16 U.S.C. § 5801
Section 5801 · Definitions
Amended 1 time on record
Applied in 6 court decisions — leading case United States v. Clifford Gardner Bertha Gardner (1997)
Most recently applied in United States v. Estate of Hage (January 2016)
How often courts cite this section
Court decisions citing this, by year.Markers show enactment, consequential amendments, and circuit splits over this section — watch for a citation surge after a change or a disagreement. The dip in the last several years is a data-coverage gap, not a real trend — our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so recent citations are undercounted.
In this chapter (unless the context otherwise requires):
(1) Board
The term “Board” means the Board of Trustees established under section 5803 of this title.
(2) Department
The term “Department” means the Department of Agriculture.
(3) Foundation
The term “Foundation” means the National Natural Resources Conservation Foundation established by section 5802(a) of this title.
(4) Secretary
The term “Secretary” means the Secretary of Agriculture.
Editorial notes U.S. Code · Office of the Law Revision Counsel
Short Title
Section 351 of title III of Pub. L. 104–127 provided that: “This subtitle [subtitle F (§§351–360) of title III of Pub. L. 104–127, enacting this chapter and amending section 1101 of Title 36, Patriotic Societies and Observances] may be cited as the ‘National Natural Resources Conservation Foundation Act’.”