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16 U.S.C. § 777a — Definitions
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For purposes of this chapter—
(1) the term “fish restoration and management projects” shall be construed to mean projects designed for the restoration and management of all species of fish which have material value in connection with sport or recreation in the marine and/or fresh waters of the United States and include—
(A) such research into problems of fish management and culture as may be necessary to efficient administration affecting fish resources;
(B) the acquisition of such facts as are necessary to guide and direct the regulation of fishing by law, including the extent of the fish population, the drain on the fish supply from fishing and/or natural causes, the necessity of legal regulation of fishing, and the effects of any measures of regulation that are applied;
(C) the formulation and adoption of plans of restocking waters with food and game fishes according to natural areas or districts to which such plans are applicable, together with the acquisition of such facts as are necessary to the formulation, execution, and testing the efficacy of such plans;
(D) the selection, restoration, rehabilitation, and improvement of areas of water or land adaptable as hatching, feeding, resting, or breeding places for fish, 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 such preliminary or incidental costs and expenses as may be incurred in and about such works; 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 offic
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For purposes of this chapter—
(1) the term “fish restoration and management projects” shall be construed to mean projects designed for the restoration and management of all species of fish which have material value in connection with sport or recreation in the marine and/or fresh waters of the United States and include—
(A) such research into problems of fish management and culture as may be necessary to efficient administration affecting fish resources;
(B) the acquisition of such facts as are necessary to guide and direct the regulation of fishing by law, including the extent of the fish population, the drain on the fish supply from fishing and/or natural causes, the necessity of legal regulation of fishing, and the effects of any measures of regulation that are applied;
(C) the formulation and adoption of plans of restocking waters with food and game fishes according to natural areas or districts to which such plans are applicable, together with the acquisition of such facts as are necessary to the formulation, execution, and testing the efficacy of such plans;
(D) the selection, restoration, rehabilitation, and improvement of areas of water or land adaptable as hatching, feeding, resting, or breeding places for fish, 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 such preliminary or incidental costs and expenses as may be incurred in and about such works; 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;
(2) the term “outreach and communications program” means a program to improve communications with anglers, boaters, and the general public regarding angling and boating opportunities, to reduce barriers to participation in these activities, to advance adoption of sound fishing and boating practices, to promote conservation and the responsible use of the Nation’s aquatic resources, and to further safety in fishing and boating; and
(3) the term “aquatic resource education program” means a program designed to enhance the public’s understanding of aquatic resources and sportfishing, and to promote the development of responsible attitudes and ethics toward the aquatic environment.
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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) for the purposes of determining the number of paid hunting-license holders in a State, the term “fiscal year” means the fiscal year or license year of the State;
(3) the term “hunter recruitment and recreational shooter recruitment” means any activity or project to recruit or retain hunters and recreational shooters, including by—
(A) outreach and communications as a means—
(i) to improve communications with hunters, recreational shooters, and the general public with respect to hunting and recreational shooting opportunities;
(ii) to reduce barriers to participation in these activities;
(iii) to advance the adoption of sound hunting and recreational shooting practices;
(iv) to promote conservation and the responsible use of the wildlife resources of the United States; and
(v) to further safety in hunting and recreational shooting;
(B) providing education, mentoring, and field demonstrations;
(C) enhancing access for hunting and recreational shooting, including through range construction; and
(D) providing education to the public about the role of hunting and recreational shooting in funding wildlife conservation;
(4) the term “public target range” mean
