2020 US Code
Title 16 - Conservation
Chapter 31 - Marine Mammal Protection
Subchapter VI - Polar Bears
Sec. 1423 - Definitions
16 U.S.C. § 1423 (2020) |
§1423. Definitions |
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. The 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. The 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. The term "part or product of a polar bear" means any polar bear part or product, including the gall bile and gall bladder. The term "Secretary" means the Secretary of the Interior. The term "taking" has the meaning given the term in the Agreement. The 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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Title 16 - CONSERVATION CHAPTER 31 - MARINE MAMMAL PROTECTION SUBCHAPTER VI - POLAR BEARS Sec. 1423 - Definitions |
section 1423 |
2020 |
January 13, 2021 |
No |
standard |
120 Stat. 3660 |
Public Law 92-522, Public Law 109-479 |