16 U.S.C. § 5303: Definitions

Summary

Defines key words used in the chapter. CITES is the international treaty called the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora, signed March 3, 1973, including its appendices. Conservation means the actions needed to bring rhinoceros and tigers back to safe population levels, including research, counts, law enforcement, protecting habitat, buying and managing land, breeding, live trapping, and moving animals. Fund means the account created by division A, section 101(e), title I of Public Law 105–277 under the heading "multinational species conservation fund" (16 U.S.C. 4246). Secretary means the Secretary of the Interior. Administrator means the Administrator of the Agency for International Development. Person means an individual or private group, federal or state officers or agencies, a state or local government, a foreign government, or any other entity under U.S. jurisdiction.

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In this chapter—

(1)“CITES” means the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora, signed on March 3, 1973, and its appendices;

(2)“conservation” means the use of all methods and procedures necessary to bring rhinoceros and tigers to the point at which there are sufficient populations to ensure that those species do not become extinct, including all activities associated with scientific resource management, such as research, census, law enforcement, habitat protection, acquisition, and management, propagation, live trapping, and transportation;

(3)“Fund” means the the account established by division A, section 101(e), title I of Public Law 105–277 under the heading “multinational species conservation fund” [16 U.S.C. 4246];

(4)“Secretary” means the Secretary of the Interior;

(5)“Administrator” means the Administrator of the Agency for International Development; and

(6)“person” means—

(A)an individual, corporation, partnership, trust, association, or other private entity;

(B)an officer, employee, agent, department, or instrumentality of—

(i)the Federal Government;

(ii)any State, municipality, or political subdivision of a State; or

(iii)any foreign government;

(C)a State, municipality, or political subdivision of a State; or

(D)any other entity subject to the jurisdiction of the United States.

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Editorial Notes

References in Text

Division A, section 101(e), title I of Public Law 105–277, referred to in par. (3), is Pub. L. 105–277, div. A, § 101(e) [title I], Oct. 21, 1998, 112 Stat. 2681–231, 2681–232. Provisions under the heading “multinational species conservation fund” in Pub. L. 105–277, § 101(e) [title I] appear at 112 Stat. 2681–237, and are classified in part to section 4246 of this title.

Amendments

2002—Par. (3). Pub. L. 107–112 substituted “the account established by division A, section 101(e), title I of Public Law 105–277 under the heading ‘multinational species conservation fund’ ” for “Rhinoceros and Tiger Conservation Fund established under section 5305(a) of this title”. 1998—Par. (6). Pub. L. 105–312 added par. (6).

§5303 Definitions