118 STAT. 2320 PUBLIC LAW 108–412—OCT. 30, 2004 Public Law 108–412 108th Congress An Act To require the Secretary of Agriculture to establish a program to provide assistance to eligible weed management entities to control or eradicate noxious weeds on public and private land. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SECTION 1. NOXIOUS WEED CONTROL AND ERADICATION. The Plant Protection Act (7 U.S.C. 7701 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following new subtitle: ‘‘Subtitle E—Noxious Weed Control and Eradication ‘‘SEC. 451. SHORT TITLE. ‘‘This subtitle may be cited as the ‘Noxious Weed Control and Eradication Act of 2004’. ‘‘SEC. 452. DEFINITIONS. ‘‘In this subtitle: ‘‘(1) INDIAN TRIBE.—The term ‘Indian Tribe’ has the meaning given that term in section 4 of the Indian Self Deter mination and Education Assistance Act (25 U.S.C. 450b). ‘‘(2) WEED MANAGEMENT ENTITY.—The term ‘weed manage ment entity’ means an entity that— ‘‘(A) is recognized by the State in which it is estab lished; ‘‘(B) is established for the purpose of or has demon strable expertise and significant experience in controlling or eradicating noxious weeds and increasing public knowl edge and education concerning the need to control or eradi cate noxious weeds; ‘‘(C) may be multijurisdictional and multidisciplinary in nature; ‘‘(D) may include representatives from Federal, State, local, or, where applicable, Indian Tribe governments, pri vate organizations, individuals, and State recognized con servation districts or State recognized weed management districts; and ‘‘(E) has existing authority to perform land manage ment activities on Federal land if the proposed project or activity is on Federal lands. 7 USC 7781. 7 USC 7701 note. Noxious Weed Control and Eradication Act of 2004. Oct. 30, 2004 [S. 144]
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