16 U.S.C. § 3838H
Section 3838h · Definitions
Current version, with additions and removals from the May 13, 2002 version.
In this subpart:
(1) Eligible entity
The term “eligible entity” means—
(A) any agency of any State or local government or an Indian tribe (including a farmland protection board or land resource council established under State law); or
(B) any organization that—
(i) is organized for, and at all times since the formation of the organization has been operated principally for, 1 or more of the conservation purposes specified in clause (i), (ii), (iii), or (iv) of section 170(h)(4)(A) of title 26;
(iii) is—
(2) Eligible land
(A) In general
(ii) is subject to a pending offer for purchase from an eligible entity.
(iii) the protection of which will further a State or local policy consistent with the purposes of the program.
(B) Inclusions
The term “eligible land” includes, on a farm or ranch—
(i) cropland;
(ii) rangeland;
(iii) grassland;
(v) forest land that—
(I) contributes to the economic viability of an agricultural operation; or
(II) serves as a buffer to protect an agricultural operation from development; and
(3) Indian tribe
The term “Indian tribe” has the meaning given the term in section 450b of title 25.
(4) Program
The term “program” means the farmland protection program established under section 3838i(a) of this title.