2013 US Code
Title 16 - Conservation
Chapter 31 - MARINE MAMMAL PROTECTION (§§ 1361 - 1423h)
Subchapter VI - POLAR BEARS (§§ 1423 - 1423h)
Section 1423 - Definitions
| Publication Title | United States Code, 2012 Edition, Supplement 1, Title 16 - CONSERVATION |
| Category | Bills and Statutes |
| Collection | United States Code |
| SuDoc Class Number | Y 1.2/5: |
| Contained Within | Title 16 - CONSERVATION CHAPTER 31 - MARINE MAMMAL PROTECTION SUBCHAPTER VI - POLAR BEARS Sec. 1423 - Definitions |
| Contains | section 1423 |
| Date | 2013 |
| Laws in Effect as of Date | January 16, 2014 |
| Positive Law | No |
| Disposition | standard |
| Source Credit | Pub. L. 92-522, title V, §501, as added Pub. L. 109-479, title IX, §902(a), Jan. 12, 2007, 120 Stat. 3660. |
| Statutes at Large Reference | 120 Stat. 3660 |
| Public Law References | Public Law 92-522, Public Law 109-479 |
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In this subchapter:
(1) AgreementThe term "Agreement" means the Agreement Between the Government of the United States of America and the Government of the Russian Federation on the Conservation and Management of the Alaska-Chukotka Polar Bear Population, signed at Washington, D.C., on October 16, 2000.
(2) Alaska Nanuuq CommissionThe term "Alaska Nanuuq Commission" means the Alaska Native entity, in existence on January 12, 2007, that represents all villages in the State of Alaska that engage in the annual subsistence taking of polar bears from the Alaska-Chukotka population and any successor entity.
(3) ImportThe term "import" means to land on, bring into, or introduce into, or attempt to land on, bring into, or introduce into, any place subject to the jurisdiction of the United States, without regard to whether the landing, bringing, or introduction constitutes an importation within the meaning of the customs laws of the United States.
(4) Polar bear part or productThe term "part or product of a polar bear" means any polar bear part or product, including the gall bile and gall bladder.
(5) SecretaryThe term "Secretary" means the Secretary of the Interior.
(6) TakingThe term "taking" has the meaning given the term in the Agreement.
(7) CommissionThe term "Commission" means the commission established under article 8 of the Agreement.
(Pub. L. 92–522, title V, §501, as added Pub. L. 109–479, title IX, §902(a), Jan. 12, 2007, 120 Stat. 3660.)
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