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16 U.S.C. § 5303 — Definitions
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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 11 So in original. 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](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title16-section4246&num=0&edition=prelim)];
(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.
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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 11 So in original. 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](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title16-section4246&num=0&edition=prelim)];
(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.
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### Statutory Notes
Section, Pub. L. 100–478, title II, § 2304, Oct. 7, 1988, 102 Stat. 2322, directed Secretary to determine within 3 months after the 8th Conference of the Parties to CITES whether the importation of illegally harvested ivory into the United States had been substantially stopped, and upon a determination that it had not been substantially stopped, to recommend to Congress necessary legislation or other actions to achieve the purposes of this chapter.
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TITLE 16—CONSERVATION
§ 4246
and the territories and possessions of the
United States; and
(13) the term ‘‘worked ivory’’ means any Af-
rican elephant tusk, and any piece thereof,
which is not raw ivory.
(Pub. L. 100–478, title II, § 2305, Oct. 7, 1988, 102
Stat. 2322; Pub. L. 107–111, § 6(a)(4), Jan. 8, 2002,
115 Stat. 2096.)
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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,
§ 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, § 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,
which is classified generally to chapter 35 (§ 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 ac-
count established by division A, section 101(e), title I of
Public Law 105–277 under the heading ‘MULTINATIONAL
SPECIES
CONSERVATION
FUND’ ’’ for ‘‘the African Ele-
phant Conservation Fund established by section 4212 of
this title’’.
§ 4245. Authorization of appropriations
(a) In general
There is authorized to be appropriated to the
Fund and to the Secretary a total of not to ex-
ceed $5,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2025
through 2029 to carry out this chapter, to re-
main available until expended.
(b) Administrative expenses
Of amounts available each fiscal year to carry
out this chapter, the Secretary may expend not
more than
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1 So in original.
parts, and the need to conserve rhinoceros and tiger
species generally.’’
§ 5302. Purposes
The purposes of this chapter are the following:
(1) To assist in the conservation of rhinoc-
eros and tigers by supporting the conservation
programs of nations whose activities directly
or indirectly affect rhinoceros and tiger popu-
lations, and the CITES Secretariat.
(2) To provide financial resources for those
programs.
(3) To prohibit the sale, importation, and ex-
portation of products intended for human con-
sumption or application containing, or labeled
or advertised as containing, any substance de-
rived from any species of rhinoceros or tiger.
(Pub. L. 103–391, § 3, Oct. 22, 1994, 108 Stat. 4095;
Pub. L. 105–312, title IV, § 403, Oct. 30, 1998, 112
Stat. 2959.)
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AMENDMENTS
1998—Par. (3). Pub. L. 105–312 added par. (3).
§ 5303. Definitions
In this chapter—
(1) ‘‘CITES’’ means the Convention on Inter-
national 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 re-
source management, such as research, census,
law enforcement, habitat protection, acquisi-
tion, and management, propagation, live trap-
ping, and transportation;
(3) ‘‘Fund’’ means the the 1 account estab-
lished by division A, section 101(e), title I of
Public Law 105–277 under the heading ‘‘MULTI-
NATIONAL
SPECIES
CONSERVATION
FUND’’ [16
U.S.C. 4246];
(4) ‘‘Secretary’’ means the Secretary of the
Interior
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