inspection program of the Director to oversee the importation of live wildlife carried out pursuant to— section 11(f) of the Endangered Species Act of 1973 ( 16 U.S.C. 1540(f) ); and subpart I of part 14 of title 50, Code of Federal Regulations (or successor regulations). The Secretary shall keep the user fees collected in accordance with this section separate from any other fees that the Secretary collects for any other law enforcement or inspection activity.
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