Terms Used In U.S. Code > Title 19 > Chapter 29 > Subchapter IV > Part B - General Provisions

• Administrator: means the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency. See 16 USC 3951
• Dependent: A person dependent for support upon another.
• Director: means the Director of the United States Fish and Wildlife Service. See 16 USC 3951
• Governor: means the Governor of Louisiana. See 16 USC 3951
• individual: shall include every infant member of the species homo sapiens who is born alive at any stage of development. See 1 USC 8
• Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
• Real property: Land, and all immovable fixtures erected on, growing on, or affixed to the land.
• Secretary: means the Secretary of the Army. See 16 USC 3951
• State: means the State of Louisiana. See 16 USC 3951
• Task Force: means the Louisiana Coastal Wetlands Conservation and Restoration Task Force which shall consist of the Secretary, who shall serve as chairman, the Administrator, the Governor, the Secretary of the Interior, the Secretary of Agriculture and the Secretary of Commerce. See 16 USC 3951