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Title 16 — Conservation

Chapter 98 — Sportsmen’s Access to Federal Land

§ 7933. State authority for fish and wildlife

Statutory text

Nothing in this title— 1

(1)

authorizes the Secretary of Agriculture or the Secretary to require Federal licenses or permits to hunt and fish on Federal land; or

(2)

enlarges or diminishes the responsibility or authority of States with respect to fish and wildlife management.

Footnotes

  1. 1 See References in Text note below.

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.

  1. John D. Dingell, Jr. Conservation, Management, and Recreation Act

    Pub. L. 116–9 title IV § 4403 · 133 Stat. 580

    Enacted · 16 U.S.C. § 7933

    (Pub. L. 116–9, title IV, § 4403, Mar. 12, 2019, 133 Stat. 766.)

    Source evidence

    Code source credit
    (Pub. L. 116–9, title IV, § 4403, Mar. 12, 2019, 133 Stat. 766.)

    Enacted provision · exact public law section
    SEC. 4403. STATE AUTHORITY FOR FISH AND WILDLIFE.   Nothing in this title— (1) authorizes the Secretary of Agriculture or the Secretary to require Federal licenses or permits to hunt and fish on Federal land; or (2) enlarges or diminishes the responsibility or authority of States with respect to fish and wildlife management.

1 of 1 references resolved to an enrolled provision

Editorial Notes

References in Text

This title, referred to in text, means title IV of Pub. L. 116–9, , 133 Stat. 756, which enacted this chapter and amended section 704 of this title, section 504 of Title 5, Government Organization and Employees, section 2412 of Title 28, Judiciary and Judicial Procedure, and section 1304 of Title 31, Money and Finance. For complete classification of title IV to the Code, see Tables.

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Definition of “Secretary”

Secretary means the Secretary of the Interior, see section 2 of Pub. L. 116–9, set out as a note under section 1 of this title.

Credits

(Pub. L. 116–9, title IV, § 4403, , 133 Stat. 766.)

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