Sec. 3. Additional exclusions and exemptions from Endangered Species Act of 1973 for defense-related operations
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Section 10 of the Endangered Species Act of 1973 ( 16 U.S.C. 1539 ) is amended by adding at the end the following: The prohibitions under section 9 shall not apply with respect to— the taking of any endangered species or threatened species, or the importation or exportation of any such species taken as prohibited by such section, by military personnel engaged in a national defense-related operation; damaging or destroying any threatened or endangered species, or removing, cutting, digging up, damaging, or destroying any such species, by military personnel engaged in a national defense-related operation; or an injury to or mortality of a threatened or endangered species that results from, but is not the purpose of, a national defense-related operation, regardless of whether the operation is conducted on a military installation or other area described in section 4(a)(3)(B)(i).
For the purposes of this subsection— the term national defense-related operation means— research, development, testing, and evaluation of military munitions, other ordnance, and weapons systems; the training of members of the Armed Forces in the use and handling of military munitions, other ordnance, and weapons systems; general training and military preparedness; or any action or duty that the Secretary of Defense deems necessary to support the Department of Defense in its mission; and the term military personnel means— a member of the Armed Forces; and a civilian employee or contractor (including a subcontractor at any tier) of the— Department of Defense (including a nonappropriated fund instrumentality of the Department); or any other Federal agency, or any provisional authority, to the extent such employment relates to supporting the mission of the Department of Defense overseas. .
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Additional exclusions and exemptions from Endangered Species Act of 1973 for defense-related operations
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