Source: https://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/USCODE-2011-title16/html/USCODE-2011-title16-chap85.htm
Timestamp: 2018-01-21 01:12:30
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CHAPTER 85 - MARINE TURTLE CONSERVATION
Marine turtle conservation assistance.
The purpose of this chapter is to assist in the conservation of marine turtles and the nesting habitats of marine turtles in foreign countries by supporting and providing financial resources for projects to conserve the nesting habitats, conserve marine turtles in those habitats, and address other threats to the survival of marine turtles.
(Pub. L. 108–266, §2, July 2, 2004, 118 Stat. 791.)
Pub. L. 108–266, §1, July 2, 2004, 118 Stat. 791, provided that: “This Act [enacting this chapter] may be cited as the ‘Marine Turtle Conservation Act of 2004’.”
The term “CITES” means the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (27 UST 1087; TIAS 8249).
The term “conservation” means the use of all methods and procedures necessary to protect nesting habitats of marine turtles in foreign countries and of marine turtles in those habitats, including—
(A) protection, restoration, and management of nesting habitats;
(B) onsite research and monitoring of nesting populations, nesting habitats, annual reproduction, and species population trends;
(C) assistance in the development, implementation, and improvement of national and regional management plans for nesting habitat ranges;
(D) enforcement and implementation of CITES and laws of foreign countries to—
(i) protect and manage nesting populations and nesting habitats; and
(i) the illegal killing of marine turtles on nesting habitat; and
(F) initiatives to resolve conflicts between humans and marine turtles over habitat used by marine turtles for nesting;
(H) strengthening of the ability of local communities to implement nesting population and nesting habitat conservation programs.
(3) Fund
The term “Fund” means the Marine Turtle Conservation Fund established by section 6604 of this title.
(4) Marine turtle
The term “marine turtle” means any member of the family Cheloniidae or Dermochelyidae.
The term “marine turtle” includes—
(5) Multinational Species Conservation Fund
The term “Multinational Species Conservation Fund” means the fund established under the heading “multinational species conservation fund” in title I of the Department of the Interior and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1999 (16 U.S.C. 4246).
(Pub. L. 108–266, §3, July 2, 2004, 118 Stat. 792.)
Title I of the Department of the Interior and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1999, referred to in par. (5), is Pub. L. 105–277, div. A, §101(e) [title I], Oct. 21, 1998, 112 Stat. 2681–231, 2681–232. Provisions under the heading “multinational species conservation fund” in Pub. L. 105–277, §101(e) [title I] appear at 112 Stat. 2681–237 and are classified in part to section 4246 of this title.
§6603. Marine turtle conservation assistance
A proposal for a project for the conservation of marine turtles may be submitted to the Secretary by—
(A) any wildlife management authority of a foreign country that has within its boundaries marine turtle nesting habitat if the activities of the authority directly or indirectly affect marine turtle conservation; or
(B) any other person or group with the demonstrated expertise required for the conservation of marine turtles.
(A) consult on the proposal with the government of each country in which the project is to be conducted;
(C) provide written notification of the approval or disapproval to the person that submitted the project proposal, other Federal officials, and each country described in subparagraph (A).
(Pub. L. 108–266, §4, July 2, 2004, 118 Stat. 793.)
There is established in the Multinational Species Conservation Fund a separate account to be known as the “Marine Turtle Conservation Fund”, consisting of—
(2) amounts appropriated to the Fund under section 6605 of this title; and
Of the amounts in the account available for each fiscal year, the Secretary may expend not more than 3 percent, or up to $80,000, whichever is greater, to pay the administrative expenses necessary to carry out this chapter.
(Pub. L. 108–266, §5, July 2, 2004, 118 Stat. 794.)
To assist in carrying out this chapter, the Secretary may convene an advisory group consisting of individuals representing public and private organizations actively involved in the conservation of marine turtles.
(Pub. L. 108–266, §6, July 2, 2004, 118 Stat. 795.)
(Pub. L. 108–266, §7, July 2, 2004, 118 Stat. 795.)