§ 3902. — Definitions.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 16USC3902]
TITLE 16--CONSERVATION
CHAPTER 59--WETLANDS RESOURCES
SUBCHAPTER I--GENERAL PROVISIONS
Sec. 3902. Definitions
For the purpose of this chapter:
(1) The term ``Committees'' means the Committee on Merchant
Marine and Fisheries and the Committee on Natural Resources of the
House of Representatives and the Committee on Environment and Public
Works and the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources of the
Senate.
(2) The term ``designated unit'' means a unit of the National
Wildlife Refuge System designated by the Secretary under section
3911(a)(2) of this title.
(3) The term ``hydric soil'' means soil that, in its undrained
condition, is saturated, flooded, or ponded long enough during a
growing season to develop an anaerobic condition that supports the
growth and regeneration of hydrophytic vegetation.
(4) The term ``hydrophytic vegetation'' means a plant growing
in--
(A) water; or
(B) a substrate that is at least periodically deficient in
oxygen during a growing season as a result of excessive water
content.
(5) The term ``wetland'' means land that has a predominance of
hydric soils and that is inundated or saturated by surface or
groundwater at a frequency and duration sufficient to support, and
that under normal circumstances does support, a prevalence of
hydrophytic vegetation typically adapted for life in saturated soil
conditions.
(Pub. L. 99-645, Sec. 3, Nov. 10, 1986, 100 Stat. 3583; Pub. L. 103-437,
Sec. 6(d)(41), Nov. 2, 1994, 108 Stat. 4585.)
Amendments
1994--Par. (1). Pub. L. 103-437 substituted ``Natural Resources''
for ``Interior and Insular Affairs'' after ``Committee on''.
Change of Name
Committee on Natural Resources of House of Representatives treated
as referring to Committee on Resources of House of Representatives by
section 1(a) of Pub. L. 104-14, set out as a note preceding section 21
of Title 2, The Congress.
Abolition of House Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries
Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries of House of
Representatives abolished and its jurisdiction transferred by House
Resolution No. 6, One Hundred Fourth Congress, Jan. 4, 1995. Committee
on Merchant Marine and Fisheries of House of Representatives treated as
referring to Committee on Resources of House of Representatives in case
of provisions relating to fisheries, wildlife, international fishing
agreements, marine affairs (including coastal zone management) except
for measures relating to oil and other pollution of navigable waters, or
oceanography by section 1(b)(3) of Pub. L. 104-14, set out as a note
preceding section 21 of Title 2, The Congress.
Section Referred to in Other Sections
This section is referred to in section 698n of this title.
