Sec. 3. Definitions
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In this Act: The term Federal land means— public lands (as defined in section 103 of the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 ( 43 U.S.C. 1702 )); units of the National Park System; units of the National Wildlife Refuge System; land held in trust by the United States for the benefit of Indian Tribes or members of an Indian Tribe; and National Forest System land. The term landscape-scale prescribed fire plan means a decision document prepared pursuant to the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 ( 42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq. ) that— covers a unit of the National Forest System, a Bureau of Land Management district, or a subunit thereof; analyzes the site-specific environmental consequences of prescribed fire on the land described in subparagraph (A); and obviates the need for subsequent decisions pursuant to the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 ( 42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq. ) with respect to the unit, district, or subunit described in subparagraph (A).
The term National Forest System has the meaning given the term in section 11(a) of the Forest and Rangeland Renewable Resources Planning Act of 1974 ( 16 U.S.C. 1609(a) ). The term National Forest System does not include the national grasslands and land utilization projects administered under title III of the Bankhead-Jones Farm Tenant Act ( 7 U.S.C. 1010 et seq. ). The term prescribed fire means a fire deliberately ignited to burn wildland fuels in a natural or modified state— under specified environmental conditions that are intended to allow the fire to be confined to a predetermined area and produce the fireline intensity and rate of spread required to attain planned resource management objectives; that does not include pile burning; and in accordance with applicable law, including applicable regulations.
The term Secretaries means— the Secretary; and the Secretary of Agriculture. The term Secretary means the Secretary of the Interior.
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