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[CITE: 16USC460k-3]

 
                         TITLE 16--CONSERVATION
 
   CHAPTER 1--NATIONAL PARKS, MILITARY PARKS, MONUMENTS, AND SEASHORES
 
       SUBCHAPTER LXVIII--NATIONAL CONSERVATION RECREATIONAL AREAS
 
Sec. 460k-3. Charges and fees; permits; regulations; penalties; 
        enforcement
        
    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.

(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.
