§941b. Definitions

In this chapter-

(1) the term "Administrator" means the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency;

(2) the term "Director" means the Director of the United States Fish and Wildlife Service;

(3) the term "fish stock" means-

(A) a taxonomically distinct species or subspecies of fish; or

(B) any other aggregation of fish that are geographically, ecologically, behaviorally, or otherwise limited from breeding with individuals from other groups of fish and are capable of management as a unit;

(4) the term "Great Lakes Basin" means the air, land, water, and living organisms within the drainage basin of the Saint Lawrence River at or upstream from the point at which the river becomes the international boundary between Canada and the United States;

(5) the term "Indian Tribe" means any Indian tribe, band, village, nation, or other organized group or community that is recognized by the Bureau of Indian Affairs as eligible for the special programs and services provided by the United States to Indians because of their status as Indians;

(6) the term "lower Great Lakes" means the region in which is located that portion of the Great Lakes Basin which is downstream from the confluence of the Saint Clair River and Lake Huron near Port Huron, Michigan;

(7) the term "upper Great Lakes" means that portion of the Great Lakes Basin which is upstream from the confluence of the Saint Clair River and Lake Huron near Port Huron, Michigan.

(8) the term "nonindigenous species" means a species of plant or animal that did not occur in the Great Lake ¹ Basin before European colonization of North America;

(9) the term "Secretary" means the Secretary of the Army; and

(10) the term "State Director" means the head of the agency, department, board, commission, or other governmental entity of each of the States of New York, Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Michigan, Wisconsin, Minnesota, and the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania which is responsible for the management and conservation of the fish and wildlife resources of that State.

( Pub. L. 101–537, title I, §1004, Nov. 8, 1990, 104 Stat. 2371 ; Pub. L. 101–646, title II, §2004, Nov. 29, 1990, 104 Stat. 4774 .)

References in Text

This chapter, referred to in text, was in the original "this Act", which, to reflect the probable intent of Congress, was translated as reading "this title" meaning title I of Pub. L. 101–537, Nov. 8, 1990, 104 Stat. 2370 , and title II of Pub. L. 101–646, Nov. 29, 1990, 104 Stat. 4773 , known as the Great Lakes Fish and Wildlife Restoration Act of 1990, which is classified generally to this chapter. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Short Title note set out under section 941 of this title and Tables.

Codification

Pub. L. 101–537 and Pub. L. 101–646 enacted substantially identical sections.

¹ So in original. Probably should be "Lakes".