Sec. 3. Definitions
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In this Act: The term application means an application for State relinquishment and selection of lands made under this Act in accordance with section 5. The term Federal conservation area means lands within the outer boundary of— a unit of the National Park System; a unit of the National Wilderness Preservation System; a unit of the National Wildlife Refuge System; a unit of the National Landscape Conservation System; or National Forest System land that have been designated as a national monument, national volcanic monument, national recreation area, national scenic area, inventoried roadless area, unit of the Wild and Scenic Rivers System, or wilderness study area or Land Use Designation II (as described by section 201 of the Tongass Timber Reform Act of 1990 ( Public Law 101–626 )).
The term FLPMA means the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 ( 43 U.S.C. 1701 et seq. ). The term priority conservation unit means the lands within the outer boundary of any unit of the National Wilderness Preservation System or the National Park System. The term Secretary means the Secretary of the Interior. The term State land grant parcel means— any land granted to a western State by Congress through a statehood or territorial land grant for the support of public education or other public institutions, or subsequently acquired by the western State for such purpose; or lands granted to the State of Alaska under sections 6 (a), (b), and
(k)of the Act of July 7, 1958 (commonly known as the Alaska Statehood Act ; Public Law 85–508 , as amended by the Acts of September 14, 1960 and March 25, 1964). The term unappropriated public land has the meaning of the term public land as that term is defined by section 102(e) of FLPMA ( 43 U.S.C. 1702(e) ). The term unappropriated public land does not include Federal land that is— within a Federal conservation area; within an area of critical environmental concern established pursuant to section 202(c)(3) of FLPMA ( 43 U.S.C. 1712(c)(3) ); within an area identified as having wilderness characteristics by the Bureau of Land Management under an approved land use plan enacted under FLPMA; or within an area withdrawn or reserved by an Act of Congress, the President, or Public Land Order for a particular public purpose or program, including for the conservation of natural resources. The term western State means any of the States of Alaska, Arizona, California, Colorado, Idaho, Montana, New Mexico, North Dakota, Oregon, South Dakota, Utah, Washington, and Wyoming.
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- Pub. L. 101-626
- Pub. L. 85-508
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