§ 4244. — 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: 16USC4244]
TITLE 16--CONSERVATION
CHAPTER 62--AFRICAN ELEPHANT CONSERVATION
SUBCHAPTER III--MISCELLANEOUS
Sec. 4244. Definitions
In this chapter--
(1) the term ``African elephant'' means any animal of the
species loxodonta africana;
(2) the term ``CITES'' means the Convention on the International
Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora;
(3) the term ``CITES Ivory Control System'' means the ivory
quota and marking system established by CITES to curtail illegal
trade in African elephant ivory;
(4) the term ``Fund'' means the account established by division
A, section 101(e), title I of Public Law 105-277 under the heading
``multinational species conservation fund'' [16 U.S.C. 4246];
(5) the terms ``import'' and ``importation'' have the meanings
such terms have in the Endangered Species Act of 1973 (16 U.S.C.
1531 et seq.);
(6) the term ``intermediary country'' means a country that
exports raw or worked ivory that does not originate in that country;
(7) the term ``ivory producing country'' means any African
country within which is located any part of the range of a
population of African elephants;
(8) the term ``ivory quota'' means a quota submitted by an ivory
producing country to the CITES Secretariat in accordance with the
CITES Ivory Control System;
(9) the term ``personal effects'' means articles which are not
intended for sale and are part of a shipment of the household
effects of a person who is moving his or her residence to or from
the United States, or are included in personal accompanying baggage;
(10) the term ``raw ivory'' means any African elephant tusk, and
any piece thereof, the surface of which, polished or unpolished, is
unaltered or minimally carved;
(11) the term ``Secretary'' means the Secretary of the Interior;
(12) the term ``United States'' means the fifty States, the
District of Columbia, Guam, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana
Islands, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, and the territories and
possessions of the United States; and
(13) the term ``worked ivory'' means any African elephant tusk,
and any piece thereof, which is not raw ivory.
(Pub. L. 100-478, title II, Sec. 2305, Oct. 7, 1988, 102 Stat. 2322;
Pub. L. 107-111, Sec. 6(a)(4), Jan. 8, 2002, 115 Stat. 2096.)
References in Text
Division A, section 101(e), title I of Public Law 105-277, referred
to in par. (4), is Pub. L. 105-277, div. A, Sec. 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,
Sec. 101(e) [title I] appear at 112 Stat. 2681-237, and are classified
in part to section 4246 of this title.
The Endangered Species Act of 1973, referred to in par. (5), is Pub.
L. 93-205, Dec. 28, 1973, 87 Stat. 884, as amended, which is classified
generally to chapter 35 (Sec. 1531 et seq.) of this title. For complete
classification of this Act to the Code, see Short Title note set out
under section 1531 of this title and Tables.
Amendments
2002--Par. (4). Pub. L. 107-111 substituted ``the account
established by division A, section 101(e), title I of Public Law 105-277
under the heading `multinational species conservation fund' '' for ``the
African Elephant Conservation Fund established by section 4212 of this
title''.
