§ 1332. — Definitions.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 16USC1332]
TITLE 16--CONSERVATION
CHAPTER 30--WILD HORSES AND BURROS: PROTECTION, MANAGEMENT, AND CONTROL
Sec. 1332. Definitions
As used in this chapter--
(a) ``Secretary'' means the Secretary of the Interior when used
in connection with public lands administered by him through the
Bureau of Land Management and the Secretary of Agriculture in
connection with public lands administered by him through the Forest
Service;
(b) ``wild free-roaming horses and burros'' means all unbranded
and unclaimed horses and burros on public lands of the United
States;
(c) ``range'' means the amount of land necessary to sustain an
existing herd or herds of wild free-roaming horses and burros, which
does not exceed their known territorial limits, and which is devoted
principally but not necessarily exclusively to their welfare in
keeping with the multiple-use management concept for the public
lands;
(d) ``herd'' means one or more stallions and his mares; and
(e) ``public lands'' means any lands administered by the
Secretary of the Interior through the Bureau of Land Management or
by the Secretary of Agriculture through the Forest Service.
(f) ``excess animals'' means wild free-roaming horses or burros
(1) which have been removed from an area by the Secretary pursuant
to applicable law or, (2) which must be removed from an area in
order to preserve and maintain a thriving natural ecological balance
and multiple-use relationship in that area.
(Pub. L. 92-195, Sec. 2, Dec. 15, 1971, 85 Stat. 649; Pub. L. 95-514,
Sec. 14(b), Oct. 25, 1978, 92 Stat. 1810.)
Amendments
1978--Subsec. (f). Pub. L. 95-514 added subsec. (f).
