§8501 Definitions

Summary

Defines important words used in the chapter about the brown tree snake. Brown tree snake means the species Boiga irregularis. Compact of Free Association means the Compacts between the United States and the Federated States of Micronesia and the Republic of the Marshall Islands (approved in Public Law 108–188 (117 Stat. 2720; 48 U.S.C. 1921 et seq.)) and the Compact between the United States and the Republic of Palau (approved in Public Law 99–658 (100 Stat. 3673; 48 U.S.C. 1931 et seq.)). Freely Associated States means Palau, the Federated States of Micronesia, and the Republic of the Marshall Islands. Introduce or introduction means the snake spreading beyond its native range. Secretary concerned means the Secretary of the Interior for Interior matters and the Secretary of Agriculture for Agriculture matters. Secretaries means both those Secretaries. Technical Working Group means the Brown Tree Snake Technical Working Group set up under section 4728 of title 16. Territorial, for a government, means the governments of Guam, American Samoa, and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, including their agencies. United States, in a geographic sense, means the several States, the District of Colombia, American Samoa, Guam, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the United States Virgin Islands, any other U.S. possession, and any waters under U.S. jurisdiction.