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The Secretary of the Interior is authorized to cooperate with the Secretary of Agriculture of Puerto Rico, the Mayor of the District of Columbia, the Governor of Guam, the Governor of American Samoa, the Governor of the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, and the Governor of the Virgin Islands, in the conduct of fish restoration and management projects, as defined in [section 777a of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title16-section777a&num=0&edition=prelim), upon such terms and conditions as he shall deem fair, just, and equitable, and is authorized to apportion to Puerto Rico, the District of Columbia, Guam, American Samoa, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, and the Virgin Islands, out of money available for apportionment under this chapter, such sums as he shall determine, not exceeding for Puerto Rico 1 per centum, for the District of Columbia one-third of 1 per centum, for Guam one-third of 1 per centum, for American Samoa one-third of 1 per centum, for the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands one-third of 1 per centum, and for the Virgin Islands one-third of 1 per centum of the total amount apportioned in any one year, but the Secretary shall in no event require any of said cooperating agencies to pay an amount which will exceed 25 per centum of the cost of any project. Any unexpended or unobligated balance of any apportionment made pursuant to this section shall be made available for expenditure in Puerto Rico, the District of Columbia, Guam, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, or the Virgin Islands, as the case may be, in the succeeding year, on any approved projects, and if unexpended or unobligated at the end of such year is authorized to be made available for expenditure by
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**(a) Definitions** In this section, the term—
(1) “new vessel” includes every description of watercraft or other artificial contrivance used, or capable of being used, as a means of transportation on the navigable waters, the construction of which is initiated after promulgation of standards and regulations under this section;
(2) “existing vessel” includes every description of watercraft or other artificial contrivance used, or capable of being used, as a means of transportation on the navigable waters, the construction of which is initiated before promulgation of standards and regulations under this section;
(3) “public vessel” means a vessel owned or bareboat chartered and operated by the United States, by a State or political subdivision thereof, or by a foreign nation, except when such vessel is engaged in commerce;
(4) “United States” includes the States, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa, the Canal Zone, and the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands;
(5) “marine sanitation device” includes any equipment for installation on board a vessel which is designed to receive, retain, treat, or discharge sewage, and any process to treat such sewage;
(6) “sewage” means human body wastes and the wastes from toilets and other receptacles intended to receive or retain body wastes except that, with respect to commercial vessels on the Great Lakes, such term shall include graywater;
(7) “manufacturer” means any person engaged in the manufacturing, assembling, or importation of marine sanitation devices, marine pollution control device equipment, or vessels subject to standards and regulations promulgated under this section;
(8) “person” means an individual, partnership, firm, corporation, association, or
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TITLE 16—CONSERVATION
§ 777a
dredged material disposal areas, and relocations nec-
essary for the project.
‘‘(c) CREDIT FOR CONTRIBUTIONS.—
‘‘(1) IN
GENERAL.—The value of land, easements,
rights-of-way, dredged material disposal areas, and
relocations provided under subsection (b) for a
project shall be credited toward the non-Federal
share of the costs of the project.
‘‘(2) BONNEVILLE POWER ADMINISTRATION.—
‘‘(A) IN
GENERAL.—The Secretary may, without
further appropriation and without fiscal year limi-
tation, accept any amounts provided to the Sec-
retary by the Administrator of the Bonneville
Power Administration.
‘‘(B) NON-FEDERAL SHARE.—Any amounts provided
by the Bonneville Power Administration directly or
through a grant to another entity for a project car-
ried under the Program shall be credited toward the
non-Federal share of the costs of the project.
‘‘(d) ADDITIONAL COSTS.—
‘‘(1) NON-FEDERAL RESPONSIBILITIES.—The non-Fed-
eral participants in any project carried out under the
Program on land or at a facility that is not owned by
the United States shall be responsible for all costs as-
sociated with operating, maintaining, repairing, re-
habilitating, and replacing the project.
‘‘(2) FEDERAL RESPONSIBILITY.—The Federal Govern-
ment shall be responsible for costs referred to in
paragraph (1) for projects carried out on Federal land
or at a Federal facility.
‘‘SEC. 8. LIMITATION ON ELIGIBILITY FOR FUND-
ING.
‘‘A project that receives funds under this Act shall be
ineligible to receive Federal funds from any other
source for the same purpose.
‘‘SEC. 9. REPORT.
‘‘On the expiration of the third fiscal year for which
any amounts are made available to carry out this Act,
the Secretary shall, after partnering with local govern-
mental
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