§ 669a. — 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: 16USC669a]
TITLE 16--CONSERVATION
CHAPTER 5B--WILDLIFE RESTORATION
Sec. 669a. Definitions
As used in this chapter--
(1) the term ``conservation'' means the use of methods and
procedures necessary or desirable to sustain healthy populations of
wildlife, including all activities associated with scientific
resources management such as research, census, monitoring of
populations, acquisition, improvement and management of habitat,
live trapping and transplantation, wildlife damage management, and
periodic or total protection of a species or population, as well as
the taking of individuals within wildlife stock or population if
permitted by applicable State and Federal law;
(2) the term ``Secretary'' means the Secretary of the Interior;
(3) the term ``State fish and game department'' or ``State fish
and wildlife department'' means any department or division of
department of another name, or commission, or official or officials,
of a State empowered under its laws to exercise the functions
ordinarily exercised by a State fish and game department or State
fish and wildlife department.
(4) the term ``wildlife'' means any species of wild, free-
ranging fauna including fish, and also fauna in captive breeding
programs the object of which is to reintroduce individuals of a
depleted indigenous species into previously occupied range;
(5) the term ``wildlife-associated recreation'' means projects
intended to meet the demand for outdoor activities associated with
wildlife including, but not limited to, hunting and fishing,
wildlife observation and photography, such projects as construction
or restoration of wildlife viewing areas, observation towers,
blinds, platforms, land and water trails, water access, field
trialing, trail heads, and access for such projects;
(6) the term ``wildlife conservation and restoration program''
means a program developed by a State fish and wildlife department
and approved by the Secretary under section 669c(d) \1\ of this
title, the projects that constitute such a program, which may be
implemented in whole or part through grants and contracts by a State
to other State, Federal, or local agencies (including those that
gather, evaluate, and disseminate information on wildlife and their
habitats), wildlife conservation organizations, and outdoor
recreation and conservation education entities from funds
apportioned under this chapter,\1\ and maintenance of such projects;
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(7) the term ``wildlife conservation education'' means projects,
including public outreach, intended to foster responsible natural
resource stewardship; and
(8) the term ``wildlife-restoration project'' includes the
wildlife conservation and restoration program and means the
selection, restoration, rehabilitation, and improvement of areas of
land or water adaptable as feeding, resting, or breeding places for
wildlife, including acquisition of such areas or estates or
interests therein as are suitable or capable of being made suitable
therefor, and the construction thereon or therein of such works as
may be necessary to make them available for such purposes and also
including such research into problems of wildlife management as may
be necessary to efficient administration affecting wildlife
resources, and such preliminary or incidental costs and expenses as
may be incurred in and about such projects.
(Sept. 2, 1937, ch. 899, Sec. 2, 50 Stat. 917; July 2, 1956, ch. 489,
Sec. 1, 70 Stat. 473; Pub. L. 86-624, Sec. 10, July 12, 1960, 74 Stat.
412; Pub. L. 106-553, Sec. 1(a)(2) [title IX, Sec. 902(c)], Dec. 21,
2000, 114 Stat. 2762, 2762A-119.)
References in Text
Section 669c(d) of this title, referred to in par. (6), was in the
original ``section 304(d)'', and was translated as reading ``section
4(d)'', meaning section 4(d) of Act Sept. 2, 1937, ch. 899, to reflect
the probable intent of Congress, because Act Sept. 2, 1937, ch. 899,
does not contain a section 304(d), and section 4(d) relates to wildlife
conservation and restoration programs.
This chapter, referred to in par. (6), was in the original ``this
title'', and was translated as reading ``this Act'', meaning Act Sept.
2, 1937, ch. 899, to reflect the probable intent of Congress, because
Act Sept. 2, 1937, ch. 899, which enacted this chapter, does not contain
titles.
Amendments
2000--Pub. L. 106-553 inserted section catchline and amended text
generally. Prior to amendment, text read as follows: ``For the purposes
of this chapter the term `wildlife-restoration project' shall be
construed to mean and include the selection, restoration,
rehabilitation, and improvement of areas of land or water adaptable as
feeding, resting, or breeding places for wildlife, including acquisition
by purchase, condemnation, lease, or gift of such areas or estates or
interests therein as are suitable or capable of being made suitable
therefor, and the construction thereon or therein of such works as may
be necessary to make them available for such purposes and also including
such research into problems of wildlife management as may be necessary
to efficient administration affecting wildlife resources, and such
preliminary or incidental costs and expenses as may be incurred in and
about such projects; the term `State fish and game department' shall be
construed to mean and include any department or division of department
of another name, or commission, or official or officials, of a State
empowered under its laws to exercise the functions ordinarily exercised
by a State fish and game department.''
1960--Pub. L. 86-624 struck out provisions which defined ``State''
as including the several States and the Territory of Hawaii.
1956--Act July 2, 1956, included definition of ``State''.
Effective Date of 1956 Amendment
Section 5 of act July 2, 1956, provided in part that: ``The
amendments made by this Act [amending this section and sections 669g-1,
777a, and 777k of this title] shall be applicable only with respect to
fiscal years beginning after the passage of this Act [July 2, 1956].''
Section Referred to in Other Sections
This section is referred to in sections 669g, 669g-1 of this title.
