16 USC § 6871 - Definitions

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identifier: "/us/usc/t16/s6871"
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legal_status: "official_prima_facie"
title: "16 USC § 6871 - Definitions"
title_number: 16
title_name: "CONSERVATION"
section_number: "6871"
section_name: "Definitions"
chapter_number: 87
chapter_name: "MODERNIZING ACCESS TO PUBLIC WATERS"
positive_law: false
currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
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generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(Pub. L. 119–62, § 2, Dec. 26, 2025, 139 Stat. 1979.)"
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# § 6871. Definitions

In this chapter:

**(1)** **Federal fishing restriction** The term “Federal fishing restriction” means a defined area in which all or certain fishing activities are temporarily or permanently prohibited or restricted by a Federal land or water management agency.

**(2)** **Federal land or water management agency** The term “Federal land or water 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; and

**(E)** the Forest Service.

**(3)** **Federal waterway** The term “Federal waterway” means waters managed by 1 or more of the relevant Secretaries.

**(4)** **Federal waterway restriction** The term “Federal waterway restriction” means a restriction on the access or use of a Federal waterway applied under applicable law by 1 or more of the Secretaries.

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

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

**(B)** the Secretary of the Interior.

**(6)** **State** The term “State” means each of the several States, the District of Columbia, and each territory of the United States.

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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 119–62, § 2, Dec. 26, 2025, 139 Stat. 1979.)

## Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Short Title

> “This Act [enacting this chapter] may be cited as the ‘Modernizing Access to our Public Waters Act of 2025’ or the ‘MAPWaters Act of 2025’.”

, , , provided that: