2014 US Code
Title 16 - Conservation (Sections 1 - 7304)
Chapter 85 - Marine Turtle Conservation (Sections 6601 - 6607)
Sec. 6602 - Definitions
Publication Title | United States Code, 2012 Edition, Supplement 2, Title 16 - CONSERVATION |
Category | Bills and Statutes |
Collection | United States Code |
SuDoc Class Number | Y 1.2/5: |
Contained Within | Title 16 - CONSERVATION CHAPTER 85 - MARINE TURTLE CONSERVATION Sec. 6602 - Definitions |
Contains | section 6602 |
Date | 2014 |
Laws In Effect As Of Date | January 5, 2015 |
Positive Law | No |
Disposition | standard |
Source Credit | Pub. L. 108-266, §3, July 2, 2004, 118 Stat. 792. |
Statutes at Large References | 112 Stat. 2681-231, 2681-237 118 Stat. 792 |
Public and Private Laws | Public Law 105-277, Public Law 108-266 |
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In this chapter:
(1) CITESThe term "CITES" means the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (27 UST 1087; TIAS 8249).
(2) ConservationThe term "conservation" means the use of all methods and procedures necessary to protect nesting habitats of marine turtles in foreign countries and of marine turtles in those habitats, including—
(A) protection, restoration, and management of nesting habitats;
(B) onsite research and monitoring of nesting populations, nesting habitats, annual reproduction, and species population trends;
(C) assistance in the development, implementation, and improvement of national and regional management plans for nesting habitat ranges;
(D) enforcement and implementation of CITES and laws of foreign countries to—
(i) protect and manage nesting populations and nesting habitats; and
(ii) prevent illegal trade of marine turtles;
(E) training of local law enforcement officials in the interdiction and prevention of—
(i) the illegal killing of marine turtles on nesting habitat; and
(ii) illegal trade in marine turtles;
(F) initiatives to resolve conflicts between humans and marine turtles over habitat used by marine turtles for nesting;
(G) community outreach and education; and
(H) strengthening of the ability of local communities to implement nesting population and nesting habitat conservation programs.
(3) FundThe term "Fund" means the Marine Turtle Conservation Fund established by section 6604 of this title.
(4) Marine turtle(A) In generalThe term "marine turtle" means any member of the family Cheloniidae or Dermochelyidae.
(B) InclusionsThe term "marine turtle" includes—
(i) any part, product, egg, or offspring of a turtle described in subparagraph (A); and
(ii) a carcass of such a turtle.
(5) Multinational Species Conservation FundThe term "Multinational Species Conservation Fund" means the fund established under the heading "multinational species conservation fund" in title I of the Department of the Interior and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1999 (16 U.S.C. 4246).
(6) SecretaryThe term "Secretary" means the Secretary of the Interior.
(Pub. L. 108–266, §3, July 2, 2004, 118 Stat. 792.)
REFERENCES IN TEXTTitle I of the Department of the Interior and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1999, referred to in par. (5), is Pub. L. 105–277, div. A, §101(e) [title I], Oct. 21, 1998, 112 Stat. 2681–231, 2681–232. Provisions under the heading "multinational species conservation fund" in Pub. L. 105–277, §101(e) [title I] appear at 112 Stat. 2681–237 and are classified in part to section 4246 of this title.
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