16 U.S.C. § 4265

Current through P.L. 118-107 (published on www.congress.gov on 11/21/2024)
Section 4265 - Acceptance and use of donations

The Secretary may accept and use donations to provide assistance under section 4264 of this title. Amounts received by the Secretary in the form of donations shall be transferred to the Secretary of the Treasury for deposit into the Fund.

16 U.S.C. § 4265

Pub. L. 105-96, §6, Nov. 19, 1997, 111 Stat. 2153; Pub. L. 107-141, §5(a)(2), Feb. 12, 2002, 116 Stat. 14.

EDITORIAL NOTES

AMENDMENTS2002- Pub. L. 107-141 substituted "Acceptance and use of donations" for "Asian Elephant Conservation Fund" as section catchline, struck out subsecs. (a) to (c), which related to establishment, deposits into, and use of the Asian Elephant Conservation Fund, redesignated subsec. (d) as entire section and struck out subsec. heading.

Fund
The term "Fund" means the account established by division A, section 101(e), title I of Public Law 105-277 under the heading "multinational species conservation fund" [16 U.S.C. 4246] .
Secretary
The term "Secretary" means the Secretary of the Interior.
conservation
The term "conservation" means the use of methods and procedures necessary to bring Asian elephants to the point at which there are sufficient populations in the wild to ensure that the species does not become extinct, including all activities associated with scientific resource management, such as conservation, protection, restoration, acquisition, and management of habitat; research and monitoring of known populations; assistance in the development of management plans for managed elephant ranges; CITES enforcement; law enforcement through community participation; translocation of elephants; conflict resolution initiatives; and community outreach and education.