16 USC § 398e - Bathing and fishing rights protected

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identifier: "/us/usc/t16/s398e"
source: "usc"
legal_status: "official_prima_facie"
title: "16 USC § 398e - Bathing and fishing rights protected"
title_number: 16
title_name: "CONSERVATION"
section_number: "398e"
section_name: "Bathing and fishing rights protected"
chapter_number: 1
chapter_name: "NATIONAL PARKS, MILITARY PARKS, MONUMENTS, AND SEASHORES"
subchapter_number: "XLIV"
subchapter_name: "VIRGIN ISLANDS NATIONAL PARK"
positive_law: false
currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(Pub. L. 87–750, § 3, Oct. 5, 1962, 76 Stat. 747; Pub. L. 95–348, § 7(b)(4), Aug. 18, 1978, 92 Stat. 495.)"
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# § 398e. Bathing and fishing rights protected

**(a)** **Regulations** section 398c of this title

Nothing in sections 398c to 398f of this title shall be construed as authorizing any limitation on customary uses of or access to the areas specified in  for bathing and fishing (including setting out of fishpots and landing boats), subject to such regulations as the Secretary of the Interior may find reasonable and necessary for protection of natural conditions and prevention of damage to marine life and formations.

**(b)** **Admission fee prohibited** Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, no fee or charge shall be imposed for entrance or admission into the Virgin Islands National Park.

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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 87–750, § 3, Oct. 5, 1962, 76 Stat. 747; Pub. L. 95–348, § 7(b)(4), Aug. 18, 1978, 92 Stat. 495.)

## Editorial Notes

### Amendments

1978— designated existing provisions as subsec. (a) and added subsec. (b).