16 U.S.C. § 5303 | Definitions

In this chapter—

(1)

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

1 So in original.

Public Law 105–277multinational species conservation fund16 U.S.C. 4246 “Fund” means the the  account established by division A, section 101(e), title I of under the heading “” [];

(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.

Pub. L. 103–391, § 4Oct. 22, 1994108 Stat. 4095 Pub. L. 105–312, title IV, § 404Oct. 30, 1998112 Stat. 2960 Pub. L. 107–112, § 6(a)(1)Jan. 8, 2002115 Stat. 2098(, , ; , , ; , , .)

Editorial Notes

References in Text

Public Law 105–277 Pub. L. 105–277, div. A, § 101(e) [title I]Oct. 21, 1998112 Stat. 2681–231multinational species conservation fundPub. L. 105–277, § 101(e) [title I]112 Stat. 2681–237 section 4246 of this titleDivision A, section 101(e), title I of , referred to in par. (3), is , , , 2681–232. Provisions under the heading “” in appear at , and are classified in part to .

Amendments

Pub. L. 107–112 Public Law 105–277multinational species conservation fundsection 5305(a) of this title2002—Par. (3). substituted “the account established by division A, section 101(e), title I of under the heading ‘’ ” for “Rhinoceros and Tiger Conservation Fund established under ”.

Pub. L. 105–3121998—Par. (6). added par. (6).