Title 16 — Conservation
Chapter 98 — Sportsmen’s Access to Federal Land
§ 7912. Federal land open to hunting, fishing, and recreational shooting
Statutory text
In general
Subject to subsection (b), Federal land shall be open to hunting, fishing, and recreational shooting, in accordance with applicable law, unless the Secretary concerned closes an area in accordance with section 7913 of this title.
Effect of part
Nothing in this subchapter opens to hunting, fishing, or recreational shooting any land that is not open to those activities as of .
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.
John D. Dingell, Jr. Conservation, Management, and Recreation Act
Pub. L. 116–9 title IV § 4102 · 133 Stat. 580
Enacted · 16 U.S.C. § 7912
(Pub. L. 116–9, title IV, § 4102, Mar. 12, 2019, 133 Stat. 757.)
Source evidence
Code source credit
(Pub. L. 116–9, title IV, § 4102, Mar. 12, 2019, 133 Stat. 757.)Enacted provision · exact public law section
SEC. 4102. FEDERAL LAND OPEN TO HUNTING, FISHING, AND RECREATIONAL SHOOTING. (a) In General.— Subject to subsection (b), Federal land shall be open to hunting, fishing, and recreational shooting, in accordance with applicable law, unless the Secretary concerned closes an area in accordance with section 4103. (b) Effect of Part.— Nothing in this subtitle opens to hunting, fishing, or recreational shooting any land that is not open to those activities as of the date of enactment of this Act.
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