### Question
How is the term Federal land defined?


### Answer
The term **Federal land** is defined in *42 U.S.C. § 6202* as the following:

> all lands owned or controlled by the United States, including the Outer Continental Shelf, and any land in which the United States has reserved mineral interests, except lands—


(A) held in trust for Indians or Alaska Natives,


(B) owned by Indians or Alaska Natives with Federal restrictions on the title,


(C) within any area of the National Park System, the National Wildlife Refuge System, the National Wilderness Preservation System, the National System of Trails, or the Wild and Scenic Rivers System, or


(D) within military reservations

#### Citation:
  - *42 U.S.C. § 6202*
  - Heading: **CHAPTER 77-ENERGY CONSERVATION**

