43 CFR § 1784.0-5 - Definitions.

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title: "43 CFR § 1784.0-5 - Definitions."
title_number: 43
title_name: "Public Lands: Interior"
section_number: "1784.0-5"
section_name: "Definitions."
chapter_name: "BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR"
subchapter_number: "A"
subchapter_name: "GENERAL MANAGEMENT (1000)"
part_number: "1780"
part_name: "COOPERATIVE RELATIONS"
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authority: "5 U.S.C. App. (Federal Advisory Committee Act); 43 U.S.C. 1739."
regulatory_source: "45 FR 8177, Feb. 6, 1980, unless otherwise noted."
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# 1784.0-5 Definitions.

As used in this subpart, the term:

(a) *Advisory committee* means any committee, council, or board established or utilized for purposes of obtaining advice or recommendations.

(b) *Secretary* means Secretary of the Interior.

(c) *Director* means the Director of the Bureau of Land Management.

(d) *Designated Federal officer* means the Federal officer or employee designated by an advisory committee charter who approves meeting agendas and attends all meetings of the committee and its subcommittees, if any.

(e) *Public lands* means any lands and interest in lands owned by the United States administered by the Secretary of the Interior through the Bureau of Land Management, except:

(1) Lands located on the Outer Continental Shelf; and

(2) Lands held for the benefit of Indians, Aleuts, and Eskimos.

[45 FR 8177, Feb. 6, 1980, as amended at 60 FR 9958, Feb. 22, 1995]