16 USC § 6851 - Definitions

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identifier: "/us/usc/t16/s6851"
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legal_status: "official_prima_facie"
title: "16 USC § 6851 - Definitions"
title_number: 16
title_name: "CONSERVATION"
section_number: "6851"
section_name: "Definitions"
chapter_number: 87
chapter_name: "MODERNIZING ACCESS TO PUBLIC LAND"
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currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
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generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(Pub. L. 117–114, § 2, Apr. 29, 2022, 136 Stat. 1175.)"
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# § 6851. Definitions

In this chapter:

**(1)** **Federal land** The term “Federal land” means any land managed by a Federal land management agency.

**(2)** **Federal land management agency** The term “Federal land management agency” means—

**(A)** the Bureau of Reclamation;

**(B)** the National Park Service;

**(C)** the Bureau of Land Management;

**(D)** the United States Fish and Wildlife Service;

**(E)** the Forest Service; and

**(F)** the Corps of Engineers.

**(3)** **Road or trail** The term “road or trail” means a road or trail designated by 1 or more of the Secretaries for public use.

**(4)** **Secretaries** The term “Secretaries” means—

**(A)** the Secretary of Agriculture, acting through the Chief of the Forest Service;

**(B)** the Secretary of the Interior; and

**(C)** the Secretary of the Army, acting through the Assistant Secretary of the Army for Civil Works.

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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 117–114, § 2, Apr. 29, 2022, 136 Stat. 1175.)

## Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Short Title

> “This Act [enacting this chapter] may be cited as the ‘Modernizing Access to Our Public Land Act’.”

, , , provided that: