16 U.S.C. § 4402 : US Code - Section 4402: Definitions

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For the purposes of this chapter:
(1) The term "Agreement" means the Tripartite Agreement signed
in March 1988, by the Director General for Ecological
Conservation of Natural Resources of Mexico, the Director of the
Canadian Wildlife Service, and the Director of the United States
Fish and Wildlife Service.
(2) The term "appropriate Committees" means the Committee on
Environment and Public Works of the United States Senate and the
Committee on Resources of the House of Representatives.
(3) The term "flyway" means the four administrative units used
by the United States Fish and Wildlife Service and the States in
the management of waterfowl populations.
(4) The term "Migratory Bird Conservation Commission" means
that commission established by section 715a of this title.
(5) The term "migratory birds" means all wild birds native to
North America that are in an unconfined state and that are
protected under the Migratory Bird Treaty Act [16 U.S.C. 703 et
seq.], including ducks, geese, and swans of the family Anatidae,
species listed as threatened or endangered under the Endangered
Species Act of 1973 (16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.), and species defined
as nongame under the Fish and Wildlife Conservation Act of 1980
(16 U.S.C. 2901-2912).
(6) The term "Plan" means the North American Waterfowl
Management Plan signed by the Minister of the Environment for
Canada and the Secretary of the Interior for the United States in
May 1986, and by the Secretary of Sedesol for Mexico in 1994, and
subsequent dates.
(7) The term "Secretary" means the Secretary of the Interior.
(8) The term "State" means the State fish and wildlife agency,
which shall be construed to mean any department, or any division
of any department of another name, of a State that is empowered
under its laws to exercise the functions ordinarily exercised by
a State fish and wildlife agency.
(9) The term "wetlands conservation project" means -
(A) the obtaining of a real property interest in lands or
waters, including water rights, of a wetland ecosystem and
associated habitat if the obtaining of such interest is subject
to terms and conditions that will ensure that the real property
will be administered for the long-term conservation of such
lands and waters and the migratory birds and other fish and
wildlife dependent thereon;
(B) the restoration, management, or enhancement of wetland
ecosystems and associated habitat for migratory birds and other
fish and wildlife species if such restoration, management, or
enhancement is conducted on lands and waters that are
administered for the long-term conservation of such lands and
waters and the migratory birds and other fish and wildlife
dependent thereon; and
(C) in the case of projects undertaken in Mexico, includes
technical training and development of infrastructure necessary
for the conservation and management of wetlands and studies on
the sustainable use of wetland resources.