16 U.S.C. § 6302
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United States · Title 16 — CONSERVATION · Status: effective
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In this chapter:
The term “CITES” means the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora, done at Washington March 3, 1973 (27 UST 1087; TIAS 8249), including its appendices.
The term “conservation”—
includes all activities associated with wildlife management, such as—
The term “Fund” means the Great Ape Conservation Fund established by section 6304 of this title.
The term “great ape” means a chimpanzee, gorilla, bonobo, orangutan, or gibbon.
The term “Multinational Species Conservation Fund” means such fund as established in title I of the Department of the Interior and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1999, under the heading “multinational species conservation fund” [16 U.S.C. 4246].
The term “Secretary” means the Secretary of the Interior.
Legislative history
The public laws that enacted or amended this section. Tallies are for the whole bill as it passed each chamber — often an omnibus covering far more than this provision — not a vote on this section alone.
- Great Ape Conservation Act of 2000House: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally