43 U.S.C. § 3001 — Definitions

In this chapter:

(1) “Covered land” means land that is (A) Federal land administered by the responsible Secretary and (B) not excluded from geothermal, solar, or wind-energy development by a land-use plan or other Federal law.

(2) “Federal land” means (A) public land as section 103 of the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 defines it, or (B) National Forest System land as section 1609(a) of title 16 defines it.

(3) “Land use plan” means (A) for public land, a plan established under the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976, or (B) for National Forest System land, a land-management plan approved, amended, or revised under section 1604 of title 16.

(4) “Eligible project” means a project on covered land that uses wind, solar, or geothermal energy to generate energy.

(5) “Secretary” means the Secretary of the Interior. This section does not define the quoted terms beyond these definitions.