§ 1722. — 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: 16USC1722]
TITLE 16--CONSERVATION
CHAPTER 37--YOUTH CONSERVATION CORPS AND PUBLIC LANDS CORPS
SUBCHAPTER II--PUBLIC LANDS CORPS
Sec. 1722. Definitions
For purposes of this subchapter:
(1) Appropriate conservation project
The term ``appropriate conservation project'' means any project
for the conservation, restoration, construction or rehabilitation of
natural, cultural, historic, archaeological, recreational, or scenic
resources.
(2) Corps and Public Lands Corps
The terms ``Corps'' and ``Public Lands Corps'' mean the Public
Lands Corps established under section 1723 of this title.
(3) Eligible service lands
The term ``eligible service lands'' means public lands, Indian
lands, and Hawaiian home lands.
(4) Hawaiian home lands
The term ``Hawaiian home lands'' means all lands given the
status of Hawaiian home lands under section 204 of the Hawaiian
Homes Commission Act, 1920 (42 Stat. 110), or under the
corresponding provision of the Constitution of the State of Hawaii
adopted under section 4 of the Act entitled ``An Act to provide for
the admission of the State of Hawaii into the Union'', approved
March 18, 1959 (Public Law 86-3; 73 Stat. 5).
(5) Indian
The term ``Indian'' means a person who--
(A) is a member of an Indian tribe; or
(B) is a ``Native'', as defined in section 3(b) of the
Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act (43 U.S.C. 1602(b)).
(6) Indian lands
The term ``Indian lands'' means--
(A) any Indian reservation;
(B) any public domain Indian allotments;
(C) any former Indian reservation in the State of Oklahoma;
(D) any land held by incorporated Native groups, regional
corporations, and village corporations under the Alaska Native
Claims Settlement Act [43 U.S.C. 1601 et seq.]; and
(E) any land held by dependent Indian communities within the
borders of the United States whether within the original or
subsequently acquired territory thereof, and whether within or
without the limits of a State.
(7) Indian tribe
The term ``Indian tribe'' means an Indian tribe, band, nation,
or other organized group or community, including any Native village,
Regional Corporation, or Village Corporation, as defined in
subsection (c), (g), or (j), respectively, of section 3 of the
Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act (43 U.S.C. 1602(c), (g), or
(j)), that is recognized as eligible for the special programs and
services provided by the United States under Federal law to Indians
because of their status as Indians.
(8) Public lands
The term ``public lands'' means any lands or waters (or interest
therein) owned or administered by the United States, except that
such term does not include any Indian lands.
(9) Qualified youth or conservation corps
The term ``qualified youth or conservation corps'' means any
program established by a State or local government, by the governing
body of any Indian tribe, or by a nonprofit organization that--
(A) is capable of offering meaningful, full-time, productive
work for individuals between the ages of 16 and 25, inclusive,
in a natural or cultural resource setting;
(B) gives participants a mix of work experience, basic and
life skills, education, training, and support services; and
(C) provides participants with the opportunity to develop
citizenship values and skills through service to their community
and the United States.
(10) Resource assistant
The term ``resource assistant'' means a resource assistant
selected under section 1725 of this title.
(11) State
The term ``State'' means any State of the United States, the
District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, Guam, the
Virgin Islands of the United States, American Samoa, and the
Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands.
(Pub. L. 91-378, title II, Sec. 203, as added Pub. L. 103-82, title I,
Sec. 105(6), Sept. 21, 1993, 107 Stat. 849.)
References in Text
The Hawaiian Homes Commission Act, 1920, referred to in par. (4), is
act July 9, 1921, ch. 42, 42 Stat. 108, as amended. Section 204 of that
Act was classified to section 698 of Title 48, Territories and Insular
Possessions, and was omitted from the Code.
Section 4 of Public Law 86-3, referred to in par. (4), is set out as
a note preceding section 491 of Title 48.
The Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act, referred to in par. (6)(D),
is Pub. L. 92-203, Dec. 18, 1971, 85 Stat. 688, as amended, which is
classified generally to chapter 33 (Sec. 1601 et seq.) of Title 43,
Public Lands. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see
Short Title note set out under section 1601 of Title 43 and Tables.
