Sec. 3. Protection of tropical forests and coral reefs
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Section 802 of the Tropical Forest and Coral Reef Conservation Act of 1998 ( 22 U.S.C. 2431 ), as renamed by section 2(a), is amended— in subsections (a)(1), (a)(6), (b)(1), (b)(3), and (b)(4), by striking tropical forests each place it appears and inserting tropical forests and coral reef ecosystems ; in subsection (a)(2)(C), by striking far-flung ; in subsection (a)(7), by striking tropical forests is critical to the protection of tropical forests and inserting tropical forests and coral reef ecosystems is critical to the protection of such areas ; and in subsection (b)(2)— by striking tropical forests the first place it appears and inserting tropical forests and coral ecosystems ; by striking tropical forests the second place it appears and inserting areas ; and by striking tropical forests the third place it appears and inserting tropical forests and coral reef ecosystems .
Section 803 of such Act ( 22 U.S.C. 2431a ) is amended— in paragraph (5)— in the heading, by striking and inserting tropical forest ; tropical forest or coral reef in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), by striking tropical forest and inserting tropical forest or coral reef ; and in subparagraph (B)— by striking tropical forest and inserting tropical forest or coral reef ; and by striking tropical forests and inserting tropical forests or coral reefs ; and by adding at the end the following new paragraphs:
The term coral means species of the phylum Cnidaria, including— 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 all species of the order Hydrocorallina (fire corals and hydrocorals) of the class Hydrozoa. The term coral reef means any reef or shoal composed primarily of coral. 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. .
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