coral reef
Defined in 4 places across 2 titles of the United States Code.
The term "coral reef" means any reef or shoal composed primarily of coral.
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- 2018–present22 U.S.C. § 2431AForeign Relations and Intercourse · Definitions · as used in this subchapter
The term "coral reef" means calcium carbonate structures in the form of a reef or shoal, composed in whole or in part by living coral, skeletal remains of coral, crustose coralline algae, and other associated sessile marine plants and animals.
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- 2022–present16 U.S.C. § 6415Conservation · Definitions · in this chapter
The terms “conservation”, “coral”, “coral reef”, “coral reef ecosystem”, “covered reef manager”, “covered State”, “Federal reef manager”, “National Coral Reef Resilience Strategy”, “restoration”, “resilience”, and “State” have the meanings given those terms in section 6415 of this title, as added by this division.
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- 2022–present16 U.S.C. § 6456Conservation · Definitions · in this subchapter
The terms “conservation”, “coral reef”, “covered reef manager”, “covered State”, “National Coral Reef Resilience Strategy”, “restoration”, and “State” have the meanings given those terms in section 216 of the Coral Reef Conservation Act of 2000 [16 U.S.C. 6415], as added by this division.
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- 2022–present16 U.S.C. § 6471Conservation · Coral reef conservation and restoration assistance · in this section