§ 4263. Definitions

Legislative history

Reconstructed from this section’s Code source credit and amendment notes, resolved against the local Statutes at Large. Editorial notes are evidence, not the law that made the change.

1. 1997

   Asian Elephant Conservation Act of 1997

   Pub. L. 105–96 § 4 · 111 Stat. 2150

   Enacted · 16 U.S.C. § 4263

   Pub. L. 105–96, § 4, Nov. 19, 1997, 111 Stat. 2151

   Source evidence

   Code source credit
   Pub. L. 105–96, § 4, Nov. 19, 1997, 111 Stat. 2151

   Enacted provision · exact public law section
   SEC. 4. DEFINITIONS. In this Act: (1) The term “CITES” means the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora, signed on March 3, 1973, and its appendices. (2) The term “conservation” means the use of methods and procedures necessary to bring Asian elephants to the point at which there are sufficient populations in the wild to ensure that the species does not become extinct, including all activities associated with scientific resource management, such as conservation, protection, restoration, acquisition, and management of habitat; research and monitoring of known populations; assistance in the development of management plans for managed elephant ranges; CITES enforcement; law enforcement through community participation; translocation of elephants; conflict resolution initiatives; and community outreach and education. (3) The term “Fund” means the Asian Elephant Conservation Fund established under section 6(a). (4) The term “Secretary” means the Secretary of the Interior. (5) The term “Administrator” means the Administrator of the Agency for International Development.

2. 2002

   Asian Elephant Conservation Reauthorization Act of 2002

   Pub. L. 107–141 § 5(a)(1) · 116 Stat. 13

   Substituted · 16 U.S.C. § 4263(3)

   Pub. L. 107–141 substituted “the account established by division A, section 101(e), title I of Public Law 105–277 under the heading ‘multinational species conservation fund’ ” for “the Asian Elephant Conservation Fund established under section 4265(a) of this title”

   Source evidence

   Code amendment note
   Par. (3). Pub. L. 107–141 substituted “the account established by division A, section 101(e), title I of Public Law 105–277 under the heading ‘multinational species conservation fund’ ” for “the Asian Elephant Conservation Fund established under section 4265(a) of this title”.

   Enacted provision · exact public law section
   (1) Section 4(3) (16 U.S.C. 4263(3)) is amended by striking “the Asian Elephant Conservation Fund established under section 6(a)” and inserting “the account established by division A section 101(e), title I of Public Law 105-277 under the heading ‘multinational species conservation fund’”.

2 of 2 references resolved to an enrolled provision