16 USC § 460rrr - Definitions

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identifier: "/us/usc/t16/s460rrr"
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legal_status: "official_prima_facie"
title: "16 USC § 460rrr - Definitions"
title_number: 16
title_name: "CONSERVATION"
section_number: "460rrr"
section_name: "Definitions"
chapter_number: 1
chapter_name: "NATIONAL PARKS, MILITARY PARKS, MONUMENTS, AND SEASHORES"
subchapter_number: "CXXIX"
subchapter_name: "RIO GRANDE NATURAL AREA"
positive_law: false
currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
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generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(Pub. L. 109–337, § 2, Oct. 12, 2006, 120 Stat. 1777.)"
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# § 460rrr. Definitions

In this subchapter:

**(1)** **Commission** section 460rrr–2(a) of this title

The term “Commission” means the Rio Grande Natural Area Commission established by .

**(2)** **Natural Area** section 460rrr–1(a) of this title

The term “Natural Area” means the Rio Grande Natural Area established by .

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

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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 109–337, § 2, Oct. 12, 2006, 120 Stat. 1777.)

## Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Short Title

> “This Act [enacting this subchapter] may be cited as the ‘Rio Grande Natural Area Act’.”

, , , provided that: