{"identifier":"/us/usc/t16/s718j","title":16,"num":"\u00a7\u202f718j.","heading":"Definitions","text":"\u00a7\u202f718j.\nDefinitions\n(a)\nIn general\nIn this subchapter, the terms defined in the Migratory Bird Conservation Act (\n16 U.S.C. 715\n16 U.S.C. 703\n(b)\nOther definitions\nIn this subchapter:\n(1)\nHunting year\nThe term \u201chunting year\u201d means the 1-year period beginning on July 1 of each year.\n(2)\nMigratory waterfowl\nThe term \u201cmigratory waterfowl\u201d means the species enumerated in paragraph (a) of subdivision 1 of article I of the Convention between the United States and Great Britain for the Protection of Migratory Birds, signed at Washington on\nAugust 16, 1916\n16 U.S.C. 703\n(3)\nSecretary\nThe term \u201cSecretary\u201d means the Secretary of the Interior.\n(4)\nState\nThe term \u201cState\u201d means\u2014\n(A) a State;\n(B) the District of Columbia;\n(C) the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico;\n(D) Guam;\n(E) American Samoa;\n(F) the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands;\n(G) the Federated States of Micronesia;\n(H) the Republic of the Marshall Islands;\n(I) the Republic of Palau; 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