Title 16, ConservationRelease 119-110

§1423 Definitions

Title 16 › CHAPTER 31 — MARINE MAMMAL PROTECTION › SUBCHAPTER VI — POLAR BEARS › § 1423

Last updated Sep 22, 2026|Official source

Summary

Defines key words used in this part of the law. "Agreement" means the 2000 U.S.–Russia deal on conserving and managing the Alaska‑Chukotka polar bear population, signed in Washington, D.C., on October 16, 2000. "Alaska Nanuuq Commission" means the Alaska Native group that, as of January 12, 2007, represented all Alaska villages that hunt polar bears from the Alaska‑Chukotka population and any group that replaces it. "Import" means landing, bringing into, or trying to bring into U.S. territory, no matter how customs calls it. "Part or product of a polar bear" means any bear part or product, including gall bile and the gall bladder. "Secretary" means the Secretary of the Interior. "Taking" has the meaning given in the Agreement. "Commission" means the body created under article 8 of the Agreement.

Full Legal Text

Title 16, §1423

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In this subchapter:

(1)Agreement

The term “Agreement” means the Agreement Between the Government of the United States of America and the Government of the Russian Federation on the Conservation and Management of the Alaska-Chukotka Polar Bear Population, signed at Washington, D.C., on October 16, 2000.

(2)Alaska Nanuuq Commission

The term “Alaska Nanuuq Commission” means the Alaska Native entity, in existence on January 12, 2007, that represents all villages in the State of Alaska that engage in the annual subsistence taking of polar bears from the Alaska-Chukotka population and any successor entity.

(3)Import

The term “import” means to land on, bring into, or introduce into, or attempt to land on, bring into, or introduce into, any place subject to the jurisdiction of the United States, without regard to whether the landing, bringing, or introduction constitutes an importation within the meaning of the customs laws of the United States.

(4)Polar bear part or product

The term “part or product of a polar bear” means any polar bear part or product, including the gall bile and gall bladder.

(5)Secretary

The term “Secretary” means the Secretary of the Interior.

(6)Taking

The term “taking” has the meaning given the term in the Agreement.

(7)Commission

The term “Commission” means the commission established under article 8 of the Agreement.

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Citation

16 U.S.C. § 1423

Title 16, Conservation

Last Updated

Sep 22, 2026

Release point: 119-110