nonindigenous species
Defined in 3 places across 2 titles of the United States Code.
“nonindigenous species” means any species or other viable biological material that enters an ecosystem beyond its historic range, including any such organism transferred from one country into another;
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- 1994–present16 U.S.C. § 4702Conservation · Definitions · as used in this chapter
the term “nonindigenous species” means a species of plant, animal, or other organism that did not occur in the Great Lakes Basin before European colonization of North America;
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- 1998–present16 U.S.C. § 941BConservation · Definitions · in this chapter
the term “nonindigenous species” means a species of plant or animal that did not occur in the Great Lake 1 Basin before European colonization of North America;
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- 1994–199816 U.S.C. § 941BConservation · Definitions · in this chapter
The term "nonindigenous species" means an organism of a species that enters an ecosystem beyond the historic range of the species.
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- 2018–present33 U.S.C. § 1322Navigation and Navigable Waters · Marine sanitation devices · under this section