16 U.S.C. § 6851

Definitions

Edition 2026

In this chapter:
(1) Federal land
The term “Federal land” means any land managed by a Federal land management agency.
(2) Federal land management agencyThe term “Federal land management agency” means—
(A) the Bureau of Reclamation;
(B) the National Park Service;
(C) the Bureau of Land Management;
(D) the United States Fish and Wildlife Service;
(E) the Forest Service; and
(F) the Corps of Engineers.
(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) SecretariesThe 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.

Amendment history

(Pub. L. 117–114, § 2, Apr. 29, 2022, 136 Stat. 1175.) Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries Short Title 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’.”

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