1. U.S. Code
  2. title 7
  3. chapter 111
  4. § 8501

Collapse to view only § 8501. Definitions

§ 8501. Definitions
In this chapter:
(1) Brown tree snake
(2) Compact of Free Association
(3) Freely Associated States
(4) Introduction
(5) Secretary
The term “Secretary concerned” means—
(A) the Secretary of the Interior, with respect to matters under the jurisdiction of the Department of the Interior; and
(B) the Secretary of Agriculture, with respect to matters under the jurisdiction of the Department of Agriculture.
(6) Secretaries
(7) Technical Working Group
(8) Territorial
(9) United States
(Pub. L. 108–384, § 2, Oct. 30, 2004, 118 Stat. 2221.)

CITE AS: 7 USC 8501

§ 8502. Sense of Congress regarding need for improved and better coordinated Federal policy for brown tree snake introduction, control, and eradication

It is the sense of Congress that there exists a need for improved and better coordinated control, interdiction, research, and eradication of the brown tree snake on the part of the United States and other interested parties.

(Pub. L. 108–384, § 3, Oct. 30, 2004, 118 Stat. 2222.)

CITE AS: 7 USC 8502

§ 8503. Brown tree snake control, interdiction, research and eradication
(a) Funding authority
(b) Authorized activities
Brown tree snake control, interdiction, research, and eradication efforts authorized by this section shall include at a minimum the following:
(1) Expansion of science-based eradication and control programs in Guam to reduce the undesirable impact of the brown tree snake in Guam and reduce the risk of the introduction or spread of any brown tree snake to areas in the United States and the Freely Associated States in which the brown tree snake is not established.
(2) Expansion of interagency and intergovernmental rapid response teams in Guam, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, Hawaii, and the Freely Associated States to assist the governments of such areas with detecting the brown tree snake and incipient brown tree snake populations.
(3) Expansion of efforts to protect and restore native wildlife in Guam or elsewhere in the United States damaged by the brown tree snake.
(4) Establishment and sustained funding for an Animal Plant and Health Inspection Service, Wildlife Services, Operations Program State Office located in Hawaii dedicated to vertebrate pest management in Hawaii and United States Pacific territories and possessions. Concurrently, the Animal Plant and Health Inspection Service, Wildlife Services Operations Program shall establish and sustain funding for a District Office in Guam dedicated to brown tree snake control and managed by the Hawaii State Office.
(5) Continuation, expansion, and provision of sustained research funding related to the brown tree snake, including research conducted at institutions located in areas affected by the brown tree snake.
(6) Continuation, expansion, and provision of sustained research funding for the Animal Plant and Health Inspection Service, Wildlife Services, National Wildlife Research Center of the Department of Agriculture related to the brown tree snake, including the establishment of a field station in Guam related to the control and eradication of the brown tree snake.
(7) Continuation, expansion, and provision of sustained research funding for the Fort Collins Science Center of the United States Geological Survey related to the brown tree snake, including the establishment of a field station in Guam related to the control and eradication of the brown tree snake.
(8) Expansion of long-term research into chemical, biological, and other control techniques that could lead to large-scale reduction of brown tree snake populations in Guam or other areas where the brown tree snake might become established.
(9) Expansion of short, medium, and long-term research, funded by all Federal agencies interested in or affected by the brown tree snake, into interdiction, detection, and early control of the brown tree snake.
(10) Provision of planning assistance for the construction or renovation of centralized multi-agency facilities in Guam to support Federal, State, and territorial brown tree snake control, interdiction, research and eradication efforts, including office space, laboratory space, animal holding facilities, and snake detector dog kennels.
(11) Provision of technical assistance to the Freely Associated States on matters related to the brown tree snake through the mechanisms contained within a Compact of Free Association dealing with environmental, quarantine, economic, and human health issues.
(c) Authorization of appropriations
There is authorized to be appropriated to the Secretaries to carry out this section (other than subsection (b)(10)) the following amounts:
(1) For activities conducted through the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, Wildlife Services, Operations, not more than $2,600,000 for each of the fiscal years 2006 through 2010.
(2) For activities conducted through the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, Wildlife Services, National Wildlife Research Center, Methods Development, not more than $1,500,000 for each of the fiscal years 2006 through 2010.
(3) For activities conducted through the Office of Insular Affairs, not more than $3,000,000 for each of the fiscal years 2006 through 2010.
(4) For activities conducted through the Fish and Wildlife Service, not more than $2,000,000 for each of the fiscal years 2006 through 2010.
(5) For activities conducted through the United States Geological Survey, Biological Resources, not more than $1,500,000 for each of the fiscal years 2006 through 2010.
(d) Planning assistance
(Pub. L. 108–384, § 4, Oct. 30, 2004, 118 Stat. 2222.)

