---
kind: "section"
citation: "16 U.S.C. § 6851"
title: "16"
title_heading: "Conservation"
number: "6851"
heading: "Definitions"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/16/6851"
units:
  - "Chapter 87A — Modernizing Access to Public Land"
---

# §6851. Definitions


In this chapter:

- (1) **Federal land—** The term “Federal land” means any land managed by a [Federal land management agency](#2).
- (2) **Federal land management agency—** The term “Federal land management agency” means—
  - (A) the Bureau of Reclamation;
  - (B) the National [Park](/usc/16/410r–5.md?p=c-3) Service;
  - (C) the Bureau of Land Management;
  - (D) the United States [Fish and Wildlife](/usc/16/3102.md?p=17) Service;
  - (E) the Forest Service; and
  - (F) the Corps of Engineers.
- (3) **Road or trail—** The term “road or trail” means a road or trail designated by 1 or more of the [Secretaries](#4) for public use.
- (4) **Secretaries—** The term “Secretaries” means—
  - (A) the [Secretary](/usc/16/410r–5.md?p=c-1) of Agriculture, acting through the Chief of the Forest Service;
  - (B) the [Secretary](/usc/16/410r–5.md?p=c-1) of the Interior; and
  - (C) the [Secretary](/usc/16/410r–5.md?p=c-1) of the Army, acting through the Assistant [Secretary](/usc/16/410r–5.md?p=c-1) of the Army for Civil Works.

## Source credit

(Pub. L. 117–114, § 2, Apr. 29, 2022, 136 Stat. 1175.)

## Notes

### Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Short Title

Pub. L. 117–114, § 1, Apr. 29, 2022, 136 Stat. 1175, provided that: “This Act [enacting this chapter] may be cited as the ‘Modernizing Access to Our Public Land Act’.”