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Timestamp: 2019-10-18 14:56:20
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Matched Legal Cases: ['§7901', '§4001', '§4101', '§7912', '§4102', '§7913', '§4103', '§7914', '§4104', '§7915', '§4105', '§7931', '§4401', '§7932', '§4402', '§7933', '§4403']

[USC02] 16 USC Ch. 98: SPORTSMEN'S ACCESS TO FEDERAL LAND
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16 USC Ch. 98: SPORTSMEN'S ACCESS TO FEDERAL LAND
CHAPTER 98—SPORTSMEN'S ACCESS TO FEDERAL LAND
SUBCHAPTER I—NATIONAL POLICY
SUBCHAPTER II—SPORTSMEN'S ACCESS TO FEDERAL LAND
Federal land open to hunting, fishing, and recreational shooting.
Closure of Federal land to hunting, fishing, and recreational shooting.
Identifying opportunities for recreation, hunting, and fishing on Federal land.
Respect for treaties and rights.
State authority for fish and wildlife.
§7901. Congressional declaration of national policy
In this title,1 the term "fishing" does not include commercial fishing in which fish are harvested, either in whole or in part, that are intended to enter commerce through sale.
(Pub. L. 116–9, title IV, §4001, Mar. 12, 2019, 133 Stat. 756.)
(A) any land in the National Forest System (as defined in section 1609(a) of this title) that is administered by the Secretary of Agriculture, acting through the Chief of the Forest Service; and
(B) public lands (as defined in section 1702 of title 43), the surface of which is administered by the Secretary, acting through the Director of the Bureau of Land Management.
(Pub. L. 116–9, title IV, §4101, Mar. 12, 2019, 133 Stat. 757.)
§7912. Federal land open to hunting, fishing, and recreational shooting
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.
(b) 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 March 12, 2019.
(Pub. L. 116–9, title IV, §4102, Mar. 12, 2019, 133 Stat. 757.)
§7913. Closure of Federal land to hunting, fishing, and recreational shooting
Subject to paragraph (2) and in accordance with section 1732(b) of title 43, the Secretary concerned may designate any area on Federal land in which, and establish any period during which, for reasons of public safety, administration, or compliance with applicable laws, no hunting, fishing, or recreational shooting shall be permitted.
(b) Closure procedures
(2) Public notice and comment
(II) made available in advance of the public comment period to local offices, chapters, and affiliate organizations in the vicinity of the closure that are signatories to the memorandum of understanding entitled "Federal Lands Hunting, Fishing, and Shooting Sports Roundtable Memorandum of Understanding"; and
(B) Final decision
In a final decision to permanently or temporarily close an area to hunting, fishing, or recreation 1 shooting, the Secretary concerned shall—
(c) Temporary closures
(3) Effect of temporary closure
(ii) the percentage of Federal land in each State closed under this section with respect to hunting, fishing, and recreational shooting.
(Pub. L. 116–9, title IV, §4103, Mar. 12, 2019, 133 Stat. 757.)
1 So in original. Probably should be "recreational".
§7914. Shooting ranges
The Secretary concerned shall not lease or permit the use of Federal land for a shooting range within—
(Pub. L. 116–9, title IV, §4104, Mar. 12, 2019, 133 Stat. 759.)
§7915. Identifying opportunities for recreation, hunting, and fishing on Federal land
(2) State or regional office
The term "State or regional office" means—
(3) Travel management plan
The term "travel management plan" means a plan for the management of travel—
(B) with respect to land under the jurisdiction of the United States Fish and Wildlife Service, on the land under a comprehensive conservation plan prepared under section 668dd(e) of this title;
(b) Priority lists required
Not later than 1 year after March 12, 2019, and biennially thereafter during the 10-year period beginning on the date on which the first priority list is completed, the Secretary shall prepare a priority list, to be made publicly available on the website of the applicable Federal agency referred to in subsection (a)(1), which shall identify the location and acreage of land within the jurisdiction of each State or regional office on which the public is allowed, under Federal or State law, to hunt, fish, or use the land for other recreational purposes but—
(2) Minimum size
In preparing the priority list required under paragraph (1), the Secretary shall consider, with respect to the land—
(E) any other factor, as determined by the Secretary.
(4) Adjacent land status
(c) Access options
(d) Protection of personally identifying information
(e) Willing owners
(f) Means of public access and egress included
(2) Effect of allowable uses on agency consideration
(Pub. L. 116–9, title IV, §4105, Mar. 12, 2019, 133 Stat. 759.)
The Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976, referred to in subsec. (a)(3)(D), is Pub. L. 94–579, Oct. 21, 1976, 90 Stat. 2743. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Short Title note set out under section 1701 of Title 43, Public Lands, and Tables.
§7931. Respect for treaties and rights
Nothing in this title 1 or the amendments made by this title— 1
(Pub. L. 116–9, title IV, §4401, Mar. 12, 2019, 133 Stat. 766.)
This title, referred to in text, means title IV of Pub. L. 116–9, Mar. 12, 2019, 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.
§7932. No priority
Nothing in this title 1 or the amendments made by this title 1 provides a preference to hunting, fishing, or recreational shooting over any other use of Federal land or water.
(Pub. L. 116–9, title IV, §4402, Mar. 12, 2019, 133 Stat. 766.)
§7933. State authority for fish and wildlife
Nothing in this title— 1
(Pub. L. 116–9, title IV, §4403, Mar. 12, 2019, 133 Stat. 766.)