16 USC 470aaa - Definitions

U.S Code last checked for updates: Oct 31, 2024

§ 470aaa.

Definitions

In this chapter:

(1)

Casual collecting

(2)

Federal land

The term “Federal land” means—

(A)

land controlled or administered by the Secretary of the Interior, except Indian land; or

(B)

National Forest System land controlled or administered by the Secretary of Agriculture.

(3)

Indian Land

(4)

Paleontological resource

The term “paleontological resource” means any fossilized remains, traces, or imprints of organisms, preserved in or on the earth’s crust, that are of paleontological interest and that provide information about the history of life on earth, except that the term does not include—

(A)

any materials associated with an archaeological resource (as defined in section 470bb(1) of this title; 1

 So in original. A closing parenthesis probably should precede the semicolon.

(B)

any cultural item (as defined in section 3001 of title 25).

(5)

Secretary

(6)

State

(Pub. L. 111–11, title VI, § 6301, Mar. 30, 2009, 123 Stat. 1172.)

cite as: 16 USC 470aaa