Sec. 3. Definitions
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In this Act: The term appropriate committees of Congress means— the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources of the Senate; the Committee on Environment and Public Works of the Senate; the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate; the Committee on Energy and Commerce of the House of Representatives; the Committee on Natural Resources of the House of Representatives; and the Committee on Appropriations of the House of Representatives. The term connectivity means the degree to which the landscape or seascape facilitates native species movement.
The term corridor means a feature of the landscape or seascape that— provides habitat or ecological connectivity; and allows for native species movement or dispersal. The term Database means the National Wildlife Corridors Database established under section 401(a). The term Federal land or water means any land or water, or interest in land or water, owned by the United States. The term Fund means the Wildlife Corridors Stewardship Fund established by section 501(a). The term habitat means land, water, and substrate occupied at any time during the life cycle of a native species that is necessary, with respect to the native species, for spawning, breeding, feeding, growth to maturity, or migration.
The term Indian land means land of an Indian tribe, or an Indian individual, that is— held in trust by the United States; or subject to a restriction against alienation imposed by the United States. The term Indian tribe has the meaning given the term in section 4 of the Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act ( 25 U.S.C. 5304 ). The term National Coordination Committee means the National Coordination Committee established under section 302(a). The term National Wildlife Corridor means any Federal land or water designated as a National Wildlife Corridor under section 101(a).
The term National Wildlife Corridor System means the system of National Wildlife Corridors established by section 101(a). The term native species means— an indigenous fish, wildlife, or plant species of the United States, including subspecies and plant varieties; a fish, wildlife, or plant species not indigenous to the United States that the Secretary determines to be— noninvasive; or beneficial to the biodiversity of the natural ecosystem; and a migratory bird species that is native to the United States or its territories (as defined in section 2(b) of the Migratory Bird Treaty Act ( 16 U.S.C. 703(b) )).
The term regional ocean partnership means a regional organization of coastal or Great Lakes States, territories, or possessions voluntarily convened by Governors to address cross-jurisdictional ocean matters, or the functional equivalent of such a regional ocean organization designated by the Governor or Governors of a State or States. The term regional wildlife movement council means a regional wildlife movement council established under section 303(a). The term Secretaries means— the Secretary of Agriculture; the Secretary of Commerce; the Secretary of Defense; the Secretary of the Interior; and the Secretary of Transportation.
The term Secretary means the Secretary of the Interior, acting through the Director of the United States Fish and Wildlife Service. The term Tribal Wildlife Corridor means a corridor established by the Secretary under section 201(a)(1)(C). The term United States , when used in a geographical sense, means— a State; the District of Columbia; the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico; Guam; American Samoa; the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands; the Federated States of Micronesia; the Republic of the Marshall Islands; the Republic of Palau; the United States Virgin Islands; and the territorial sea (within the meaning of the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act ( 16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.)) and the exclusive economic zone (as defined in section 3 of that Act ( 16 U.S.C. 1802 )) within the jurisdiction or sovereignty of the Federal Government.
The term wildlife movement means the passage of individual members or populations of a fish, wildlife, or plant species across a landscape or seascape.
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