# § 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** section 6108(a) of this title
The term “Fund” means the Neotropical Migratory Bird Conservation Fund established by .
**(4)** **Secretary** The term “Secretary” means the Secretary of the Interior.
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**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.)
## Editorial Notes
### Amendments
2024— 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 .”
2006—Par. (1). , 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 .”
Pars. (2) to (5). , added pars. (2) and (4) and redesignated former pars. (2) and (3) as (3) and (5), respectively.