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 123STA T . 11 7 2 PUBLIC LA W 111 – 11 —M A R .3 0, 200 9(e)ELIG I B L ELAND.—Activ itie sandlo sses desc r i b edins u b - section (a) m a y occur on F ederal ,S tate, or p rivate land, or land o w ned by, or h eld in trust f or the benefit of, an I ndian tribe. (f) FEDE R AL COST S H ARE.— T he Federal share of the cost of any activity provided assistance made available under this subtitle shall not e x ceed 50 percent of the total cost of the activity. SEC.6203 . AUTHORIZ ATIO N O F A P PROPRIATIONS. There is authori z ed to be appropriated to carry out this subtitle $1 ,000,000 for fiscal year 2 00 9 and each fiscal year thereafter. Subti t leD—Pa le on tolo g i c al R e s ou r ces Preser v ation SEC. 630 1 . D EFINITIONS. In this subtitle (1) CAS U AL C OLLECTING.—The term ‘ ‘casual collectin g’ ’ means the collecting of a reasonable amount of common inverte- brate and plant paleontological resources for non-commercial personal use, either by surface collection or the use of non- powered hand tools resulting in only negligible disturbance to the Earth’s surface and other resources. As used in this paragraph, the terms ‘‘reasonable amount’’, ‘‘common inverte- brate and plant paleontological resources’’ and ‘‘negligible disturbance’’ shall be determined by the Secretary. (2) FEDERAL LAND.—The term ‘‘Federal land’’ means— (A) land controlled or administered by the Secretary of the Interior, except Indian land or ( B ) N ational Forest System land controlled or adminis- tered by the Secretary of Agriculture. ( 3 ) INDIAN LAND.—The term ‘‘Indian Land’’ means land of Indian tribes, or Indian individuals, which are either held in trust by the U nited States or sub j ect to a restriction against alienation imposed by the United States. ( 4 ) P ALEONTOLOGICAL RESOURCE.—The term ‘‘paleontolog- ical resource’’ means any fossilized remains, traces, or imprints of organisms, preserved in or on the earth’s crust, that are of paleontological interest and that provide information about the history of life on earth, except that the term does not include— (A) any materials associated with an archaeological resource (as defined in section 3(1) of the Archaeological R esources Protection Act of 19 7 9(1 6 U.S.C. 470bb(1)); or (B) any cultural item (as defined in section 2 of the Native American G raves Protection and Repatriation Act (25 U.S.C. 3001)). (5) SECRETAR Y .—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means the Secretary of the Interior with respect to land controlled or administered by the Secretary of the Interior or the Secretary of Agriculture with respect to National Forest System land controlled or administered by the Secretary of Agriculture. (6) STATE.—The term ‘‘State’’ means the 50 States, the D istrict of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, and any other territory or possession of the United States. 16USC470a aa.