Sec. 5. Prohibition of import, export, and sale of certain live wild animals for human consumption
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Chapter 3 of title 18, United States Code, is amended by inserting after section 43 the following: In this section— the phrase human consumption shall include all consumption as food or medicine except consumption that is incidental to lawful hunting activity. the term live wild animal means a live wild mammal, bird, reptile, or amphibian, whether or not bred, hatched, or born in captivity with the exception of ruminants; and the term wild has the meaning given that term in section 42.
It shall be unlawful for any person— to import or export any live wild animal for human consumption as food or medicine; to sell for human consumption as food or medicine a live wild animal, including through sale or purchase at a live animal market; or to attempt to commit any act described in paragraph
(1)or (2). Any person who knowingly violates subsection
(b)shall be fined not more than $100,000, imprisoned for not more than 5 years, or both. Each violation of subsection
(b)shall constitute a separate offense. A violation of subsection
(b)may be prosecuted in the judicial district in which the violation first occurred and any judicial district in which the defendant sold the live wild animal. . The table of sections for chapter 3 of title 18, United States Code, is amended by inserting after the item relating to section 43 the following: 44. Prohibition of import, export, and sale of certain live wild animals for human consumption. . There is authorized to be appropriated to carry out section 44 of title 18, United States Code, as added by subsection (a), $35,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2021 through 2030.