emergency condition
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United States Code
19 U.S.C. § 2603 — for purposes of this section (3 versions over time)
For purposes of this section, the term “emergency condition” means, with respect to any archaeological or ethnological material of any State Party, that such material is—
(1) a newly discovered type of material which is of importance for the understanding of the history of mankind and is in jeopardy from pillage, dismantling, dispersal, or fragmentation;
(2) identifiable as coming from any site recognized to be of high cultural significance if such site is in jeopardy from pillage, dismantling, dispersal, or fragmentation which is, or threatens to be, of crisis proportions; or
(3) a part of the remains of a particular culture or civilization, the record of which is in jeopardy from pillage, dismantling, dispersal, or fragmentation which is, or threatens to be, of crisis proportions;
33 U.S.C. § 2255a — in this section (2 versions over time)
The term “emergency condition” means—
(A) unsafe conditions on a Federal inland waterway system that prevent the operation of commercial vessels, resulting from a major change in water level or flows;
(B) an obstruction in a Federal inland waterway system, including silt, sediment, rock formation, or a shallow channel;
(C) an impaired or inoperable Federal lock and dam; or
(D) any other condition determined appropriate by the Secretary.