16 U.S.C. § 6415 — Definitions

Page 2591 TITLE 16—CONSERVATION § 6415 (2) $3,500,000 for activities authorized under section 6410 of this title; and (3) $4,500,000 to be provided to the coopera- tive institutes designated under section 6411(a) of this title to carry out the functions de- scribed in such section. (b) Administration Not more than 10 percent of the amounts ap- propriated under subsection (a) may be used for program administration or overhead costs in- curred by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration or the Department of Com- merce. (Pub. L. 106–562, title II, § 215, as added Pub. L. 117–263, div. J, title C, § 10001(a), Dec. 23, 2022, 136 Stat. 3947.) § 6415. Definitions In this chapter: (1) Administrator The term ‘‘Administrator’’ means the Ad- ministrator of the National Oceanic and At- mospheric Administration. (2) Alaska Native Corporation The term ‘‘Alaska Native Corporation’’ has the meaning given the term ‘‘Native Corpora- tion’’ in section 1602 of title 43. (3) Appropriate congressional committees The term ‘‘appropriate congressional com- mittees’’ means the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate and the Committee on Natural Resources of the House of Representatives. (4) Conservation The term ‘‘conservation’’ means the use of methods and procedures necessary to preserve or sustain native corals and associated species as diverse, viable, and self-perpetuating coral reef ecosystems with minimal impacts from invasive species, including— (A) all activities associated with resource management, such as monitoring, assess- ment, protection, restoration, sustainable use, management of habitat, and mainte- nance or augmentation of genetic diversity; (B) mapping; (C) scientific expertise and technical as- sistance in the development and implemen- tation of management strategies for marine protected areas and marine resources re- quired by Federal law; (D) law enforcement; (E) conflict resolution initiatives; (F) community outreach and education; and (G) promotion of safe and ecologically sound navigation and anchoring. (5) Coral The term ‘‘coral’’ means species of the phy- lum Cnidaria, including— (A) all species of the orders Antipatharia (black corals), Scleractinia (stony corals), Alcyonacea (soft corals, organ pipe corals, gorgonians), and Helioporacea (blue coral), of the class Anthozoa; and (B) all species of the order Anthoathecata (fire corals and other hydrocorals) of the class Hydrozoa. (6) Coral products The term ‘‘coral products’’ means any living or dead specimens, parts, or derivatives, or any product containing specimens, parts, or derivatives, of any species of coral. (7) Coral reef The term ‘‘coral reef’’ means calcium car- bonate structures in the form of a reef or shoal, composed in whole or in part by living coral, skeletal remains of coral, crustose coralline algae, and other associated sessile marine plants and animals. (8) Coral reef ecosystem The term ‘‘coral reef ecosystem’’ means— (A) corals and other geographically and ecologically associated marine communities of other reef organisms (including reef plants and animals) associated with coral reef habitat; and (B) the biotic and abiotic factors and proc- esses that control or significantly affect coral calcification rates, tissue growth, re- production, recruitment, abundance, coral- algal symbiosis, and biodiversity in such habitat. (9) Coral reef ecosystem services The term ‘‘coral reef ecosystem services’’ means the attributes and benefits provided by coral reef ecosystems including— (A) protection of coastal beaches, struc- tures, and infrastructure; (B) habitat for organisms of economic, eco- logical, biomedical, medicinal, and cultural value; (C) serving as centers for the promulga- tion, performance, and training of cultural practices representative of traditional eco- logical knowledge; and (D) aesthetic value. (10) Covered Native entity The term ‘‘covered Native entity’’ means a Native entity with interests in a coral reef ecosystem. (11) Covered reef manager The term ‘‘covered reef manager’’ means— (A) a management unit of a covered State with jurisdiction over a coral reef eco- system; (B) a covered State; or (C) a coral reef stewardship partnership under section 6405 of this title. (12) Covered State The term ‘‘covered State’’ means Florida, Hawaii, and the territories of American Samoa, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, Guam, Puerto Rico, and the United States Virgin Islands. (13) Federal reef manager (A) In general The term ‘‘Federal reef manager’’ means— (i) a management unit of a Federal agen- cy specified in subparagraph (B) with