Sec. 30299F. Countering transnational crime
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The Secretary of State shall prioritize efforts to assist the Pacific Islands in ratifying and implementing international legal conventions related to transnational crime, such as— the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wildlife Fauna and Flora; the Agreement on Port State Measures; and relevant protocols supplementing the United Nations Convention Against Transnational Organized Crime, such as— the Protocol to Prevent, Suppress, and Punish Trafficking in Person, Especially Women and Children; and the Protocol Against the Smuggling of Migrants by Land, Sea, and Air.
Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act and every two years thereafter as appropriate, the Secretary of State shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees a report on— the status of the progress of each country of the Pacific Islands toward ratifying and implementing international legal conventions related to transnational crime; and United States plans for assisting those countries that have yet to fully ratify such conventions with their respective ratification efforts.
The Secretary of State, in coordination with other Federal agencies as appropriate, shall identify and update existing reports to include forms of transnational crime affecting the Pacific Islands, such as— the International Narcotics Control Strategy report; the Improving International Fisheries Management report; and the Trafficking in Persons report. Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act and annually thereafter, the Secretary of State, in coordination with the heads of relevant Federal agencies, shall submit to appropriate congressional committees a report that identifies countries of the Pacific Islands that are countries of concern with respect to illegal logging and associated trade.
The report required by paragraph
(1)shall include the following: A description of the impact illegal logging and associated trade have had on local communities, good governance, and biodiversity, including an identification of those foreign countries that may be financing or in any other manner supporting illegal logging activities. A description of efforts taken by countries identified under paragraph
(1)to comply and take appropriate corrective action to mitigate illegal logging, and an evaluation of the progress of those efforts. A description of steps taken by the heads of relevant Federal agencies to assist the Pacific Islands in adopting and implementing international measures comparable to those of the United States, such as the Lacey Act, to reduce impacts of illicit logging. In this subsection, the term appropriate congressional committees means— the Committee on Foreign Affairs and the Committee on Ways and Means of the House of Representatives; and the Committee on Foreign Relations and the Committee on Finance of the Senate. Section 3553 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2020 ( 16 U.S.C. 8033 ) is amended— in paragraph (7), by striking and at the end; by redesignating paragraph
(8)as paragraph (9); and by inserting after paragraph
(7)(as amended) the following: an assessment of gaps or limitations in the ability of the United States to effectively assist priority regions and priority flag states relating to IUU fishing due to resource constraints and the additional resources necessary to overcome those constraints; and .
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