Pub. L. 87-195, tit. XII, ch. 3, pt. V, sec. 803 (as amended)
DEFINITIONS.
SEC. 803. [22 U.S.C. 2431a] DEFINITIONS.
As used in this part:
(1) Administering body.—The term “administering body” means the entity provided for in section 809(c).
(2) Appropriate congressional committees.—The term “appropriate congressional committees” means—
(A) the Committee on International Relations and the Committee on Appropriations of the House of Representatives; and
(B) the Committee on Foreign Relations and the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate.
(3) Beneficiary country.—The term “beneficiary country” means an eligible country with respect to which the authority of section 806(a)(1), section 807(a)(1), or paragraph (1) or (2) of section 808(a) is exercised.
(4) Board.—The term “Board” means the board referred to in section 811.
(5) Developing country with a tropical forest or coral reef.—The term “developing country with a tropical forest or coral reef” means—
(A)(i) a country that has a per capita income of $725 or less in 1994 United States dollars (commonly referred to as “low-income country”), as determined and adjusted on an annual basis by the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development in its World Development Report; or
(ii) a country that has a per capita income of more than $725 but less than $8,956 in 1994 United States dollars (commonly referred to as “middle-income country”), as determined and adjusted on an annual basis by the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development in its World Development Report; and
(B) a country that contains at least one tropical forest or coral reef that is globally outstanding in terms of its biological diversity or represents one of the larger intact blocks of tropical forests or coral reefs left, on a regional, continental, or global scale.
(6) Eligible country.—The term “eligible country” means a country designated by the President in accordance with section 805.
(7) Conservation agreement.—The term “Conservation Agreement” or “Agreement” means a Conservation Agreement provided for in section 809.
(8) Conservation facility.—The term “Conservation Facility” or “Facility” means the Conservation Facility established in the Department of the Treasury by section 804.
(9) Conservation fund.—The term “Conservation Fund” or “Fund” means a Conservation Fund provided for in section 810.
(10) Coral.—The
term “coral” means species of the phylum Cnidaria, including—
(A) all species of
the orders Antipatharia (black corals), Scleractinia (stony
corals), Alcyonacea
(soft corals), Gorgonacea (horny corals), Stolonifera (organpipe
corals and
others), and Coenothecalia (blue coral), of the class Anthoza; and
(B) all species of
the order Hydrocorallina (fire corals and hydrocorals) of the class
Hydrozoa.
(11) Coral
reef.—The term “coral reef” means any reef or shoal
composed primarily of coral.
(12) Coral reef ecosystem.—The term “coral reef
ecosystem” means any coral reef and any coastal marine ecosystem surrounding, or directly
related to, a coral reef and important to maintaining the
ecological integrity
of that coral reef, such as seagrasses, mangroves, sandy seabed
communities,
and immediately adjacent coastal
areas.
- Cross-references to the US Code
- 22 U.S.C. 2431a