Federal land
Defined in 16 places across 4 titles of the United States Code.
“Federal land” means all land and interests in land owned by the United States which are subject to the mineral leasing laws, including mineral resources or mineral estates reserved to the United States in the conveyance of a surface or nonmineral estate;
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- 1994–present30 U.S.C. § 1702Mineral Lands and Mining · Definitions · for the purposes of this chapter
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.
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- 2019–present16 U.S.C. § 7911Conservation · Definitions · in this subchapter
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.
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- 2009–present16 U.S.C. § 470aaaConservation · Definitions · in this chapter
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.
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- 2003–present16 U.S.C. § 6502Conservation · Definitions · in this chapter
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.
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- 2008–present16 U.S.C. § 7102Conservation · Definitions · in this chapter
The term “Federal land” means—
(A) public land as defined by section 103 of the Federal Land Policy Management Act of 1976 (43 U.S.C. 1702); or
(B) land of the National Forest System (as defined in section 1609(a) of title 16).
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- 2020–present43 U.S.C. § 3001Public Lands · Definitions · in this chapter
The term “Federal land” means—
(A) public land, as defined in section 1702 of this title;
(B) units of the National Park System;
(C) refuges of the National Wildlife Refuge System;
(D) land held in trust by the United States for the benefit of Indian tribes or members of an Indian tribe; and
(E) land in the National Forest System, as defined in section 1609(a) of title 16.
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- 2009–present43 U.S.C. § 1748aPublic Lands · FLAME Wildfire Suppression Reserve Funds · in this section
The term “Federal land” means all lands owned or controlled by the United States, including the Outer Continental Shelf, and any land in which the United States has reserved mineral interests, except lands—
(A) held in trust for Indians or Alaska Natives,
(B) owned by Indians or Alaska Natives with Federal restrictions on the title,
(C) within any area of the National Park System, the National Wildlife Refuge System, the National Wilderness Preservation System, the National System of Trails, or the Wild and Scenic Rivers System, or
(D) within military reservations.
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- 1994–present42 U.S.C. § 6202The Public Health and Welfare · Definitions · as used in this chapter
The term "Federal land" means any land managed by a Federal land management agency.
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- 2022–present16 U.S.C. § 6851Conservation · Definitions · in this chapter
The term "Federal land" means land administered by a land management agency within—
(A) the Department of Agriculture; or
(B) the Department of the Interior.
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- 2022–present42 U.S.C. § 15907The Public Health and Welfare · Orphaned, abandoned, or idled wells on Federal land · in this section
The term “Federal land” means land that is—
(A) owned and administered by the United States as a part of—
(i) the National Forest System; or
(ii) the National Park System; or
(B) public lands (as defined in section 1702 of title 43).
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- 2024–present16 U.S.C. § 8571Conservation · Good neighbor authority for recreation · in this section
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).
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- 2014–202416 U.S.C. § 2113aConservation · Good neighbor authority · in this section
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.
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- 2024–present16 U.S.C. § 2113aConservation · Good neighbor authority · in this section
The term "Federal land" means land the title to which is held by the United States.
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- 2021–present42 U.S.C. § 15943The Public Health and Welfare · Certain gathering lines located on Federal land and Indian land · in this section
The term “Federal land” means lands the title to which is in the United States after December 2, 1980.
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- 1994–present16 U.S.C. § 3102Conservation · Definitions · in this section
The term “Federal land” means lands the title to which is in the United States after December 2, 1980. “Federal land” does not include lands the title to which is in the State, an Alaska Native corporation, or other private ownership.
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- 1997–199816 U.S.C. § 3102Conservation · Definitions · in this section
The term “Federal land” means public lands (as defined in section 1702 of this title).
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- 2022–present43 U.S.C. § 3006Public Lands · Ensuring energy security · 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.
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- 2014–present16 U.S.C. § 539pConservation · Southeast Arizona land exchange and conservation · in this section