Federal lands definition

Federal lands means any land other than tribal lands which are controlled or owned by the United States, including lands selected by but not yet conveyed to Alaska Native Corporations and groups organized pursuant to the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act of 1971 [43 U.S.C. 1601 et seq.].
Federal lands means any land, including mineral interests, owned by the United States, without regard to how the United States acquired ownership of the lands or which agency manages the lands. It does not include Indian lands.
Federal lands means any land or interests in land owned by the United States, including leasehold interests held by the United States, except Indian trust lands;

Examples of Federal lands in a sentence

  • The Department of the Interior manages 506 million acres, approximately 69% of the Federal lands in the United States, and it is within the context of this responsibility that drug law enforcement operations are conducted with other governmental agencies to effect economies, maximize efficiency, and promote the goal of drug-free public lands.

  • Federal lands provide habitat for more than 200 listed plant species and one-fourth of the known occurrences of listed plants.

  • Such changes shall be made under the procedures of 30 CFR part 732 for changes to the approved State program and sections 501 and 523 of the Federal Act for changes to the Federal lands program.

  • As of the effective date of this rule, September 11, 1997, this part does not apply to Federal lands.

  • For human remains discovered or potentially affected on Federal lands, PennDOT will notify the Federal land managing agency and follow the requirements of the NAGPRA.


More Definitions of Federal lands

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Federal lands means any land other than tribal lands which are controlled or owned by the United States.
Federal lands means federal lands within the Site, including but not limited to lands that are subject to unpatented mining claims.
Federal lands means any land, including mineral interests, owned by the United States without regard to how the United States acquired ownership of the land and without regard to the agency having responsibility for management thereof, except Indian lands;
Federal lands means any land, including mineral interests, owned by the United States without regard to how the United States acquired ownership of the land and without regard to the agency having responsibility for management thereof, except Indian lands: Provided, That for the purposes of this chapter lands or mineral interests east of the one hundredth meridian west longitude owned by the United States and entrusted to or managed by the Tennessee Valley Authority shall not be subject to sections 1304 (Surface Owner Protection) and 1305 (Federal Lessee Protection) of this title.1
Federal lands means any land, including mineral interests, owned by the United States without regard to how the United States acquired ownership of the land and without regard to the agency having responsibility for management thereof, except Indian land; provided, that for the purposes of this part, lands or mineral interests east of the one hundredth meridian west longitude owned by the United States and entrusted to