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The America COMPETES Act of 2022 includes over 600 amendments that address a wide range of topics and issues. The massive bill has already been passed by the House. Please urge the Senate to pass the amendments below that contain actions to benefit animals, the environment, and global health.

We urge the Senate to pass the amendments below:

Preventing Pandemics

• Adds the text of the Preventing Future Pandemics Act of 2022, which establishes the foreign policy of the United States to work with state and non-state partners to shut down certain commercial wildlife markets, end the trade in terrestrial wildlife for human consumption, and build international coalitions to reduce the demand for wildlife as food, to prevent the emergence of future zoonotic pathogens.
• The MINKS are Superspreaders Act would prohibit the possession, transport, and sale of captively raised mink for fur production.
• The Shark Fin Sales Elimination Act would prohibit U.S. imports, exports, possession, trade, and sale of shark fins.

Protecting Marine Animals and Habitats

• The Marine Mammal Research and Response Act would fund efforts to rescue and rehabilitate sick and injured marine mammals. It would also support research efforts to determine the causes of stranding events.
• The Driftnet Modernization and Bycatch Reduction Act would eliminate large-mesh drift gillnets used in federal waters off the coast of California.
• Reauthorize the Coral Reef Conservation Act to protect, conserve and restore the nation's coral reefs by maintaining healthy ecosystem function.
• Amends the High Seas Driftnet Fishing Moratorium Protection Act to include seabirds as a protected living marine resource.
• Adds the text of the Tropical Forest and Coral Reef Conservation Reauthorization Act which authorizes funding for the Tropical Forest and Coral Reef Conservation Act of 1998 for FY2022-2026.

Wildlife Trafficking and Poaching

• Adds the text of the Eliminate, Neutralize, and Disrupt Wildlife Trafficking Act, which continues the work with international partners, including nations, nongovernmental organizations, and the private sector, to identify long-standing and emerging challenges related to wildlife poaching and trafficking. This Act supports activities to halt trafficking and poaching of rare and endangered species sold internationally for food, medicine, and vanity, including establishing a Presidential Task Force on Wildlife Trafficking to assure species are protected across the globe.

Climate Change and Resource Use

• Adds the text of the Public Land Renewable Energy Development Act, which promotes the responsible development of wind, solar, and geothermal resources on public lands by prioritizing development in strategic areas.
• Adds the text of the End Palm Oil Deforestation Act (H.R.5863), which incentivizes importers to adopt credible, third-party certification standards for sustainably, ethically, and lawfully sourced palm oil to prevent deforestation and human rights abuses in developing countries

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