§ 4263. — 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: 16USC4263]
TITLE 16--CONSERVATION
CHAPTER 62A--ASIAN ELEPHANT CONSERVATION
Sec. 4263. Definitions
In this chapter:
(1) The term ``CITES'' means the Convention on International
Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora, signed on March
3, 1973, and its appendices.
(2) The term ``conservation'' means the use of methods and
procedures necessary to bring Asian elephants to the point at which
there are sufficient populations in the wild to ensure that the
species does not become extinct, including all activities associated
with scientific resource management, such as conservation,
protection, restoration, acquisition, and management of habitat;
research and monitoring of known populations; assistance in the
development of management plans for managed elephant ranges; CITES
enforcement; law enforcement through community participation;
translocation of elephants; conflict resolution initiatives; and
community outreach and education.
(3) 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].
(4) The term ``Secretary'' means the Secretary of the Interior.
(5) The term ``Administrator'' means the Administrator of the
Agency for International Development.
(Pub. L. 105-96, Sec. 4, Nov. 19, 1997, 111 Stat. 2151; Pub. L. 107-141,
Sec. 5(a)(1), Feb. 12, 2002, 116 Stat. 14.)
References in Text
Division A, section 101(e), title I of Public Law 105-277, referred
to in par. (3), 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.
Amendments
2002--Par. (3). Pub. L. 107-141 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
Asian Elephant Conservation Fund established under section 4265(a) of
this title''.
