16 USC § 521c - Definitions

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identifier: "/us/usc/t16/s521c"
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title: "16 USC § 521c - Definitions"
title_number: 16
title_name: "CONSERVATION"
section_number: "521c"
section_name: "Definitions"
chapter_number: 2
chapter_name: "NATIONAL FORESTS"
subchapter_number: "I"
subchapter_name: "ESTABLISHMENT AND ADMINISTRATION"
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currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
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source_credit: "(Pub. L. 97–465, § 1, Jan. 12, 1983, 96 Stat. 2535.)"
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# § 521c. Definitions

For purposes of sections 521c to 521i of this title—

**(1)** the term “person” includes any State or any political subdivision or entity thereof;

**(2)** the term “interchange” means a land transfer in which the Secretary and another person exchange titles to lands or interests in lands of approximately equal value where the Secretary finds that such a value determination can be made without a formal appraisal and under such regulations as the Secretary may prescribe; and

**(3)** the term “Secretary” means the Secretary of Agriculture of the United States.

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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 97–465, § 1, Jan. 12, 1983, 96 Stat. 2535.)