,,iib  #aafth ,,congress  #ast ,session 
,h4 ,r4 #ig  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of   
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,july #af1     
#bjai,received2 read twice and referred 
to the ,committee on ,foreign ,relations
  ,,an ,,act  ,to amend the ,state      
,department ,basic ,authorities ,act of 
#aief to authorize rewards for thwarting
 wildlife trafficking linked to         
transnational organized crime1 and for  
other purposes4  #a4 ,short title ,this 
,act may be cited as the ,rescuing      
,animals ,with ,rewards ,act of #bjai or
 the ,,rawr ,act4  #b4 ,findings2 ,sense
 of congress  7a7 ,findings ,congress   
finds the following3  7#a7 ,wildlife    
trafficking is a major transnational    
crime that is estimated to generate over
 #aj billion a year in illegal profits  
and which is increasingly perpetrated by
 organized1 sophisticated criminal      
enterprises1 including known terrorist  
organizations4  7#b7 ,wildlife          
trafficking not only threatens          
endangered species worldwide1 but also  

jeopardizes local security1 spreads     
disease1 undermines rule of law1 fuels  
corruption1 and damages economic        
development4  7#c7 ,combating wildlife  
trafficking requires a coordinated and  
sustained approach at the global1       
regional1 national1 and local levels4   
7#d7 ,congress stated in the ,eliminate1
 ,neutralize1 and ,disrupt ,wildlife    
,trafficking ,act of #bjaf that it is   
the policy of the ,united ,states to    
take immediate actions to stop the      
illegal global trade in wildlife and    
wildlife products and associated        
transnational organized crime4  7b7     
,sense of ,congress ,it is the sense of 
,congress that the ,department of       
,state's rewards program is a powerful  
tool in combating sophisticated         
international crime and that the        
,department of ,state and ,federal law  
enforcement should work in concert to   
offer rewards that target wildlife      
traffickers4  #c4 ,rewards for justice  
,subparagraph 7,b7 of section #cf7k77#e7

 of the ,state ,department ,basic       
,authorities ,act of #aief 7#bb         
,u4,s4,c4 #bgjh7k77#e77 is amended by   
inserting wildlife trafficking 7as      
defined by section #b7ab7 of the        
,eliminate1 ,neutralize1 and ,disrupt   
,wildlife ,trafficking ,act of #bjaf    
7#af ,u4,s4,c4 #gfja7ab72 ,public ,law  
#aad-bca77 and after includes4  ,passed 
the ,house of ,representatives ,july    
#ae1 #bjai4;,cheryl ,l4 ,johnson1,clerk4