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legal/us/code/title-43/chapter-8a/section-316a.md

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+type: "LegalText"
+title: "43 U.S.C. § 316a"
+description: "Definitions"
+jurisdiction: "us"
+corpus: "united_states_code"
+kind: "code_section"
+title_number: 43
+title_name: "PUBLIC LANDS"
+chapter_number: "8A"
+chapter_name: "GRAZING LANDS"
+section: "316a"
+citation: "43 U.S.C. § 316a"
+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_usc43@119-100.zip"
+source_identifier: "/us/usc/t43/s316a"
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+retrieved_at: "2026-07-04"
+confidence: "official"
+tags: ["legal", "us-code"]
+---
+
+# 43 U.S.C. § 316a - Definitions
+
+## Text
+
+As used in this subchapter—
+
+(1) The term “person” means individual, partnership, corporation, or association.
+
+(2) The term “district” means any grazing district established under the provisions of section 316b of this title.
+
+(3) The term “Secretary” means the Secretary of the Interior.
+
+(4) The term “lessee” means the holder of any lease.
+
+(Mar. 4, 1927, ch. 513, § 2, 44 Stat. 1452.)
+
+## Notes
+
+Editorial Notes
+
+Codification Section was formerly classified to section 471a of Title 48, Territories and Insular Possessions.