§8202 Definitions

Summary

Lists what key words mean for the rest of the chapter. "Appropriate congressional committees" means the Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation and Environment and Public Works Committees, and the House Natural Resources Committee; "Board" means the National Fish Habitat Board (see section 8203); "Director" means the Director of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service; "Environmental Protection Agency Assistant Administrator" means the EPA Assistant Administrator for Water; "Indian Tribe" means the term as defined in section 5304 of title 25; "National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Assistant Administrator" means NOAA's Assistant Administrator for Fisheries; "Partnership" means an entity Congress names a Fish Habitat Partnership under section 8204; "real property interest" means ownership in land or water (including water rights); "Marine Fisheries Commissions" means the Atlantic, Gulf, and Pacific commissions; "Secretary" means the Secretary of the Interior; "State" means each State plus Puerto Rico, American Samoa, Guam, the Northern Mariana Islands, the U.S. Virgin Islands, and the District of Columbia; "State agency" means the State's fish and wildlife agency or any State department that manages or protects inland or marine fishery resources.