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Title 16 — Conservation

Part A · Chapter 103 — Expanding Public Lands Outdoor Recreation Experiences

§ 8411. Congressional declaration of policy

Statutory text

Congress declares that it is the policy of the Federal Government to foster and encourage recreation on Federal recreational lands and waters, to the extent consistent with the laws applicable to specific areas of Federal recreational lands and waters, including multiple-use mandates and land management planning requirements.

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. Pub. L. 118–234 title I § 111 · 138 Stat. 2838

    Enacted · 16 U.S.C. § 8411

    (Pub. L. 118–234, title I, § 111, Jan. 4, 2025, 138 Stat. 2838.)

    Unresolved: Pub. L. 118–234 was not found in the local Statutes at Large index.

    Source evidence

    Code source credit
    (Pub. L. 118–234, title I, § 111, Jan. 4, 2025, 138 Stat. 2838.)

0 of 1 references resolved to an enrolled provision · 1 unresolved

Credits

(Pub. L. 118–234, title I, § 111, , 138 Stat. 2838.)

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