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Timestamp: 2019-10-23 07:30:13
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Matched Legal Cases: ['§1', '§316', '§1013', '§101', '§743', '§348']

[USC02] 7 USC Ch. 111: BROWN TREE SNAKE CONTROL AND ERADICATION
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7 USC Ch. 111: BROWN TREE SNAKE CONTROL AND ERADICATION
CHAPTER 111—BROWN TREE SNAKE CONTROL AND ERADICATION
Sense of Congress regarding need for improved and better coordinated Federal policy for brown tree snake introduction, control, and eradication.
Brown tree snake control, interdiction, research and eradication.
Establishment of quarantine protocols to control the introduction and spread of the brown tree snake.
Treatment of brown tree snakes as nonmailable matter.
Role of brown tree snake Technical Working Group.
The term "brown tree snake" means the species of the snake Boiga irregularis.
The term "Compact of Free Association" means the Compacts of Free Association entered into between the United States and the governments of the Federated States of Micronesia and the Republic of the Marshall Islands, as approved by and contained in Public Law 108–188 (117 Stat. 2720; 48 U.S.C. 1921 et seq.), and the Compact of Free Association entered into between the United States and the government of the Republic of Palau, as approved by and contained in Public Law 99–658 (100 Stat. 3673; 48 U.S.C. 1931 et seq.).
The term "Freely Associated States" means the Republic of Palau, the Federated States of Micronesia, and the Republic of the Marshall Islands.
The terms "introduce" and "introduction" refer to the expansion of the brown tree snake outside of the range where this species is endemic.
The term "Secretaries" means both the Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of Agriculture.
The term "Technical Working Group" means Brown Tree Snake Technical Working Group established under the authority of section 4728 of title 16.
The term "territorial", when used to refer to a government, means the Government of Guam, the Government of American Samoa, and the Government of the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, as well as autonomous agencies and instrumentalities of such a government.
The term "United States", when used in the geographic sense, means the several States, the District of Colombia,1 American Samoa, Guam, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the United States Virgin Islands, any other possession of the United States, and any waters within the jurisdiction of the United States.
Pub. L. 108–384, §1, Oct. 30, 2004, 118 Stat. 2221, provided that: "This Act [enacting this chapter] may be cited as the 'Brown Tree Snake Control and Eradication Act of 2004'."
1 So in original. Probably should be "Columbia,".
Pub. L. 110–417, [div. A], title III, §316, Oct. 14, 2008, 122 Stat. 4410, provided that: "The Secretary of Defense shall establish a comprehensive program to control and, to the extent practicable, eradicate the brown tree snake population from military facilities in Guam and to ensure that military activities, including the transport of civilian and military personnel and equipment to and from Guam, do not contribute to the spread of brown tree snakes."
Pub. L. 102–237, title X, §1013(a)–(c), Dec. 13, 1991, 105 Stat. 1901, as amended by Pub. L. 105–277, div. A, §101(a) [title VII, §743], Oct. 21, 1998, 112 Stat. 2681, 2681-31, provided that:
"(a) In General.—The Secretary of Agriculture shall take such action as may be necessary to prevent the inadvertent introduction of brown tree snakes into other areas of the United States from Guam.
"(b) Introduction Into Hawaii.—The Secretary shall initiate a program to prevent the introduction of the brown tree snake into Hawaii from Guam. In carrying out this section, the Secretary shall consider the use of sniffer or tracking dogs, snake traps, and other preventative processes or devices at aircraft and vessel loading facilities on Guam, Hawaii, or intermediate sites serving as transportation points that could result in the introduction of brown tree snakes into Hawaii.
"(c) Authority.—The Secretary shall use the authority provided under the Federal Plant Pest Act (7 U.S.C. 150aa et seq.) to carry out subsections (a) and (b)."
Pub. L. 102–190, div. A, title III, §348, Dec. 5, 1991, 105 Stat. 1348, provided that: "The Secretary of Defense shall take such action as may be necessary to prevent the inadvertent introduction of brown tree snakes from Guam to Hawaii in aircraft and vessels transporting personnel or cargo for the Department of Defense. In carrying out this section, the Secretary shall consider the use of sniffer or tracking dogs, snake traps, and other preventive processes or devices at aircraft and vessel loading facilities in Guam or Hawaii or at intermediate transit points for personnel or cargo transported between Guam and Hawaii."