16 U.S.C. § 3114
Preference for subsistence uses
United States · Title 16 — CONSERVATION · Status: effective
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- 16 U.S.C. § 3114, Preference for subsistence uses, United States, version 1 as recorded 2026-07-09, yourstate.us, https://yourstate.us/provision/447470
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Except as otherwise provided in this Act and other Federal laws, the taking on public lands of fish and wildlife for nonwasteful subsistence uses shall be accorded priority over the taking on such lands of fish and wildlife for other purposes. Whenever it is necessary to restrict the taking of populations of fish and wildlife on such lands for subsistence uses in order to protect the continued viability of such populations, or to continue such uses, such priority shall be implemented through appropriate limitations based on the application of the following criteria:
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.
- Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation ActHouse: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally
- Department of the Interior and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1998