16 U.S.C. § 543f
Traditional Native American uses
United States · Title 16 — CONSERVATION · Status: effective
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- 16 U.S.C. § 543f, Traditional Native American uses, United States, version 1 as recorded 2026-07-09, yourstate.us, https://yourstate.us/provision/445683
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In recognition of the past use of the Scenic Area by Indian people for traditional cultural and religious purposes, the Secretary shall insure nonexclusive access to Scenic Area lands by Indian people for such traditional cultural and religious purposes, including the harvest of the brine fly larvae. Such direction shall be consistent with the purpose and intent of the American Indian Religious Freedom Act of August 11, 1978 (92 Stat. 469) [42 U.S.C. 1996, 1996a]. As a part of the plan prepared pursuant to section 543c(c) of this title, the Secretary shall, in consultation with appropriate Indian tribes, define the past cultural and religious uses of the Scenic Area by Indians.
Legislative history
The public laws that enacted or amended this section. Tallies are for the whole bill as it passed each chamber — often an omnibus covering far more than this provision — not a vote on this section alone.
- An act entitled the "California Wilderness Act of 1984".House: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally