U.S. Code > Title 16 Conservation > CHAPTER 37—YOUTH CONSERVATION CORPS AND PUBLIC LANDS CORPS (§§ 1701—1730) > SUBCHAPTER II—PUBLIC LANDS CORPS (§§ 1721—1730) > § 1722. Definitions

§ 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) Priority project
The term “priority project” means an appropriate conservation project conducted on eligible service lands to further 1 or more of the purposes of the Healthy Forests Restoration Act of 2003 (16 U.S.C. 6501 et seq.), as follows:
(A) To reduce wildfire risk to a community, municipal water supply, or other at-risk Federal land.
(B) To protect a watershed or address a threat to forest and rangeland health, including catastrophic wildfire.
(C) To address the impact of insect or disease infestations or other damaging agents on forest and rangeland health.
(D) To protect, restore, or enhance forest ecosystem components to—
(i) promote the recovery of threatened or endangered species;
(ii) improve biological diversity; or
(iii) enhance productivity and carbon sequestration.
(9) 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.
(10) 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.
(11) Resource assistant
The term “resource assistant” means a resource assistant selected under section 1725 of this title.
(12) Secretary
The term “Secretary” means—
(A) with respect to National Forest System land, the Secretary of Agriculture; and
(B) with respect to Indian lands, Hawaiian home lands, or land administered by the Department of the Interior, the Secretary of the Interior.
(13) 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.