2011 US Code
Title 16 - Conservation
Chapter 6 - GAME AND BIRD PRESERVES; PROTECTION (§§ 671 - 698w)
Section 698j - Hunting, fishing, and trapping in Big Cypress Preserve and Addition authorized in accordance with...
View Metadata| Publication Title | United States Code, 2006 Edition, Supplement 5, Title 16 - CONSERVATION |
| Category | Bills and Statutes |
| Collection | United States Code |
| SuDoc Class Number | Y 1.2/5: |
| Contained Within | Title 16 - CONSERVATION CHAPTER 6 - GAME AND BIRD PRESERVES; PROTECTION Sec. 698j - Hunting, fishing, and trapping in Big Cypress Preserve and Addition authorized in accordance with applicable Federal and State laws; consultation with appropriate State agency prior to implementation of regulations restricting activities; land use and retention rights of Miccosukee and Seminole Indian Tribes |
| Contains | section 698j |
| Date | 2011 |
| Laws in Effect as of Date | January 3, 2012 |
| Positive Law | No |
| Disposition | standard |
| Source Credit | Pub. L. 93-440, §5, Oct. 11, 1974, 88 Stat. 1260; Pub. L. 100-301, §3(b), Apr. 29, 1988, 102 Stat. 444. |
| Statutes at Large References | 88 Stat. 1260 102 Stat. 444 |
| Public Law References | Public Law 93-440, Public Law 100-301 |
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The Secretary shall permit hunting, fishing, and trapping on lands and waters under his jurisdiction within the preserve and the Addition in accordance with the applicable laws of the United States and the State of Florida, except that he may designate zones where and periods when no hunting, fishing, trapping, or entry may be permitted for reasons of public safety, administration, floral and faunal protection and management, or public use and enjoyment. Except in emergencies, any regulations prescribing such restrictions relating to hunting, fishing, or trapping shall be put into effect only after consultation with the appropriate State agency having jurisdiction over hunting, fishing, and trapping activities. Notwithstanding this section or any other provision of sections 698f to 698m–4 of this title, members of the Miccosukee Tribe of Indians of Florida and members of the Seminole Tribe of Florida shall be permitted, subject to reasonable regulations established by the Secretary, to continue their usual and customary use and occupancy of Federal or federally acquired lands and waters within the preserve and the Addition, including hunting, fishing, and trapping on a subsistence basis and traditional tribal ceremonials.
(Pub. L. 93–440, §5, Oct. 11, 1974, 88 Stat. 1260; Pub. L. 100–301, §3(b), Apr. 29, 1988, 102 Stat. 444.)
Amendments1988—Pub. L. 100–301 inserted “and the Addition” in two places.
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