§ 5303. — 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: 16USC5303]
TITLE 16--CONSERVATION
CHAPTER 73--RHINOCEROS AND TIGER CONSERVATION
Sec. 5303. Definitions
In this chapter--
(1) ``CITES'' means the Convention on International Trade in
Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora, signed on March 3, 1973,
and its appendices;
(2) ``conservation'' means the use of all methods and procedures
necessary to bring rhinoceros and tigers to the point at which there
are sufficient populations to ensure that those species do not
become extinct, including all activities associated with scientific
resource management, such as research, census, law enforcement,
habitat protection, acquisition, and management, propagation, live
trapping, and transportation;
(3) ``Fund'' means the the \1\ 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];
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
\1\ So in original.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
(4) ``Secretary'' means the Secretary of the Interior;
(5) ``Administrator'' means the Administrator of the Agency for
International Development; and
(6) ``person'' means--
(A) an individual, corporation, partnership, trust,
association, or other private entity;
(B) an officer, employee, agent, department, or
instrumentality of--
(i) the Federal Government;
(ii) any State, municipality, or political subdivision
of a State; or
(iii) any foreign government;
(C) a State, municipality, or political subdivision of a
State; or
(D) any other entity subject to the jurisdiction of the
United States.
(Pub. L. 103-391, Sec. 4, Oct. 22, 1994, 108 Stat. 4095; Pub. L. 105-
312, title IV, Sec. 404, Oct. 30, 1998, 112 Stat. 2960; Pub. L. 107-112,
Sec. 6(a)(1), Jan. 8, 2002, 115 Stat. 2098.)
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. 107-112 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
``Rhinoceros and Tiger Conservation Fund established under section
5305(a) of this title''.
1998--Par. (6). Pub. L. 105-312 added par. (6).
