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title: "16 U.S.C. § 521c"
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# 16 U.S.C. § 521c - Definitions

## Text

For purposes of sections 521c to 521i of this title—

(1) the term “person” includes any State or any political subdivision or entity thereof;

(2) the term “interchange” means a land transfer in which the Secretary and another person exchange titles to lands or interests in lands of approximately equal value where the Secretary finds that such a value determination can be made without a formal appraisal and under such regulations as the Secretary may prescribe; and

(3) the term “Secretary” means the Secretary of Agriculture of the United States.

(Pub. L. 97–465, § 1, Jan. 12, 1983, 96 Stat. 2535.)