Definitions

In this chapter: The term “Administrator” means the Administrator of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. The term “Alaska Native Corporation” has the meaning given the term “Native Corporation” in section 1602 of title 43. The term “appropriate congressional committees” means the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate and the Committee on Natural Resources of the House of Representatives. 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— The term “coral” means species of the phylum Cnidaria, including— 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. The term “coral reef” means calcium carbonate 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. The term “coral reef ecosystem” means— The term “coral reef ecosystem services” means the attributes and benefits provided by coral reef ecosystems including— The term “covered Native entity” means a Native entity with interests in a coral reef ecosystem. The term “covered reef manager” means— 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. The term “Federal reef manager” means— A Federal agency specified in this subparagraph is one of the following: The term “institution of higher education” has the meaning given that term in section 1001 of title 20. The term “interested stakeholder groups” means any of the following with interest in an applicable coral reef or ecologically significant unit of a coral reef: The term “National Coral Reef Resilience Strategy” means the National Coral Reef Resilience Strategy in effect under section 6403 of this title. The term “Native entity” means any of the following: The term “nonprofit organization” means any corporation, trust, association, cooperative, or other organization, not including an institution of higher education, that— 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 historical geographic range of such ecosystems, to provide ecological, economic, cultural, or coastal resiliency services associated with healthy coral reefs and benefit native populations of coral reef organisms. The term “resilience” means the capacity for corals within their native range, coral reefs, or coral reef ecosystems to resist and recover from natural and human disturbances, and maintain structure and function to provide coral reef ecosystem services, as determined by clearly identifiable, measurable, and science-based standards. The term “Secretary” means the Secretary of Commerce. The term “State” means— The term “stewardship”, with respect to a coral reef, includes conservation, restoration, and public outreach and education. The term “Task Force” means the United States Coral Reef Task Force established under section 6451 of this title.