CITE AS: 7 USC 8503

§ 8504. Establishment of quarantine protocols to control the introduction and spread of the brown tree snake
(a) Establishment of quarantine protocols
(b) Cooperation and consultation
(c) Implementation
(d) Authorization of appropriations
There is authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section the following amounts:
(1) To the Secretary of Agriculture, not more than $3,000,000 for each of the fiscal years 2006 through 2010.
(2) To the Secretary of the Interior, not more than $1,000,000 for each of the fiscal years 2006 through 2010.
(Pub. L. 108–384, § 5, Oct. 30, 2004, 118 Stat. 2224.)

CITE AS: 7 USC 8504

§ 8505. Treatment of brown tree snakes as nonmailable matter

A brown tree snake constitutes nonmailable matter under section 3015 of title 39.

(Pub. L. 108–384, § 6, Oct. 30, 2004, 118 Stat. 2224.)

CITE AS: 7 USC 8505

§ 8506. Role of brown tree snake Technical Working Group
(a) Purpose
(b) Specific duties and activities
The Technical Working Group shall be responsible for the following:
(1) The evaluation of Federal, State, and territorial activities, programs and policies that are likely to cause or promote the introduction or spread of the brown tree snake in the United States or the Freely Associated States and the preparation of recommendations for governmental actions to minimize the risk of introduction or further spread of the brown tree snake.
(2) The preparation of recommendations for activities, programs, and policies to reduce and eventually eradicate the brown tree snake in Guam or other areas within the United States where the snake may be established and the monitoring of the implementation of those activities, programs, and policies.
(3) Any revision of the Brown Tree Snake Control Plan, originally published in June 1996, which was prepared to coordinate Federal, State, territorial, and local government efforts to control, interdict, eradicate or conduct research on the brown tree snake.
(c) Reporting requirement
(1) Report
Subject to the availability of appropriations for this purpose, the Technical Working Group shall prepare a report describing—
(A) the progress made toward a large-scale population reduction or eradication of the brown tree snake in Guam or other sites that are infested by the brown tree snake;
(B) the interdiction and other activities required to reduce the risk of introduction of the brown tree snake or other nonindigenous snake species in Guam, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, Hawaii, American Samoa, and the Freely Associated States;
(C) the applied and basic research activities that will lead to improved brown tree snake control, interdiction and eradication efforts conducted by Federal, State, territorial, and local governments; and
(D) the programs and activities for brown tree snake control, interdiction, research and eradication that have been funded, implemented, and planned by Federal, State, territorial, and local governments.
(2) Priorities
The Technical Working Group shall include in the report a list of priorities, ranked in high, medium, and low categories, of Federal, State, territorial, and local efforts and programs in the following areas:
(A) Control.
(B) Interdiction.
(C) Research.
(D) Eradication.
(3) Assessments
Technical Working Group shall include in the report the following assessments:
(A) An assessment of current funding shortfalls and future funding needs to support Federal, State, territorial, and local government efforts to control, interdict, eradicate, or conduct research on the brown tree snake.
(B) An assessment of regulatory limitations that hinder Federal, State, territorial, and local government efforts to control, interdict, eradicate or conduct research on the brown tree snake.
(4) Submission
(d) Meetings
(e) Inclusion of Guam
(f) Support
(g) Authorization of appropriations
(Pub. L. 108–384, § 7, Oct. 30, 2004, 118 Stat. 2224.)

CITE AS: 7 USC 8506

§ 8507. Miscellaneous matters
(a) Availability of appropriated funds
(b) Administrative expenses
(Pub. L. 108–384, § 8, Oct. 30, 2004, 118 Stat. 2226.)

CITE AS: 7 USC 8507