16-U.S.C.-4302
§4302 – Definitions
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- Reference: Section 4302
- Legend: §4302 – Definitions
- USCode Year: 2013
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For purposes of this chapter:
(1) Cave
The term cave means any naturally occurring void, cavity, recess, or system of interconnected passages which occurs beneath the surface of the earth or within a cliff or ledge (including any cave resource therein, but not including any vug, mine, tunnel, aqueduct, or other manmade excavation) and which is large enough to permit an individual to enter, whether or not the entrance is naturally formed or manmade. Such term shall include any natural pit, sinkhole, or other feature which is an extension of the entrance.
(2) Federal lands
The term Federal lands means lands the fee title to which is owned by the United States and administered by the Secretary of Agriculture or the Secretary of the Interior.
(3) Indian lands
The term Indian lands means lands of Indian tribes or Indian individuals which are either held in trust by the United States for the benefit of an Indian tribe or subject to a restriction against alienation imposed by the United States.
(4) Indian tribe
The term Indian tribe means any Indian tribe, band, nation, or other organized group or community of Indians, including any Alaska Native village or regional or village corporation as defined in, or established pursuant to, the Alaska Native Claims settlement Act (43 U.S.C. 1601 et seq.).
(5) Cave resource
The term cave resource includes any material or substance occurring naturally in caves on Federal lands, such as animal life, plant life, paleontological deposits, sediments, minerals, speleogens, and speleothems.
(6) Secretary
The term Secretary means the Secretary of Agriculture or the Secretary of the Interior, as appropriate.
(7) Speleothem
The term speleothem means any natural mineral formation or deposit occurring in a cave or lava tube, including but not limited to any stalactite, stalagmite, helictite, cave flower, flowstone, concretion, drapery, rimstone, or formation of clay or mud.
(8) Speleogen
The term speleogen means relief features on the walls, ceiling, and floor of any cave or lava tube which are part of the surrounding bedrock, including but not limited to anastomoses, scallops, meander niches, petromorphs and rock pendants in solution caves and similar features unique to volcanic caves.
(Pub. L. 100–691, §3, Nov. 18, 1988, 102 Stat. 4546.)
References in Text
The Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act, referred to in par. (4), is Pub. L. 92–203, Dec. 18, 1971, 85 Stat. 688, as amended, which is classified generally to chapter 33 (§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.
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