16 U.S.C. § 6851: Definitions

Summary

Defines key words used in the chapter. Federal land means land managed by a federal land management agency. Those agencies are the Bureau of Reclamation, National Park Service, Bureau of Land Management, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Forest Service, and the Corps of Engineers. Road or trail means a road or trail that one or more of the Secretaries has set aside for public use. Secretaries means the Secretary of Agriculture (through the Chief of the Forest Service), the Secretary of the Interior, and the Secretary of the Army (through the Assistant Secretary of the Army for Civil Works).

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In this chapter:

(1)Federal land (2) Federal land management agency

The term “Federal land” means any land managed by a Federal land management agency.

(3)Road or trail

The term “road or trail” means a road or trail designated by 1 or more of the Secretaries for public use.

(4)Secretaries

The term “Secretaries” means—

(A)the Secretary of Agriculture, acting through the Chief of the Forest Service;

(B)the Secretary of the Interior; and

(C)the Secretary of the Army, acting through the Assistant Secretary of the Army for Civil Works.

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

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Pub. L. 117–114, § 1, Apr. 29, 2022, 136 Stat. 1175, provided that: “This Act [enacting this chapter] may be cited as the ‘Modernizing Access to Our Public Land Act’.”

§6851 Definitions

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