Definitions

In this Act: (1) Appropriate congressional committees The term appropriate congressional committees means— (A) the Committee on Natural Resources of the House of Representatives; and (B) the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources of the Senate. (2) Border state The term Border State means a State that abuts the southern border or northern border. (3) Covered federal land (A) In general The term covered Federal land means land— (i) owned by the United States; (ii) located in a unit, or in a portion of a unit, or within 1 or more parcels of land that shares an exterior boundary with the southern border or northern border; and (iii) administered by a Federal land management agency. (B) Exclusion The term covered Federal land does not include Federal land held in trust for Indian Tribes. (4) Federal land management agency The term Federal land management agency has the meaning given the term in section 802 of the Federal Lands Recreation Enhancement Act (16 U.S.C. 6801). (5) Initiative The term Initiative means the Border Fuels Management Initiative established under section 8(a). (6) Northern border The term northern border means the international border between the United States and Canada. (7) Operational control The term operational control has the meaning given the term in section 2(b) of the Secure Fence Act of 2006 (8 U.S.C. 1701 note; Public Law 109–367). (8) Secretaries The term Secretaries means the Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of Agriculture. (9) Secretary concerned The term Secretary concerned means— (A) the Secretary of the Interior, with respect to covered Federal land under the jurisdiction of the Secretary of the Interior; and (B) the Secretary of Agriculture, acting through the Chief of the Forest Service, with respect to National Forest System land. (10) Southern border The term southern border means the international border between the United States and Mexico. (11) Tactical infrastructure The term tactical infrastructure means infrastructure for the detection of illegal southern border and northern border crossings, including observation points, remote video surveillance systems, motion sensors, vehicle barriers, fences, roads, bridges, drainage, and detection devices.