Sec. 2. DEFINITIONS
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## SEC. 2 DEFINITIONS **[**[16 U.S.C. 7601](/us/usc/t16/s7601)**]** In this Act: ####
(1)Appropriate congressional committees The term “**appropriate congressional committees**” means— #####
(A)the Committee on Foreign Relations and the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate; and #####
(B)the Committee on Foreign Affairs and the Committee on Appropriations of the House of Representatives. ####
(2)Co-chairs of the task force The term “**Co-Chairs of the Task Force**” means the Secretary of State, the Secretary of the Interior, and the Attorney General, as established pursuant to Executive Order 13648. ####
(3)Community conservation The term “**community conservation**” means an approach to conservation involving local communities that recognizes the rights of local people to manage, or benefit directly and indirectly from wildlife and other natural resources in a long-term biologically viable manner and includes— #####
(A)devolving management and governance to local communities to create positive conditions for resource use that takes into account current and future ecological requirements; and #####
(B)building the capacity of communities for conservation and natural resource management. ####
(4)Country of concern The term “**country of concern**” means a foreign country specially designated by the Secretary of State pursuant to section 201(b) as a major source of wildlife trafficking products or their derivatives, a major transit point of wildlife trafficking products or their derivatives, or a major consumer of wildlife trafficking products, in which— #####
(A)the government has actively engaged in, or knowingly profited from, the trafficking of protected species; or #####
(B)the government facilitates such trafficking through conduct that may include a persistent failure to make serious and sustained efforts to prevent and prosecute such trafficking. ####
(5)Focus country The term “**focus country**” refers to a foreign country determined by the Secretary of State to be a major source of wildlife trafficking products or their derivatives, a major transit point of wildlife trafficking products or their derivatives, or a major consumer of wildlife trafficking products. ####
(6)Defense article; defense service; significant military equipment; training The terms “**defense article**”, “**defense service**”, “**significant military equipment**”, and “**training**” have the meanings given such terms in section 47 of the Arms Export Control Act (22 U.S.C. 2794). ####
(7)Implementation plan The term “**Implementation Plan**” means the Implementation Plan for the National Strategy for Combating Wildlife Trafficking released on February 11, 2015, a modification of that plan, or a successor plan. ####
(8)National strategy The term “**National Strategy**” means the National Strategy for Combating Wildlife Trafficking published on February 11, 2014, a modification of that strategy, or a successor strategy. ####
(9)National wildlife services The term “**national wildlife services**” refers to the ministries and government bodies designated to manage matters pertaining to wildlife management, including poaching or trafficking, in a focus country. ####
(10)Security force The term “**security force**” means a military, law enforcement, gendarmerie, park ranger, or any other security force with a responsibility for protecting wildlife and natural habitats. ####
(11)Task force The term “**Task Force**” means the Presidential Task Force on Wildlife Trafficking, as established by Executive Order 13648 (78 Fed. Reg. 40621) and modified by section 301. ####
(12)Wildlife trafficking The term “**wildlife trafficking**” refers to the poaching or other illegal taking of protected or managed species and the illegal trade in wildlife and their related parts and products. # TITLE I PURPOSES AND POLICY
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