Title 16 — ConservationRelease 119-73

§6456 Definitions

Title 16 › Chapter CHAPTER 83A— - CORAL REEF CONSERVATION, MANAGEMENT, AND ASSISTANCE › Subchapter SUBCHAPTER I— - UNITED STATES CORAL REEF TASK FORCE › § 6456

Last updated Apr 6, 2026|Official source

Summary

Names which groups in Congress count as the "appropriate congressional committees": the Senate Committees on Commerce, Science, and Transportation; Environment and Public Works; and Energy and Natural Resources; and the House Committee on Natural Resources. It also says that a list of terms — conservation; coral; coral reef; coral reef ecosystem; covered reef manager; covered State; Federal reef manager; National Coral Reef Resilience Strategy; restoration; resilience; and State — use the meanings given in section 6415.

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Title 16, §6456

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In this subchapter:

(1)The term “appropriate congressional committees” means—

(A)the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate;

(B)the Committee on Environment and Public Works of the Senate;

(C)the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources of the Senate; and

(D)the Committee on Natural Resources of the House of Representatives.

(2)The terms “conservation”, “coral”, “coral reef”, “coral reef ecosystem”, “covered reef manager”, “covered State”, “Federal reef manager”, “National Coral Reef Resilience Strategy”, “restoration”, “resilience”, and “State” have the meanings given those terms in section 6415 of this title, as added by this division.

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References in Text

This division, referred to in par. (2), is div. J of Pub. L. 117–263, Dec. 23, 2022, 136 Stat. 3930. For complete classification of div. J to the Code, see Tables.

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Citation

16 U.S.C. § 6456

Title 16 — Conservation

Last Updated

Apr 6, 2026

Release point: 119-73