16 USC 6203 - Definitions

In this chapter:
(1) Agency 
The term agency means the Forest Service.
(2) Authorization 
The term authorization means a special use permit for the use and occupancy of National Forest System land by a cabin owner under the authority of the program.
(3) Base cabin user fee 
The term base cabin user fee means the fee for an authorization that results from the appraisal of a lot as determined in accordance with sections 6205 and 6206 of this title.
(4) Cabin 
The term cabin means a privately built and owned recreation residence that is authorized for use and occupancy on National Forest System land.
(5) Cabin owner 
The term cabin owner means
(A) a person authorized by the agency to use and to occupy a cabin on National Forest System land; and
(B) an heir or assign of such a person.
(6) Cabin user fee 
The term cabin user fee means a special use fee paid annually by a cabin owner to the Secretary in accordance with this chapter.
(7) Caretaker cabin 
The term caretaker cabin means a caretaker residence occupied in limited cases in which caretaker services are necessary to maintain the security of a tract.
(8) Current cabin user fee 
The term current cabin user fee means the most recent cabin user fee that results from an annual adjustment to the base cabin user fee in accordance with section 6207 of this title.
(9) Lot 
The term lot means a parcel of land in the National Forest System
(A) on which a cabin owner is authorized to build, use, occupy, and maintain a cabin and related improvements; and
(B) that is considered to be in its natural, native state at the time at which a use of the lot described in subparagraph (A) is first permitted by the Secretary.
(10) Natural, native state 
The term natural, native state means the condition of a lot or site, free of any improvements, at the time at which the lot or site is first authorized for recreation residence use by the agency.
(11) Program 
The term program means the recreation residence program established under the authority of section 497 of this title.
(12) Secretary 
The term Secretary means the Secretary of Agriculture, acting through the Chief of the Forest Service.
(13) Tract 
The term tract means an established location within a National Forest containing 1 or more cabins authorized in accordance with the program.
(14) Tract association 
The term tract association means a cabin owner association in which all cabin owners within a tract are eligible for membership.
(15) Typical lot 
The term typical lot means a cabin lot, or a group of cabin lots, in a tract that is selected for use in an appraisal as being representative of, and that has similar value characteristics as, other lots or groups of lots within the tract.