2011 US Code
Title 16 - Conservation
Chapter 73 - RHINOCEROS AND TIGER CONSERVATION (§§ 5301 - 5306)
Section 5303 - Definitions
View MetadataPublication Title | United States Code, 2006 Edition, Supplement 5, Title 16 - CONSERVATION |
Category | Bills and Statutes |
Collection | United States Code |
SuDoc Class Number | Y 1.2/5: |
Contained Within | Title 16 - CONSERVATION CHAPTER 73 - RHINOCEROS AND TIGER CONSERVATION Sec. 5303 - Definitions |
Contains | section 5303 |
Date | 2011 |
Laws in Effect as of Date | January 3, 2012 |
Positive Law | No |
Disposition | standard |
Source Credit | Pub. L. 103-391, §4, Oct. 22, 1994, 108 Stat. 4095; Pub. L. 105-312, title IV, §404, Oct. 30, 1998, 112 Stat. 2960; Pub. L. 107-112, §6(a)(1), Jan. 8, 2002, 115 Stat. 2098. |
Statutes at Large References | 108 Stat. 4095 112 Stat. 2960, 2681-231, 2681-237 115 Stat. 2098 |
Public Law References | Public Law 103-391, Public Law 105-277, Public Law 105-312, Public Law 107-112 |
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In this chapter—
(1) “CITES” means the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora, signed on March 3, 1973, 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) “Fund” means the the 1 account established by division A, section 101(e), title I of Public Law 105–277 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, §4, Oct. 22, 1994, 108 Stat. 4095; Pub. L. 105–312, title IV, §404, Oct. 30, 1998, 112 Stat. 2960; Pub. L. 107–112, §6(a)(1), Jan. 8, 2002, 115 Stat. 2098.)
References in TextDivision A, section 101(e), title I of Public Law 105–277, referred to in par. (3), is Pub. L. 105–277, div. A, §101(e) [title I], Oct. 21, 1998, 112 Stat. 2681–231, 2681–232. Provisions under the heading “
2002—Par. (3). Pub. L. 107–112 substituted “the account established by division A, section 101(e), title I of Public Law 105–277 under the heading ‘
1998—Par. (6). Pub. L. 105–312 added par. (6).
1 So in original.
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