1995 US Code
Title 16 - CONSERVATION
CHAPTER 44 - ANTARCTIC CONSERVATION
Sec. 2402 - Definitions

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§2402. Definitions

For purposes of this chapter—

(1) The term “Agreed Measures” means the Agreed Measures for the Conservation of Antarctic Fauna and Flora—

(A) as recommended to the Consultative Parties for approval at the Third Antarctic Treaty Consultative Meeting; and

(B) as amended from time to time in accordance with Article IX(1) of the Treaty.

(2) The term “Antarctica” means the area south of 60 degrees south latitude.

(3) The term “collect” means to cut, sever, or move, or to attempt to engage in any such conduct.

(4) The term “Director” means the Director of the National Science Foundation or an officer or employee of the Foundation designated by the Director.

(5) The term “foreign person” means—

(A) any individual who is a citizen or national of a foreign nation,

(B) any corporation, partnership, trust, association, or other legal entity existing or organized under the laws of any foreign nation, and

(C) any department, agency, or other instrumentality of any foreign nation and any officer, employee, or agent of any such instrumentality.

(6) The term “native bird” means any member, at any stage of its life cycle (including eggs), of any species of the class Aves which is designated as a native species by the Director under section 2405(b)(1) of this title, and includes any part of any such member.

(7) The term “native mammal” means any member, at any stage of its life cycle, of any species of the class Mammalia, other than any species regulated by the International Whaling Commission, which is designated as a native species by the Director under section 2405(b)(1) of this title, and includes any part of such member.

(8) The term “native plant” means any member of any species of plant at any stage of its life cycle (including seeds) which is designated as such by the Director under section 2405(b)(1) of this title, and includes any part of any such member.

(9) The term “pollutant” means any substance designated as such by the Director under section 2405(b)(6) of this title.

(10) The term “site of special scientific interest” means any area designated as such by the Director under section 2405(b)(3) of this title.

(11) The term “specially protected area” means any area designated as such by the Director under section 2405(b)(4) of this title.

(12) The term “specially protected species” means any species of native mammal or native bird designated as such by the Director under section 2405(b)(5) of this title.

(13) The term “take” means to harass, molest, harm, pursue, hunt, shoot, wound, kill, trap, or capture, or to attempt to engage in any such conduct.

(14) The term “Treaty” means the Antarctic Treaty signed in Washington, D.C., on December 1, 1959.

(15) The term “United States” means the several States of the Union, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, American Samoa, the Virgin Islands, Guam, and the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands, including the Government of the Northern Mariana Islands.

(16) The term “United States citizen” means—

(A) any individual who is a citizen or national of the United States;

(B) any corporation, partnership, trust, association, or other legal entity existing or organized under the laws of any of the United States; and

(C) any department, agency, or other instrumentality of the Federal Government or of any State, and any officer, employee, or agent of any such instrumentality.

(Pub. L. 95–541, §3, Oct. 28, 1978, 92 Stat. 2048.)

Termination of Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands

For termination of Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands, see note set out preceding section 1681 of Title 48, Territories and Insular Possessions.