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    16 USC Sec. 460k-3                                          01/08/2008

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    TITLE 16 - CONSERVATION
    CHAPTER 1 - NATIONAL PARKS, MILITARY PARKS, MONUMENTS, AND SEASHORES
    SUBCHAPTER LXVIII - NATIONAL CONSERVATION RECREATIONAL AREAS

HEAD

    Sec. 460k-3. Charges and fees; permits; regulations; penalties;
      enforcement

STATUTE

      The Secretary may establish reasonable charges and fees and issue
    permits for public use of national wildlife refuges, game ranges,
    national fish hatcheries, and other conservation areas administered
    by the Department of the Interior for fish and wildlife purposes.
    The Secretary may issue regulations to carry out the purposes of
    this subchapter. A violation of such regulations shall be a
    misdemeanor with maximum penalties of imprisonment for not more
    than six months, or a fine of not more than $500, or both. The
    provisions of this subchapter and any such regulation shall be
    enforced by any officer or employee of the United States Fish and
    Wildlife Service designated by the Secretary of the Interior.

SOURCE

    (Pub. L. 87-714, Sec. 4, Sept. 28, 1962, 76 Stat. 654; Pub. L. 95-
    616, Sec. 3(e), Nov. 8, 1978, 92 Stat. 3111; Pub. L. 98-473, title
    II, Sec. 221, Oct. 12, 1984, 98 Stat. 2028.)

AMENDMENTS

      1984 - Pub. L. 98-473 substituted "misdemeanor" for "petty
    offense (18 U.S.C. 1)".
      1978 - Pub. L. 95-616 provided for designation of enforcement
    personnel.
                     EFFECTIVE DATE OF 1984 AMENDMENT
      Amendment by Pub. L. 98-473 effective Nov. 1, 1987, and
    applicable only to offenses committed after the taking effect of
    such amendment, see section 235(a)(1) of Pub. L. 98-473, set out as
    an Effective Date note under section 3551 of Title 18, Crimes and
    Criminal Procedure.