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[CITE: 16USC3121]

 
                         TITLE 16--CONSERVATION
 
         CHAPTER 51--ALASKA NATIONAL INTEREST LANDS CONSERVATION
 
              SUBCHAPTER II--SUBSISTENCE MANAGEMENT AND USE
 
Sec. 3121. Rural residents engaged in subsistence uses


(a) Access to subsistence resources

    The Secretary shall ensure that rural residents engaged in 
subsistence uses shall have reasonable access to subsistence resources 
on the public lands.

(b) Use of snowmobiles, motorboats, or other means of surface 
        transportation

    Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act or other law, the 
Secretary shall permit on the public lands appropriate use for 
subsistence purposes of snowmobiles, motorboats, and other means of 
surface transportation traditionally employed for such purposes by local 
residents, subject to reasonable regulation.

(Pub. L. 96-487, title VIII, Sec. 811, Dec. 2, 1980, 94 Stat. 2428.)

                       References in Text

    This Act, referred to in subsec. (b), is Pub. L 96-487, Dec. 2, 
1980, 94 Stat. 2371, as amended, known as the Alaska National Interest 
Lands Conservation Act. For complete classification of this Act to the 
Code, see Short Title note set out under section 3101 of this title and 
Tables.
