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16 U.S.C. § 4721 — Establishment of Task Force

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16 U.S.C. § 4721 — Establishment of Task Force

**(a) Task Force** There is hereby established an “Aquatic Nuisance Species Task Force”. **(b) Membership** Membership of the Task Force shall consist of— (1) the Director; (2) the Under Secretary; (3) the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency; (4) the Commandant of the United States Coast Guard; (5) the Assistant Secretary; (6) the Secretary of Agriculture; (7) the Director of the National Park Service; (8) the Director of the Bureau of Land Management; (9) the Commissioner of Reclamation; and (10) the head of any other Federal agency that the chairpersons designated under subsection (d) deem appropriate. **(c) Ex officio members** The chairpersons designated under subsection (d) shall invite representatives of the Great Lakes Commission, the Patrick Leahy Lake Champlain Basin Program, the Chesapeake Bay Program, the San Francisco Bay-Delta Estuary Program, and State agencies and other governmental entities to participate as ex officio members of the Task Force. **(d) Chairpersons** The Director and the Under Secretary shall serve as co-chairpersons of the Task Force and shall be jointly responsible, and are authorized to undertake such activities as may be necessary, for carrying out this subchapter in consultation and cooperation with the other members of the Task Force. **(e) Memorandum of understanding** Within six months of November 29, 1990, the Director and the Under Secretary shall develop a memorandum of understanding that describes the role of each in jointly carrying out this subchapter. **(f) Coordination** Each Task Force member shall coordinate any action to carry out this subchapter with any such action by other members of the Task Force, and regional, State and local entities. **(g) Observers** The chairpersons designated

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18 U.S.C. § 42 — Importation or shipment of injurious mammals, birds, fish (including mollusks and crustacea), amphibia, and reptiles; permits, specimens for museums; regulations

**(a)** (1) The importation into the United States, any territory of the United States, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, or any possession of the United States, or any shipment between the continental United States, the District of Columbia, Hawaii, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, or any possession of the United States, of the mongoose of the species Herpestes auropunctatus; of the species of so-called “flying foxes” or fruit bats of the genus Pteropus; of the zebra mussel of the species Dreissena polymorpha; of the quagga mussel of the species Dreissena rostriformis or Dreissena bugensis; of the bighead carp of the species Hypophthalmichthys nobilis; and such other species of wild mammals, wild birds, fish (including mollusks and crustacea), amphibians, reptiles, brown tree snakes, or the offspring or eggs of any of the foregoing which the Secretary of the Interior may prescribe by regulation to be injurious to human beings, to the interests of agriculture, horticulture, forestry, or to wildlife or the wildlife resources of the United States, is hereby prohibited. All such prohibited mammals, birds, fish (including mollusks and crustacea), amphibians, and reptiles, and the eggs or offspring therefrom, shall be promptly exported or destroyed at the expense of the importer or consignee. Nothing in this section shall be construed to repeal or modify any provision of the Public Health Service Act or Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act. Also, this section shall not authorize any action with respect to the importation of any plant pest as defined in the Federal Plant Pest Act,11 See References in Text note below. insofar as such importation is subject to regulation under that Act. (2) As used in this subsection, the term “wild” relates to any cr

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6 U.S.C. § 542 — Federal air marshal program

(1) **Sense of Congress** — It is the sense of Congress that the Federal air marshal program is critical to aviation security. (2) **Limitation on statutory construction** — Nothing in this chapter, including any amendment made by this chapter, shall be construed as preventing the Under Secretary of Transportation for Security from implementing and training Federal air marshals.

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16 U.S.C. § 4702 — Definitions

As used in this chapter, the term— (1) “aquatic nuisance species” means a nonindigenous species that threatens the diversity or abundance of native species or the ecological stability of infested waters, or commercial, agricultural, aquacultural or recreational activities dependent on such waters; (2) “Assistant Secretary” means the Assistant Secretary of the Army (Civil Works); (3) “ballast water” means any water and associated sediments used to manipulate the trim and stability of a vessel; (4) “Director” means the Director of the United States Fish and Wildlife Service; (5) “exclusive economic zone” means the Exclusive Economic Zone of the United States established by Proclamation Number 5030, dated March 10, 1983, and the equivalent zone of Canada; (6) “environmentally sound” methods, efforts, actions or programs means methods, efforts, actions or programs to prevent introductions or control infestations of aquatic nuisance species that minimize adverse impacts to the structure and function of an ecosystem and adverse effects on non-target organisms and ecosystems and emphasize integrated pest management techniques and nonchemical measures; (7) “Great Lakes” means Lake Ontario, Lake Erie, Lake Huron (including Lake St. Clair), Lake Michigan, Lake Superior, and the connecting channels (Saint Mary’s River, Saint Clair River, Detroit River, Niagara River, and Saint Lawrence River to the Canadian Border), and includes all other bodies of water within the drainage basin of such lakes and connecting channels.11 So in original. The period probably should be a semicolon. (8) “Great Lakes region” means the 8 States that border on the Great Lakes; (9) “Indian tribe” means any Indian tribe, band, nation, or other organized group or community, including any Alaska Nati

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16 U.S.C. § 4721 — Establishment of Task Force

Page 2505 TITLE 16—CONSERVATION § 4722 (A) enter into cooperative agreements with appropriate officials of other agencies of the Federal Government, agencies of States and political subdivisions thereof, and private entities; (B) accept funds, facilities, equipment, or personnel from other Federal agencies; and (C) accept donations of property and serv- ices. (2) Consultation and cooperation The Secretary of the Interior shall consult and cooperate with the International Mari- time Organization and the Task Force in car- rying out this section. (Pub. L. 101–646, title I, § 1104, as added Pub. L. 104–332, § 2(d), Oct. 26, 1996, 110 Stat. 4083.) SUBCHAPTER III—PREVENTION AND CON- TROL OF AQUATIC NUISANCE SPECIES DISPERSAL § 4721. Establishment of Task Force (a) Task Force There is hereby established an ‘‘Aquatic Nui- sance Species Task Force’’. (b) Membership Membership of the Task Force shall consist of— (1) the Director; (2) the Under Secretary; (3) the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency; (4) the Commandant of the United States Coast Guard; (5) the Assistant Secretary; (6) the Secretary of Agriculture; (7) the Director of the National Park Serv- ice; (8) the Director of the Bureau of Land Man- agement; (9) the Commissioner of Reclamation; and (10) the head of any other Federal agency that the chairpersons designated under sub- section (d) deem appropriate. (c) Ex officio members The chairpersons designated under subsection (d) shall invite representatives of the Great Lakes Commission, the Patrick Leahy Lake Champlain Basin Program, the Chesapeake Bay Program, the San Francisco Bay-Delta Estuary Program, and State agencies and other govern- mental entities to participate as ex officio mem- bers of the Task Force.

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