§ 670k. — 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: 16USC670k]
TITLE 16--CONSERVATION
CHAPTER 5C--CONSERVATION PROGRAMS ON GOVERNMENT LANDS
SUBCHAPTER II--CONSERVATION PROGRAMS ON PUBLIC LANDS
Sec. 670k. Definitions
As used in this subchapter--
(1) The term ``Administrator'' means the Administrator of the
National Aeronautics and Space Administration.
(2) The term ``Chairman'' means the Chairman of the Atomic
Energy Commission.
(3) The term ``off-road vehicle'' means any motorized vehicle
designed for, or capable of, cross-country travel on or immediately
over land, water, sand, snow, ice, marsh, swampland, or other
natural terrain; but such term does not include--
(A) any registered motorboat at the option of each State;
(B) any military, fire, emergency, or law enforcement
vehicle when used for emergency purposes; and
(C) any vehicle the use of which is expressly authorized by
the Secretary of the Interior or the Secretary of Agriculture
under a permit, lease, license, or contract.
(4) The term ``public land'' means all lands, under the
respective jurisdiction of the Secretary of the Interior, the
Secretary of Agriculture, the Chairman, and the Administrator,
except land which is, or hereafter may be, within or designated as--
(A) a military reservation;
(B) a unit of the National Park System;
(C) an area within the national wildlife refuge system;
(D) an Indian reservation; or
(E) an area within an Indian reservation or land held in
trust by the United States for an Indian or Indian tribe.
(5) The term ``State agency'' means the agency or agencies of a
State responsible for the administration of the fish and game laws
of the State.
(6) The term ``conservation and rehabilitation programs'' means
to utilize those methods and procedures which are necessary to
protect, conserve, and enhance wildlife, fish, and game resources to
the maximum extent practicable on public lands subject to this
subchapter consistent with any overall land use and management plans
for the lands involved. Such methods and procedures shall include,
but shall not be limited to, all activities associated with
scientific resources management such as protection, research,
census, law enforcement, habitat management, propagation, live
trapping and transplantation, and regulated taking in conformance
with the provisions of this subchapter. Nothing in this term shall
be construed as diminishing the authority or jurisdiction of the
States with respect to the management of resident species of fish,
wildlife, or game, except as otherwise provided by law.
(Pub. L. 86-797, title II, Sec. 205, as added Pub. L. 93-452, Sec. 2,
Oct. 18, 1974, 88 Stat. 1373.)
Transfer of Functions
Atomic Energy Commission abolished and functions transferred by
sections 5814 and 5841 of Title 42, The Public Health and Welfare. See,
also, Transfer of Functions notes set out under those sections.
