public lands
(1) for the purposes of this Act, the term “public lands” shall be deemed to include, without limiting the meaning thereof, Federal lands and waters of the Outer Continental Shelf, as defined in section 1331 of this title , and Federal lands and waters off the coast of the Territories of Alaska and Hawaii;
Source
43 USC § 155(1)
Scoping language
None identified, default scope is assumed to be the parent (chapter 6) of this section.