Federal land
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Definitions from Case Law
From 480 U.S. 531 - Amoco Production Co. v. Village of Gambell · 1987Most cited · 2,797 citing opinions
lands the title to which is in the United States after December 2, 1980.
United States Code
16 U.S.C. § 3102 — in this section (3 versions over time)
The term “Federal land” means lands the title to which is in the United States after December 2, 1980.
16 U.S.C. § 6502 — in this chapter (6 versions over time)
The term “Federal land” means—
(A) land of the National Forest System (as defined in section 1609(a) of this title) administered by the Secretary of Agriculture, acting through the Chief of the Forest Service; and
(B) public lands (as defined in section 1702 of title 43), the surface of which is administered by the Secretary of the Interior, acting through the Director of the Bureau of Land Management.
16 U.S.C. § 7102 — in this chapter (10 versions over time)
The term “Federal land” means—
(A) land within the National Forest System, as defined in section 1609(a) of this title exclusive of the National Grasslands and land utilization projects designated as National Grasslands administered pursuant to the Act of July 22, 1937 (7 U.S.C. 1010–1012); and
(B) such portions of the revested Oregon and California Railroad and reconveyed Coos Bay Wagon Road grant land as are or may hereafter come under the jurisdiction of the Department of the Interior, which have heretofore or may hereafter be classified as timberlands, and power-site land valuable for timber, that shall be managed, except as provided in the former section 3 of the Act of August 28, 1937 (50 Stat. 875; 43 U.S.C. 1181c), for permanent forest production.
16 U.S.C. § 539p — in this section
The term "Federal land" means the approximately 2,422 acres of land located in Pinal County, Arizona, depicted on the map entitled "Southeast Arizona Land Exchange and Conservation Act of 2011–Federal Parcel–Oak Flat" and dated March 2011.
16 U.S.C. § 2113a — in this section (3 versions over time)
The term “Federal land” means land that is—
(i) National Forest System land; or
(ii) public land (as defined in section 1702 of title 43); or
(iii) National Park System land; or
(iv) National Wildlife Refuge Land.
16 U.S.C. § 470aaa — in this chapter
The term “Federal land” means—
(A) land controlled or administered by the Secretary of the Interior, except Indian land; or
(B) National Forest System land controlled or administered by the Secretary of Agriculture.
16 U.S.C. § 6851 — in this chapter
The term "Federal land" means any land managed by a Federal land management agency.
16 U.S.C. § 7911 — in this subchapter (2 versions over time)
The term “Federal land” means—
(A) any land in the National Forest System (as defined in section 1609(a) of this title) that is administered by the Secretary of Agriculture, acting through the Chief of the Forest Service; and
(B) public lands (as defined in section 1702 of title 43), the surface of which is administered by the Secretary, acting through the Director of the Bureau of Land Management.