16 USC 718j - Definitions

U.S Code last checked for updates: May 02, 2024

§ 718j.

Definitions

(a)

In general

(b)

Other definitions

In this subchapter:

(1)

Hunting year

(2)

Migratory waterfowl

(3)

Secretary

(4)

State

The term “State” means—

(A)

a State;

(B)

the District of Columbia;

(C)

the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico;

(D)

Guam;

(E)

American Samoa;

(F)

the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands;

(G)

the Federated States of Micronesia;

(H)

the Republic of the Marshall Islands;

(I)

the Republic of Palau; and

(J)

the United States Virgin Islands.

(5)

Take

The term “take” means—

(A)

to pursue, hunt, shoot, capture, collect, or kill; or

(B)

to attempt to pursue, hunt, shoot, capture, collect, or kill.

(Mar. 16, 1934, ch. 71, § 10, as added Pub. L. 109–266, § 10(h), Aug. 3, 2006, 120 Stat. 678.)

cite as: 16 USC 718j