Sec. 3. Definitions
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In this Act: The term best available science means scientific findings that— were reviewed by independent, anonymous peers and published in a journal that— is indexed in Web of Science (or a successor platform); and subscribes to the Committee on Publication Ethics (or a successor organization); are reproducible; and have not been rebutted by 2 or more independent scientific teams whose rebuttals are published in accordance with clauses
(i)and (ii). For purposes of subparagraph (A)(ii), the term reproducible means that the results are capable of being replicated and the data, methods, and results are shared transparently in the journal that published the scientific findings. For purposes of subparagraph (A)(iii), the term rebuttal includes— re-analysis using more robust statistical design; failed efforts at replication; and demonstrations that the methods are impossible to replicate. The term bison means a member of the species Bison bison. The term Committee means a committee established under section 5(a). The term covered species , as applicable, means bison, grizzly bears, and wolves. The term grizzly bear means a member of the species Ursus arctos horribilis. The term historical range , with respect to a covered species, means the range of a covered species, as determined by the Committee using the best available scientific and historical information. The term nonlethal measure means an activity designed to minimize attractants or scare away or deter a bison, grizzly bear, or wolf without wounding, restraining, or trapping the bison, grizzly bear, or wolf. The term public land means land managed by the Bureau of Land Management. The term scientific society means an organization— the mission of which is dedicated to 1 or more sciences; that is explicitly nonpartisan; the members of which are scientists; and the officers and staff of which do not engage in lobbying or other actions prohibited to organizations described in section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 and exempt from taxation under section 501(a) of that Code. The term Secretary means the Secretary of the Interior. The term take means to harass, pursue, hunt, shoot, wound, kill, trap, capture, or collect, or to attempt to engage in any such conduct. The term take does not include the use of nonlethal measures to protect agricultural interests or public safety. The term Tribal land means— land located within the boundaries of an Indian reservation, pueblo, or rancheria; and land not located within the boundaries of an Indian reservation, pueblo, or rancheria title to which is held— in trust by the United States for benefit of a federally recognized Indian Tribe or an individual Indian; by a federally recognized Indian Tribe or an individual Indian, subject to restriction against alienation under laws of the United States; or by a dependent Indian community. The term wolf means a member of the species Canis lupus or Canis rufus, or their wild hybrids.