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+title: "16 U.S.C. § 6871"
+description: "Definitions"
+jurisdiction: "us"
+corpus: "united_states_code"
+kind: "code_section"
+title_number: 16
+title_name: "CONSERVATION"
+chapter_number: "87B"
+chapter_name: "MODERNIZING ACCESS TO PUBLIC WATERS"
+section: "6871"
+citation: "16 U.S.C. § 6871"
+status: "current"
+release_point: "119-100"
+release_date: "2026-06-26"
+source: "official"
+source_url: "https://uscode.house.gov/download/releasepoints/us/pl/119/100/xml_usc16@119-100.zip"
+source_identifier: "/us/usc/t16/s6871"
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+tags: ["legal", "us-code"]
+---
+
+# 16 U.S.C. § 6871 - Definitions
+
+## Text
+
+In this chapter:
+
+(1) Federal fishing restriction The term “Federal fishing restriction” means a defined area in which all or certain fishing activities are temporarily or permanently prohibited or restricted by a Federal land or water management agency.
+
+(2) Federal land or water management agency The term “Federal land or water management agency” means—
+
+(A) the Bureau of Reclamation;
+
+(B) the National Park Service;
+
+(C) the Bureau of Land Management;
+
+(D) the United States Fish and Wildlife Service; and
+
+(E) the Forest Service.
+
+(3) Federal waterway The term “Federal waterway” means waters managed by 1 or more of the relevant Secretaries.
+
+(4) Federal waterway restriction The term “Federal waterway restriction” means a restriction on the access or use of a Federal waterway applied under applicable law by 1 or more of the Secretaries.
+
+(5) Secretaries The term “Secretaries” means—
+
+(A) the Secretary of Agriculture, acting through the Chief of the Forest Service; and
+
+(B) the Secretary of the Interior.
+
+(6) State The term “State” means each of the several States, the District of Columbia, and each territory of the United States.
+
+(Pub. L. 119–62, § 2, Dec. 26, 2025, 139 Stat. 1979.)
+
+## Notes
+
+Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
+
+Short TitlePub. L. 119–62, § 1, Dec. 26, 2025, 139 Stat. 1979, provided that: “This Act [enacting this chapter] may be cited as the ‘Modernizing Access to our Public Waters Act of 2025’ or the ‘MAPWaters Act of 2025’.”