§4244 Definitions

Summary

Gives plain meanings for important words used in the chapter. African elephant — the species Loxodonta africana. CITES — the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora. CITES Ivory Control System — the CITES quota and marking system to reduce illegal African elephant ivory trade. Fund — the account set up by division A, section 101(e), title I of Public Law 105–277 under “multinational species conservation fund” (16 U.S.C. 4246). Import/importation — as defined in the Endangered Species Act (16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.). Intermediary country — a country that exports ivory that did not originate there. Ivory producing country — any African country that contains part of an African elephant population’s range. Ivory quota — a quota sent by an ivory producing country to the CITES Secretariat under the CITES system. Personal effects — non-sale items in a person’s household goods when moving to or from the United States or in their accompanying baggage. Raw ivory — an African elephant tusk or piece whose surface is unaltered or only lightly carved. Secretary — the Secretary of the Interior. United States — the fifty States, the District of Columbia, Guam, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, and the territories and possessions of the United States. Worked ivory — any elephant tusk or piece that is not raw ivory.