lead management jurisdiction over a coral reef ecosystem; or (ii) a coral reef stewardship partnership under section 6405(c) of this title. Page 2592 TITLE 16—CONSERVATION § 6451 1 So in original. A closing parenthesis probably should precede the period. (B) Federal agencies specified A Federal agency specified in this subpara- graph is one of the following: (i) The National Oceanic and Atmos- pheric Administration. (ii) The National Park Service. (iii) The United States Fish and Wildlife Service. (iv) The Office of Insular Affairs. (14) Institution of higher education The term ‘‘institution of higher education’’ has the meaning given that term in section 1001 of title 20. (15) Interested stakeholder groups The term ‘‘interested stakeholder groups’’ means any of the following with interest in an applicable coral reef or ecologically signifi- cant unit of a coral reef: (A) A business. (B) A commercial or recreational fisher- man. (C) A recreationalist. (D) A Federal, State, Tribal, or local gov- ernment unit with related jurisdiction. (E) An institution of higher education (as such term is defined in section 1001(a) of title 20.1 (F) A nongovernmental organization. (16) National Coral Reef Resilience Strategy The term ‘‘National Coral Reef Resilience Strategy’’ means the National Coral Reef Re- silience Strategy in effect under section 6403 of this title. (17) Native entity The term ‘‘Native entity’’ means any of the following: (A) An Indian Tribe (as defined in section 5304 of title 25). (B) An Alaska Native Corporation. (C) The Department of Hawaiian Home Lands. (D) The Office of Hawaiian Affairs. (E) A Native Hawaiian organization (as de- fined in section 7517 of title 20). (18) Nonprofit organization The term ‘‘nonprofit organization’’ means any corporation, trust, association, coopera- tive, or other organization, not including an institution of higher education, that— (A) is operated primarily for scientific, educational, service, charitable, or similar purposes in the public interest; (B) is not organized primarily for profit; and (C) uses net proceeds to maintain, im- prove, or expand the operations of the orga- nization. (19) Restoration The term ‘‘restoration’’ means the use of methods and procedures necessary to enhance, rehabilitate, recreate, or create a functioning coral reef or coral reef ecosystem, in whole or in part, within suitable waters of the histor- ical geographic range of such ecosystems, to provide ecological, economic, cultural, or coastal resiliency services associated with healthy coral reefs and benefit native popu- lations of coral reef organisms. (20) Resilience The term ‘‘resilience’’ means the capacity for corals within their native range, coral reefs, or coral reef ecosystems to resist and re- cover from natural and human disturbances, and maintain structure and function to pro- vide coral reef ecosystem services, as deter- mined by clearly identifiable, measurable, and science-based standards. (21) Secretary The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means the Secretary of Commerce. (22) State The term ‘‘State’’ means— (A) any State of the United States that contains a coral reef ecosystem within its seaward boundaries; (B) American Samoa, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, Guam, Puerto Rico, or the United States Virgin Is- lands; or (C) any other territory or possession of the United States or separate sovereign in free association with the United States that con- tains a coral reef ecosystem within its sea- ward boundaries. (23) Stewardship The term ‘‘stewardship’’, with respect to a coral reef, includes conservation, restoration, and public outreach and education. (24) Task Force The term ‘‘Task Force’’ means the United States Coral Reef Task Force established under section 6451 of this title. (Pub. L. 106–562, title II, § 216, as added Pub. L. 117–263, div. J, title C, § 10001(a), Dec. 23, 2022, 136 Stat. 3948.) CHAPTER 83A—CORAL REEF CONSERVA- TION, MANAGEMENT, AND ASSISTANCE SUBCHAPTER I—UNITED STATES CORAL REEF TASK FORCE Sec. 6451. Establishment. 6452. Duties. 6453. Membership. 6454. Responsibilities of Federal agency members. 6455. Working groups. 6456. Definitions. SUBCHAPTER II—DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR CORAL REEF AUTHORITIES 6471. Coral reef conservation and restoration as- sistance. SUBCHAPTER III—SUSAN L. WILLIAMS NATIONAL CORAL REEF MANAGEMENT FELLOWSHIP 6481. Susan L. Williams National Coral Reef Man- agement Fellowship. SUBCHAPTER I—UNITED STATES CORAL REEF TASK FORCE § 6451. Establishment There is established a task force to lead, co- ordinate, and strengthen Federal Government