§8202 Definitions

Summary

Defines key words used later in the chapter. Appropriate congressional committees are the Senate Committees on Commerce, Science, and Transportation and on Environment and Public Works, and the House Committee on Natural Resources. Board is the National Fish Habitat Board (see section 8203). Director is the Director of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. Environmental Protection Agency Assistant Administrator is the EPA Assistant Administrator for Water. Indian Tribe has the meaning given in section 5304 of title 25. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Assistant Administrator is the NOAA Assistant Administrator for Fisheries. Partnership is an entity Congress names a Fish Habitat Partnership under section 8204. Real property interest means owning land or water, including water rights. Marine Fisheries Commissions are the Atlantic States, Gulf States, and Pacific States Marine Fisheries Commissions. Secretary means the Secretary of the Interior. State means each State plus Puerto Rico, American Samoa, Guam, the Northern Mariana Islands, the United States Virgin Islands, and the District of Columbia. State agency means the State fish and wildlife agency or any State department or division that manages or protects inland or marine fisheries and their habitat under State law or its constitution.