Sec. 2. Purposes

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The purposes of this Act are— to direct Federal agencies to implement authorities under existing law to reward whistleblowers who furnish information that leads to an arrest, criminal conviction, civil penalty assessment, or forfeiture of property for any wildlife trafficking violation; to provide a standardized process for determining and adjudicating awards to whistleblowers under authorities under existing law; to amend the Marine Turtle Conservation Act of 2004 ( 16 U.S.C. 6601 et seq.)— to make United States territories eligible for Federal funding and assistance; to support the conservation of freshwater turtles and tortoises; and to provide dedicated funding at no cost to taxpayers under that Act; to direct any fines, penalties, and forfeitures of property from violations of the Marine Mammal Protection Act of 1972 ( 16 U.S.C. 1361 et seq.) to support marine mammal conservation; to direct any fines, penalties, and forfeitures of property from shark finning violations under the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act ( 16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.) to support shark conservation; to authorize the International Wildlife Conservation Program to be administered by the United States Fish and Wildlife Service; to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to station United States Fish and Wildlife Service officials in high-intensity wildlife trafficking areas abroad; to make wildlife trafficking a predicate offense under section 1952 of title 18, United States Code (commonly known as the Travel Act ), and the racketeering prohibitions of chapter 96 of title 18, United States Code (commonly known as the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act ); to direct any civil penalties, fines, forfeitures, and restitution from wildlife trafficking violations under section 1952 of title 18, United States Code (commonly known as the Travel Act ), and the racketeering prohibitions of chapter 96 of title 18, United States Code (commonly known as the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act ), to support wildlife conservation; to make violations for illegal, unreported, and unregulated fishing under the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act ( 16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.) a predicate offense under section 1956 of title 18, United States Code; to direct any civil penalties, fines, forfeitures, and restitution from wildlife trafficking violations of money laundering statutes (including section 1956 of title 18, United States Code) to support wildlife conservation; and to direct any civil penalties, fines, forfeitures, and restitution for illegal, unreported, and unregulated fishing violations of money laundering statutes (including section 1956 of title 18, United States Code) to support fisheries enforcement, including to carry out amendments made by the Illegal, Unreported, and Unregulated Fishing Enforcement Act of 2015 ( Public Law 114–81 ; 129 Stat. 649).

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