preferred community
Defined in 1 place of the United States Code.
The term “preferred community” means—
(A) any Indian tribe;
(B) any town, township, municipality, or other similar unit of local government (as determined by the Secretary concerned) that—
(i) has a population of not more than 50,000 individuals; and
(ii) the Secretary concerned, in the sole discretion of the Secretary concerned, determines contains or is located near Federal or Indian land, the condition of which is at significant risk of catastrophic wildfire, disease, or insect infestation or which suffers from disease or insect infestation; or
(C) any county that—
(i) is not contained within a metropolitan statistical area; and
(ii) the Secretary concerned, in the sole discretion of the Secretary concerned, determines contains or is located near Federal or Indian land, the condition of which is at significant risk of catastrophic wildfire, disease, or insect infestation or which suffers from disease or insect infestation.
Source
- 2005–present42 U.S.C. § 15855The Public Health and Welfare · Grants to improve the commercial value of forest biomass for electric energy, useful heat, transportation fuels, and other commercial purposes · in this section