; or (2) to authorize using any means of determining for purposes of this Act or the Endangered Species Act of 1973 whether African elephant ivory has been lawfully imported, including any presumption or burden of proof applied in such determination, other than such means used by the Secretary as of February 24, 2014. . 7. Sport-hunted elephant trophies Section 2203 ( 16 U.S.C. 4223 ) is further amended by adding at the end the following: (d) Sport-Hunted elephant trophies Nothing in this Act or subsection (a) or (d) of section 9 of the Endangered Species Act of 1973 ( 16 U.S.C. 1538 ) shall be construed to prohibit any citizen or legal resident of the United States, or an agent of such an individual, from importing a sport-hunted African elephant trophy under section 2202(e) of this Act, if the country in which the elephant was taken had an elephant population on appendix II of CITES at the time the trophy elephant was taken. (e) Relationship to the Convention Nothing in this section shall be construed as modifying or repealing the Secretary’s duties to implement CITES and the appendices thereto, or as modifying or repealing section 8A or 9(c) of the Endangered Species Act of 1973 (16 U.S.C. 1537a and 1538(c)). . 8. African Elephant Conservation Act financial assistance priority and reauthorization (a) Financial assistance priority Section 2101 of the African Elephant Conservation Act ( 16 U.S.C. 4211 ) is amended by redesignating subsections (e) and (f) as subsections (f) and (g), respectively, and by inserting after subsection (d) the following: (e) Priority In providing financial assistance under this section, the Secretary shall give priority to projects designed to facilitate the acquisition of equipment and training of wildlife officials in ivory producing countries to be used in anti-poaching efforts. . (b) Reauthorization Section 2306(a) of the African Elephant Conservation Act ( 16 U.S.C. 4245(a) ) is amended by striking 2007 through 2012 and inserting 2018 through 2022 .