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[CITE: 16USC670i]

 
                         TITLE 16--CONSERVATION
 
          CHAPTER 5C--CONSERVATION PROGRAMS ON GOVERNMENT LANDS
 
          SUBCHAPTER II--CONSERVATION PROGRAMS ON PUBLIC LANDS
 
Sec. 670i. Public land management area stamps; agreement between 
        State agencies and Secretary of the Interior and Secretary of 
        Agriculture requiring stamps for hunting, trapping, and fishing 
        on public lands subject to programs; conditions of agreement
        
    (a) Any State agency may agree with the Secretary of the Interior 
and the Secretary of Agriculture (or with the Secretary of the Interior 
or the Secretary of Agriculture, as the case may be, if within the State 
concerned all conservation and rehabilitation programs under this 
subchapter will be implemented by him) that no individual will be 
permitted to hunt, trap, or fish on any public land within the State 
which is subject to a conservation and rehabilitation program 
implemented under this subchapter unless at the time such individual is 
engaged in such activity he has on his person a valid public land 
management area stamp issued pursuant to this section.
    (b) Any agreement made pursuant to subsection (a) of this section to 
require the issuance of public land management area stamps shall be 
subject to the following conditions:
        (1) Such stamps shall be issued, sold, and the fees therefor 
    collected, by the State agency or by the authorized agents of such 
    agency.
        (2) Notice of the requirement to possess such stamps shall be 
    displayed prominently in all places where State hunting, trapping, 
    or fishing licenses are sold. To the maximum extent practicable, the 
    sale of such stamps shall be combined with the sale of such State 
    hunting, trapping, and fishing licenses.
        (3) Except for expenses incurred in the printing, issuing, or 
    selling of such stamps, the fees collected for such stamps by the 
    State agency shall be utilized in carrying out conservation and 
    rehabilitation programs implemented under this subchapter in the 
    State concerned. Such fees may be used by the State agency to 
    acquire lands or interests therein from willing sellers or donors to 
    provide public access to program lands that have no existing public 
    access for enhancement of outdoor recreation and wildlife 
    conservation: Provided, That the Secretary of Agriculture and the 
    Secretary of the Interior maintain such access, or ensure that 
    maintenance is provided for such access, through or to lands within 
    their respective jurisdiction.
        (4) The purchase of any such stamp shall entitle the purchaser 
    thereof to hunt, trap, and fish on any public land within such State 
    which is the subject of a conservation or rehabilitation program 
    implemented under this subchapter except to the extent that the 
    public use of such land is limited pursuant to a comprehensive plan 
    or cooperative agreement; but the purchase of any such stamp shall 
    not be construed as (A) eliminating the requirement for the purchase 
    of a migratory bird hunting stamp as set forth in section 718a of 
    this title, or (B) relieving the purchaser from compliance with any 
    applicable State game and fish laws and regulations.
        (5) The amount of the fee to be charged for such stamps, the age 
    at which the individual is required to acquire such a stamp, and the 
    expiration date for such stamps shall be mutually agreed upon by the 
    State agency and the Secretary or Secretaries concerned; except that 
    each such stamp shall be void not later than one year after the date 
    of issuance.
        (6) Each such stamp must be validated by the purchaser thereof 
    by signing his name across the face of the stamp.
        (7) Any individual to whom a stamp is sold pursuant to this 
    section shall upon request exhibit such stamp for inspection to any 
    officer or employee of the Department of the Interior or the 
    Department of Agriculture, or to any other person who is authorized 
    to enforce section 670j(a) of this title.

(Pub. L. 86-797, title II, Sec. 203, as added Pub. L. 93-452, Sec. 2, 
Oct. 18, 1974, 88 Stat. 1371; amended Pub. L. 100-653, title II, 
Sec. 201, Nov. 14, 1988, 102 Stat. 3826.)


                               Amendments

    1988--Subsec. (b)(3). Pub. L. 100-653 amended par. (3) generally. 
Prior to amendment, par. (3) read as follows: ``Except for expenses 
incurred in the printing, issuing, or selling of such stamps, the fees 
collected for such stamps by the State agency shall be utilized in 
carrying out conservation and rehabilitation programs implemented under 
this subchapter in the State concerned and for no other purpose. If such 
programs are implemented by both the Secretary of the Interior and the 
Secretary of Agriculture in the State, the Secretaries shall mutually 
agree, on such basis as they deem reasonable, on the proportion of such 
fees that shall be applied by the State agency to their respective 
programs.''

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in sections 670h, 670l of this title.
