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Title 16 — Conservation

Chapter 2 — National Forests

§ 521c. Definitions

Statutory text

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.

Legislative history

Reconstructed from this section’s Code source credit and amendment notes, resolved against the local Statutes at Large. Editorial notes are evidence, not the law that made the change.

  1. Pub. L. 97–465 § 1 · 96 Stat. 2535

    Enacted · 16 U.S.C. § 521c

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

    Source evidence

    Code source credit
    (Pub. L. 97–465, § 1, Jan. 12, 1983, 96 Stat. 2535.)

    Enacted provision · exact public law section
    (1) the term “person” includes any State or any political subdivision or entity thereof;

1 of 1 references resolved to an enrolled provision

Credits

(Pub. L. 97–465, § 1, , 96 Stat. 2535.)

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