16 U.S.C. § 1722 : US Code - Section 1722: Definitions

Search 16 U.S.C. § 1722 : US Code - Section 1722: Definitions

For purposes of this subchapter:
(1) Appropriate conservation project
The term "appropriate conservation project" means any project
for the conservation, restoration, construction or rehabilitation
of natural, cultural, historic, archaeological, recreational, or
scenic resources.
(2) Corps and Public Lands Corps
The terms "Corps" and "Public Lands Corps" mean the Public
Lands Corps established under section 1723 of this title.
(3) Eligible service lands
The term "eligible service lands" means public lands, Indian
lands, and Hawaiian home lands.
(4) Hawaiian home lands
The term "Hawaiian home lands" means all lands given the status
of Hawaiian home lands under section 204 of the Hawaiian Homes
Commission Act, 1920 (42 Stat. 110), or under the corresponding
provision of the Constitution of the State of Hawaii adopted
under section 4 of the Act entitled "An Act to provide for the
admission of the State of Hawaii into the Union", approved March
18, 1959 (Public Law 86-3; 73 Stat. 5).
(5) Indian
The term "Indian" means a person who -
(A) is a member of an Indian tribe; or
(B) is a "Native", as defined in section 3(b) of the Alaska
Native Claims Settlement Act (43 U.S.C. 1602(b)).
(6) Indian lands
The term "Indian lands" means -
(A) any Indian reservation;
(B) any public domain Indian allotments;
(C) any former Indian reservation in the State of Oklahoma;
(D) any land held by incorporated Native groups, regional
corporations, and village corporations under the Alaska Native
Claims Settlement Act [43 U.S.C. 1601 et seq.]; and
(E) any land held by dependent Indian communities within the
borders of the United States whether within the original or
subsequently acquired territory thereof, and whether within or
without the limits of a State.
(7) Indian tribe
The term "Indian tribe" means an Indian tribe, band, nation, or
other organized group or community, including any Native village,
Regional Corporation, or Village Corporation, as defined in
subsection (c), (g), or (j), respectively, of section 3 of the
Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act (43 U.S.C. 1602(c), (g), or
(j)), that is recognized as eligible for the special programs and
services provided by the United States under Federal law to
Indians because of their status as Indians.
(8) Priority project
The term "priority project" means an appropriate conservation
project conducted on eligible service lands to further 1 or more
of the purposes of the Healthy Forests Restoration Act of 2003
(16 U.S.C. 6501 et seq.), as follows:
(A) To reduce wildfire risk to a community, municipal water
supply, or other at-risk Federal land.
(B) To protect a watershed or address a threat to forest and
rangeland health, including catastrophic wildfire.
(C) To address the impact of insect or disease infestations
or other damaging agents on forest and rangeland health.
(D) To protect, restore, or enhance forest ecosystem
components to -
(i) promote the recovery of threatened or endangered
species;
(ii) improve biological diversity; or
(iii) enhance productivity and carbon sequestration.
(9) Public lands
The term "public lands" means any lands or waters (or interest
therein) owned or administered by the United States, except that
such term does not include any Indian lands.
(10) Qualified youth or conservation corps
The term "qualified youth or conservation corps" means any
program established by a State or local government, by the
governing body of any Indian tribe, or by a nonprofit
organization that -
(A) is capable of offering meaningful, full-time, productive
work for individuals between the ages of 16 and 25, inclusive,
in a natural or cultural resource setting;
(B) gives participants a mix of work experience, basic and
life skills, education, training, and support services; and
(C) provides participants with the opportunity to develop
citizenship values and skills through service to their
community and the United States.
(11) Resource assistant
The term "resource assistant" means a resource assistant
selected under section 1725 of this title.
(12) Secretary
The term "Secretary" means -
(A) with respect to National Forest System land, the
Secretary of Agriculture; and
(B) with respect to Indian lands, Hawaiian home lands, or
land administered by the Department of the Interior, the
Secretary of the Interior.
(13) State
The term "State" means any State of the United States, the
District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, Guam, the
Virgin Islands of the United States, American Samoa, and the
Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands.