Title 16 — Conservation
Chapter 6 — Game and Bird Preserves; Protection
§ 698l. Review of Big Cypress Preserve area and Addition area by Secretary; report to President
Statutory text
Within five years from , with respect to the preserve and five years from , with respect to the Addition, the Secretary shall review the area within the preserve or the area within the Addition (as the case may be) and shall report to the President, in accordance with section 1132(c) and (d) of this title, his recommendations as to the suitability or nonsuitability of any area within the preserve or the area within the Addition (as the case may be) for preservation as wilderness, and any designation of any such areas as a wilderness shall be accomplished in accordance with section 1132(c) and (d) of this title.
Legislative history
Reconstructed from this section’s Code source credit and amendment notes, resolved against the local Statutes at Large. Editorial notes are evidence, not the law that made the change.
Pub. L. 93–440 § 7 · 88 Stat. 1258
Enacted · 16 U.S.C. § 698l
Pub. L. 93–440, § 7, Oct. 11, 1974, 88 Stat. 1261
Source evidence
Code source credit
Pub. L. 93–440, § 7, Oct. 11, 1974, 88 Stat. 1261Enacted provision · exact public law section
Sec. 7. Within five years from the date of the enactment of this Act, Preserve review, report to President. 16 USC 698l. the Secretary shall review the area within the preserve and shall report to the President, in accordance with section 3 (c) and (d) of the Wilderness Act (78 Stat. 891; 16 U.S.C. 1132 (c) and (d)), his recommendations as to the suitability or nonsuitability of any area within the preserve for preservation as wilderness, and any designation of any such areas as a wilderness shall be accomplished in accordance with said subsections of the Wilderness Act. 16 USC 1131 note. Appropriation. 16 USC 698m.Big Cypress National Preserve Addition Act
Pub. L. 100–301 § 3(c) · 102 Stat. 443
Inserted · 16 U.S.C. § 698l
Pub. L. 100–301 inserted “with respect to the preserve and five years from April 29, 1988, with respect to the Addition” after “October 11, 1974,” and “or the area within the Addition (as the case may be)” after “preserve” in two places
Source evidence
Code amendment note
Pub. L. 100–301 inserted “with respect to the preserve and five years from April 29, 1988, with respect to the Addition” after “October 11, 1974,” and “or the area within the Addition (as the case may be)” after “preserve” in two places.Enacted provision · exact public law section
(c) Suitability as Wilderness.— Section 7 of the Act of October 11, 16 USC 698l. 1974, is amended— (1) by inserting “with respect to the preserve and five years from the date of the enactment of the Big Cypress National Preserve Addition Act with respect to the Addition” after “date of the enactment of this Act” in the first sentence; and (2) by inserting “or the area within the Addition (as the case may be)” after “preserve” each place it appears.
2 of 2 references resolved to an enrolled provision
Editorial Notes
Amendments
1988—Pub. L. 100–301 inserted “with respect to the preserve and five years from , with respect to the Addition” after “,” and “or the area within the Addition (as the case may be)” after “preserve” in two places.
Credits
1974–1988 · 2 acts
- 1974Pub. L. 93–440, § 7, , 88 Stat. 1261
- 1988Pub. L. 100–301, § 3(c), , 102 Stat. 444.
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(Pub. L. 93–440, § 7, , 88 Stat. 1261; Pub. L. 100–301, § 3(c), , 102 Stat. 444.)