§8501 Definitions

Summary

Sets plain meanings for words used in this chapter. It tells what certain words refer to so readers and officials use the same meanings. Brown tree snake means the snake species Boiga irregularis. Compact of Free Association means the Compacts between the United States and the Federated States of Micronesia and the Republic of the Marshall Islands (approved in Public Law 108–188; 117 Stat. 2720; 48 U.S.C. 1921 et seq.) and the Compact with the Republic of Palau (approved in Public Law 99–658; 100 Stat. 3673; 48 U.S.C. 1931 et seq.). Freely Associated States means Palau, the Federated States of Micronesia, and the Republic of the Marshall Islands. Introduce or introduction means the spread of the brown tree snake beyond its natural range. Secretary concerned means the Secretary of the Interior for Interior matters and the Secretary of Agriculture for Agriculture matters. Secretaries means both of those Secretaries. Technical Working Group means the Brown Tree Snake Technical Working Group created under section 4728 of title 16. Territorial, for a government, means Guam, American Samoa, and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands and their agencies. United States, geographically, means the several States, the District of Columbia, American Samoa, Guam, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands, any other U.S. possession, and waters under U.S. jurisdiction.