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legal/us/code/title-16/chapter-80/section-6103.md

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+title: "16 U.S.C. § 6103"
+description: "Definitions"
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+kind: "code_section"
+title_number: 16
+title_name: "CONSERVATION"
+chapter_number: "80"
+chapter_name: "NEOTROPICAL MIGRATORY BIRD CONSERVATION"
+section: "6103"
+citation: "16 U.S.C. § 6103"
+status: "current"
+release_point: "119-100"
+release_date: "2026-06-26"
+source: "official"
+source_url: "https://uscode.house.gov/download/releasepoints/us/pl/119/100/xml_usc16@119-100.zip"
+source_identifier: "/us/usc/t16/s6103"
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+---
+
+# 16 U.S.C. § 6103 - Definitions
+
+## Text
+
+In this chapter:
+
+(1) Caribbean The term “Caribbean” includes Puerto Rico and the United States Virgin Islands.
+
+(2) Conservation The term “conservation” means the use of methods and procedures necessary to bring a species of neotropical migratory bird to the point at which there are sufficient populations in the wild to ensure the long-term viability of the species, including—
+
+(A) protection and management of neotropical migratory bird populations;
+
+(B) maintenance, management, protection, and restoration of neotropical migratory bird habitat;
+
+(C) research and monitoring;
+
+(D) law enforcement; and
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+(E) community outreach and education.
+
+(3) Fund The term “Fund” means the Neotropical Migratory Bird Conservation Fund established by section 6108(a) of this title.
+
+(4) Secretary The term “Secretary” means the Secretary of the Interior.
+
+(Pub. L. 106–247, § 4, July 20, 2000, 114 Stat. 593; Pub. L. 109–363, title III, § 302(c), (h)(3)(A), Oct. 17, 2006, 120 Stat. 2075, 2076; Pub. L. 118–51, § 2(d)(1), Apr. 24, 2024, 138 Stat. 1005.)
+
+## Notes
+
+Editorial Notes
+
+Amendments2024—Pub. L. 118–51 redesignated pars. (2) to (5) as (1) to (4), respectively, and struck out former par. (1). Prior to amendment, text of par. (1) read as follows: “The term ‘Fund’ means the Neotropical Migratory Bird Conservation Fund established by section 6108(a) of this title.” 2006—Par. (1). Pub. L. 109–363, § 302(h)(3)(A), added par. (1) and struck out former par. (1). Text read as follows: “The term ‘Account’ means the Neotropical Migratory Bird Conservation Account established by section 6108(a) of this title.” Pars. (2) to (5). Pub. L. 109–363, § 302(c), added pars. (2) and (4) and redesignated former pars. (2) and (3) as (3) and (5), respectively.