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[CITE: 16USC670]

 
                         TITLE 16--CONSERVATION
 
          CHAPTER 5C--CONSERVATION PROGRAMS ON GOVERNMENT LANDS
 
      SUBCHAPTER I--CONSERVATION PROGRAMS ON MILITARY INSTALLATIONS
 
Sec. 670. Definitions

    In this subchapter:

                      (1) Military installation

        The term ``military installation''--
            (A) means any land or interest in land owned by the United 
        States and administered by the Secretary of Defense or the 
        Secretary of a military department, except land under the 
        jurisdiction of the Assistant Secretary of the Army having 
        responsibility for civil works;
            (B) includes all public lands withdrawn from all forms of 
        appropriation under public land laws and reserved for use by the 
        Secretary of Defense or the Secretary of a military department; 
        and
            (C) does not include any land described in subparagraph (A) 
        or (B) that is subject to an approved recommendation for closure 
        under the Defense Base Closure and Realignment Act of 1990 (part 
        A of title XXIX of Public Law 101-510; 10 U.S.C. 2687 note).

                 (2) State fish and wildlife agency

        The term ``State fish and wildlife agency'' means the one or 
    more agencies of State government that are responsible under State 
    law for managing fish or wildlife resources.

                          (3) United States

        The term ``United States'' means the States, the District of 
    Columbia, and the territories and possessions of the United States.

(Pub. L. 86-797, title I, Sec. 100, as added Pub. L. 105-85, div. B, 
title XXIX, Sec. 2911, Nov. 18, 1997, 111 Stat. 2021.)

                       References in Text

    Public land laws, referred to in par. (1)(B), are classified 
generally to Title 43, Public Lands.


                      Short Title of 1997 Amendment

    Section 2901 of title XXIX of Pub. L. 105-85 provided that: ``This 
title [enacting this section and sections 670e-1 and 670e-2 of this 
title, amending sections 670a, 670b, 670c, 670c-1, 670f, and 670o of 
this title, repealing section 670a-1 of this title, and enacting 
provisions set out as notes under this section and section 670a of this 
title] may be cited as the `Sikes Act Improvement Act of 1997'.''


                      Short Title of 1978 Amendment

    Pub. L. 95-420, Sec. 1, Oct. 5, 1978, 92 Stat. 921, provided: ``That 
this Act [amending sections 670f and 670o of this title] may be cited as 
the `Sikes Act Amendments of 1978'.''


                               Short Title

    Section 1 of Pub. L. 86-797, as added by Pub. L. 105-85, div. B, 
title XXIX, Sec. 2903, Nov. 18, 1997, 111 Stat. 2016, provided that: 
``This Act [enacting this chapter] may be cited as the `Sikes Act'.''
