2015 US Code
Title 16 - Conservation (Sections 1 - 7507)
Chapter 1C - Paleontological Resources Preservation (Sections 470aaa - 470aaa-11)
Sec. 470aaa - Definitions
| Publication Title | United States Code, 2012 Edition, Supplement 3, Title 16 - CONSERVATION |
| Category | Bills and Statutes |
| Collection | United States Code |
| SuDoc Class Number | Y 1.2/5: |
| Contained Within | Title 16 - CONSERVATION CHAPTER 1C - PALEONTOLOGICAL RESOURCES PRESERVATION Sec. 470aaa - Definitions |
| Contains | section 470aaa |
| Date | 2015 |
| Laws In Effect As Of Date | January 3, 2016 |
| Positive Law | No |
| Disposition | standard |
| Source Credit | Pub. L. 111-11, title VI, §6301, Mar. 30, 2009, 123 Stat. 1172. |
| Statutes at Large Reference | 123 Stat. 1172 |
| Public and Private Law | Public Law 111-11 |
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In this chapter:
(1) Casual collectingThe term "casual collecting" means the collecting of a reasonable amount of common invertebrate and plant paleontological resources for non-commercial personal use, either by surface collection or the use of non-powered hand tools resulting in only negligible disturbance to the Earth's surface and other resources. As used in this paragraph, the terms "reasonable amount", "common invertebrate and plant paleontological resources" and "negligible disturbance" shall be determined by the Secretary.
(2) Federal landThe term "Federal land" means—
(A) land controlled or administered by the Secretary of the Interior, except Indian land; or
(B) National Forest System land controlled or administered by the Secretary of Agriculture.
(3) Indian LandThe term "Indian Land" means land of Indian tribes, or Indian individuals, which are either held in trust by the United States or subject to a restriction against alienation imposed by the United States.
(4) Paleontological resourceThe term "paleontological resource" means any fossilized remains, traces, or imprints of organisms, preserved in or on the earth's crust, that are of paleontological interest and that provide information about the history of life on earth, except that the term does not include—
(A) any materials associated with an archaeological resource (as defined in section 470bb(1) of this title; 1 or
(B) any cultural item (as defined in section 3001 of title 25).
(5) SecretaryThe term "Secretary" means the Secretary of the Interior with respect to land controlled or administered by the Secretary of the Interior or the Secretary of Agriculture with respect to National Forest System land controlled or administered by the Secretary of Agriculture.
(6) StateThe term "State" means the 50 States, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, and any other territory or possession of the United States.
(Pub. L. 111–11, title VI, §6301, Mar. 30, 2009, 123 Stat. 1172.)
1 So in original. A closing parenthesis probably should precede the semicolon.
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