Sec. 2. Definitions
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In this Act: The term Conservation Areas means the Great Bend of the Gila National Conservation Area and the Palo Verde National Conservation Area established by section 3(a). The term existing use , with respect to the Conservation Areas, means a use that is occurring within the Conservation Areas on the date of the enactment of this Act. The term Indian Tribe means the governing body of any Indian or Alaska Native tribe, band, nation, pueblo, village, community, component band, or component reservation individually identified (including parenthetically) on the list published by the Secretary of the Interior under section 104 of the Federally Recognized Indian Tribe List Act of 1994 ( 25 U.S.C. 5131 ).
The term interested Indian Tribe means— historic, precontact, cultural, or religious connections to lands within the Conservation Areas; a former reservation located on land within the Conservation Areas; or treaty rights or other reserved rights associated with on land within the Conservation Areas. The term Great Bend of the Gila Map means the map entitled Proposed Great Bend of the Gila Conservation Act and dated February 3, 2022. The term land management plans means each of the land management plans developed pursuant to section 6(a).
The term Native knowledge has the meaning given the term in section 219.19 of title 36, Code of Federal Regulations (as in effect on the date of the enactment of this Act). The term new use , with respect to the Conservation Areas— means a use that— involves surface disturbance and is not occurring in the Conservation Areas on the date of the enactment of this Act; or is occurring in the Conservation Areas on the date of the enactment of this Act, but that is being modified so as— to create a surface disturbance; to significantly expand or alter impacts of the use on the land, water, air, cultural resources, or wildlife of the Conservation Areas; or to negatively impact the purposes for which the Conservation Areas are designated under this Act; and does not include a use that— is categorically excluded from the requirements of title I of the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 ( 42 U.S.C. 4331 et seq. ); is carried out to comply with the Endangered Species Act of 1973 ( 16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq. ); is necessary to maintain a road, trail, structure, or facility within the Conservation Areas that is— in existence on the date of the enactment of this Act; and identified in the management planning documents of the applicable land management agency as a road, trail, structure, or facility intended for continued use; or the Secretary determines to be necessary for the control of fire, insects, or diseases, subject to applicable law, including regulations, and such terms and conditions as the Secretary determines appropriate.
The term PLO 1015 lands means those Federal lands withdrawn and reserved by Public Land Order 1015, dated October 1, 1954 (19 Fed. Reg. 6477), for use by the Arizona Game and Fish Commission in connection with the Gila River Waterfowl Area Project. The term restoration has the meaning given the term in section 219.19 of title 36, Code of Federal Regulations as in effect on the date of the enactment of this Act. The term sacred site means a specific, discrete, narrowly delineated site on public land that is identified by an Indian Tribe as sacred by virtue of the established religious significance of the site to, or ceremonial or medicinal use of the site by, an Indian Tribe.
The term Secretary means the Secretary of the Interior. The term State means the State of Arizona. The term surface disturbance means any new disruption of soil or vegetation that would require restoration to return the soil or vegetation to natural appearance or ecological function. The term Tribal commission means each Tribal commission established under section 6(a). The term Tribal Cultural Site means— a historic property (as defined in section 800.16 of title 36, Code of Federal Regulations as in effect on the date of the enactment of this Act); a sacred site; or a landform, landscape, or location that— is or may be important to the customs, practices, objects, places, religions, or ceremonies of an Indian Tribe; is or may be important to an Indian Tribe for the undertaking of religious, cultural, spiritual, traditional subsistence, or other traditional practices; contains unique or important traditional Tribal food, medicinal, or material gathering areas; or is connected through features, ceremonies, objects, histories, or cultural practices to other sites or to a larger sacred landscape, as determined by an Indian Tribe.
The term Tribal organization has the meaning given the term in section 4 of the Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act ( 25 U.S.C. 5304 ). The term Wilderness Areas means the public lands designated as Wilderness by the amendments made by section 4(a).
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