---
kind: "section"
citation: "16 U.S.C. § 6103"
title: "16"
title_heading: "Conservation"
number: "6103"
heading: "Definitions"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/16/6103"
units:
  - "Chapter 80 — Neotropical Migratory Bird Conservation"
---

# §6103. Definitions


In this chapter:

- (1) **Caribbean—** The term “Caribbean” includes Puerto Rico and the United States Virgin Islands.
- (2) **Conservation—** The term “conservation” means the use of methods and procedures necessary to bring a species of neotropical migratory bird to the point at which there are sufficient populations in the wild to ensure the long-term viability of the species, including—
  - (A) protection and management of neotropical migratory bird populations;
  - (B) maintenance, management, protection, and restoration of neotropical migratory bird habitat;
  - (C) research and monitoring;
  - (D) law enforcement; and
  - (E) community outreach and education.
- (3) **Fund—** The term “Fund” means the Neotropical Migratory Bird [Conservation](#2) Fund established by [section 6108(a) of this title](/usc/16/6108.md?p=a).
- (4) **Secretary—** The term “Secretary” means the Secretary of the Interior.

## Source credit

(Pub. L. 106–247, § 4, July 20, 2000, 114 Stat. 593; Pub. L. 109–363, title III, § 302(c), (h)(3)(A), Oct. 17, 2006, 120 Stat. 2075, 2076; Pub. L. 118–51, § 2(d)(1), Apr. 24, 2024, 138 Stat. 1005.)

## Notes

### Editorial Notes

### Amendments

2024—Pub. L. 118–51 redesignated pars. (2) to (5) as (1) to (4), respectively, and struck out former par. (1). Prior to amendment, text of par. (1) read as follows: “The term ‘Fund’ means the Neotropical Migratory Bird Conservation Fund established by section 6108(a) of this title.”

2006—Par. (1). Pub. L. 109–363, § 302(h)(3)(A), added par. (1) and struck out former par. (1). Text read as follows: “The term ‘Account’ means the Neotropical Migratory Bird Conservation Account established by section 6108(a) of this title.”

Pars. (2) to (5). Pub. L. 109–363, § 302(c), added pars. (2) and (4) and redesignated former pars. (2) and (3) as (3) and (5), respectively.