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16 U.S.C. § 4

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Title
16 — Conservation
Chapter
CH1
Release
119-84
Release Date
2026-04-17

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“In this Act:“(1) Administrator.—The term ‘Administrator’ means the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency. “(2) Everglades.—The term ‘Everglades’ means the areas within the Florida Water Conservation Areas, Everglades National Park, and Big Cypress National Preserve. “(3) Federal agency.—The term ‘Federal agency’ means an agency, as that term is defined in section 551(1) of title 5, United States Code. “(4) Miccosukee reserved area; mra.—“(A) In general.—The term ‘Miccosukee Reserved Area’ or ‘MRA’ means, notwithstanding any other provision of law and subject to the limitations specified in section 6(d) of this Act, the portion of the Everglades National Park described in subparagraph (B) that is depicted on the map entitled ‘Miccosukee Reserved Area’ numbered NPS–160/41,038, and dated September 30, 1998, copies of which shall be kept available for public inspection in the offices of the National Park Service, Department of the Interior, and shall be filed with appropriate officers of Miami-Dade County and the Miccosukee Tribe of Indians of Florida. “(B) Description.—The description of the lands referred to in subparagraph (A) is as follows: ‘Beginning at the western boundary of Everglades National Park at the west line of sec. 20, T. 54 S., R. 35 E., thence E. following the Northern boundary of said Park in T. 54 S., Rs. 35 and 36 E., to a point in sec. 19, T. 54 S., R. 36 E., 500 feet west of the existing road known as Seven Mile Road, thence 500 feet south from said point, thence west paralleling the Park boundary for 3,200 feet, thence south for 600 feet, thence west, paralleling the Park boundary to the west line of sec. 20, T. 54 S., R. 35 E., thence N. 1,100 feet to the point of beginning.’. “(5) Park.—The term ‘Park’ means the Everglades National Park, including any additions to that Park. “(6) Permit.—The term ‘permit’, unless otherwise specified, means any federally issued permit, license, certificate of public convenience and necessity, or other permission of any kind. “(7) Secretary.—The term ‘Secretary’ means the Secretary of the Interior or the designee of the Secretary. “(8) South florida ecosystem.—The term ‘South Florida ecosystem’ has the meaning given that term in section 528(a)(4) of the Water Resources Development Act of 1996 (Public Law 104–303) [110 Stat. 3767]. “(9) Special use permit area.—The term ‘special use permit area’ means the area of 333.3 acres on the northern boundary of the Park reserved for the use, occupancy, and governance of the Tribe under a special use permit before the date of the enactment of this Act [Oct. 30, 1998]. “(10) Tribe.—The term ‘Tribe’, unless otherwise specified, means the Miccosukee Tribe of Indians of Florida, a tribe of American Indians recognized by the United States and organized under section 16 of the Act of June 18, 1934 (48 Stat. 987; 25 U.S.C. 476) [now 25 U.S.C. 5123], and recognized by the State of Florida pursuant to chapter 285, Florida Statutes. “(11) Tribal.—The term ‘tribal’ means of or pertaining to the Miccosukee Tribe of Indians of Florida. “(12) Tribal chairman.—The term ‘tribal chairman’ means the duly elected chairman of the Miccosukee Tribe of Indians of Florida, or the designee of that chairman.

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