16 USC § 460ooo - Definitions

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identifier: "/us/usc/t16/s460ooo"
source: "usc"
legal_status: "official_prima_facie"
title: "16 USC § 460ooo - Definitions"
title_number: 16
title_name: "CONSERVATION"
section_number: "460ooo"
section_name: "Definitions"
chapter_number: 1
chapter_name: "NATIONAL PARKS, MILITARY PARKS, MONUMENTS, AND SEASHORES"
subchapter_number: "CXXVI"
subchapter_name: "LAS CIENEGAS NATIONAL CONSERVATION AREA"
positive_law: false
currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(Pub. L. 106–538, § 1, Dec. 6, 2000, 114 Stat. 2563.)"
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# § 460ooo. Definitions

For the purposes of this subchapter, the following definitions apply:

**(1)** **Conservation Area** *ooo*

The term “Conservation Area” means the Las Cienegas National Conservation Area established by section 460–3(a) of this title.

**(2)** **Acquisition Planning District** *ooo*

The term “Acquisition Planning District” means the Sonoita Valley Acquisition Planning District established by section 460–1(a) of this title.

**(3)** **Management plan** The term “management plan” means the management plan for the Conservation Area.

**(4)** **Public lands** section 1702(e) of title 43

The term “public lands” has the meaning given the term in , except that such term shall not include interest in lands not owned by the United States.

**(5)** **Secretary** The term “Secretary” means the Secretary of the Interior.

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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 106–538, § 1, Dec. 6, 2000, 114 Stat. 2563.)