16 USC § 676 - Hunting, trapping, killing, or capturing game on Norbeck Wildlife Preserve unlawful

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identifier: "/us/usc/t16/s676"
source: "usc"
legal_status: "official_prima_facie"
title: "16 USC § 676 - Hunting, trapping, killing, or capturing game on Norbeck Wildlife Preserve unlawful"
title_number: 16
title_name: "CONSERVATION"
section_number: "676"
section_name: "Hunting, trapping, killing, or capturing game on Norbeck Wildlife Preserve unlawful"
chapter_number: 6
chapter_name: "GAME AND BIRD PRESERVES; PROTECTION"
positive_law: false
currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(June 5, 1920, ch. 247, §§ 2, 3, 41 Stat. 986; June 25, 1948, ch. 645, § 11, 62 Stat. 860.)"
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# § 676. Hunting, trapping, killing, or capturing game on Norbeck Wildlife Preserve unlawful

section 675 of this title

When such areas have been designated as provided for in , hunting, trapping, killing, or capturing of game animals and birds upon the lands of the United States within the limits of said areas shall be unlawful, except under such regulations as may be prescribed from time to time by the Secretary of Agriculture. It is the purpose of this section to protect from trespass the public lands of the United States and the game animals and birds which may be thereon, and not to interfere with the operation of the local game laws as affecting private or State lands.

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**Source Credit**: (June 5, 1920, ch. 247, §§ 2, 3, 41 Stat. 986; June 25, 1948, ch. 645, § 11, 62 Stat. 860.)

## Editorial Notes

### Codification

First sentence of section is from section 2 and the last from section 3 of act .

### Amendments

1948—Act , struck out penal provisions. See , Crimes and Criminal Procedure.

## Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Effective Date of 1948 Amendment

Section 20 of act , provided that the amendment made by that act is effective .